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Begegnungsplattform

English translation: forum


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German term or phrase:Begegnungsplattform
English translation:forum
Entered by: philgoddard
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16:19 May 4, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations
German term or phrase: Begegnungsplattform
I understand the concept (this text concerns a trade fair), but I'm wondering if there's an established English term for this word.

Thanks!

Durga
Durga Walker
United States
Local time: 07:08
forum
Explanation:
Another possibility. Is it just me, or has Plattform become totally ubiquitous in the last couple of years?
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philgoddard
Local time: 07:08
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5forumphilgoddard
4 +1meeting platform
Florian Willer
3collective platformxxxValeria E.


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
begegnungsplattform
meeting platform


Explanation:
es gibt z. B. auch eine "e-meeting platform" oder eine "web meeting platform"

Florian Willer
Germany
Local time: 14:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Goldcoaster
21 mins
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
forum


Explanation:
Another possibility. Is it just me, or has Plattform become totally ubiquitous in the last couple of years?

philgoddard
Local time: 07:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 19
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Sorry for the delay in answering. I'm still trying to figure out how this site works. I found that "forum" works well. Less stilted and takes a modifier easily. It got the message across. Thanks so much, folks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gabriella Bertelmann: agree
21 mins
  -> Thanks.
agree  Andrew Swift: It has. http://tinyurl.com/3844a5e // Not here, though: http://www.touchcardiology.com/events/world-health-it-2008
38 mins
  -> Well, I particularly meant in German - it does have a specific meaning in English IT. Whoever thought of calling the World of Health IT exhibition a "solution-oriented platform" should be placed in front of a firing squad!
agree  Thayenga
56 mins
  -> Thanks.
neutral  Lonnie Legg: I can't think of anything better atm--but "forum" does shift the emphasis a bit, to "intellectual exchange"./OAD: "A place, meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged." This is also how I use the word.
58 mins
  -> I don't think it has anything to do with intellectual exchange - it's just a place where people come together to talk and/or do business. In Latin, it meant " marketplace" .
agree  casper: FWIW, "trade fair forum" googles pretty well
11 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  Reinhold Wehrmann
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Reinhold.
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collective platform


Explanation:
collective platform
(because it is a trade fair)

xxxValeria E.
Local time: 14:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Changes made by editors
May 18, 2010 - Changes made by philgoddard:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
May 4, 2010 - Changes made by David Hollywood:
Language pairEnglish to German => German to English


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