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German term or phrase:	basteln papier
English translation:	see below
Entered by:	Chants

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16:00 Nov 23, 2009

German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / paper crafts

German term or phrase: basteln papier

The context is simply a craft keyword search based on Google keyword tool database. The word appears as is void of context. I'd like to know whether the term means craft paper or paper craft .- in the first referring to the paper used for crafts and in the second the craft itself

Chants KudoZ activity Questions: 99 (3 open) (5 without valid answers) Answers: 0
Local time: 04:27

see below

Explanation:
The mentioned term does not exist, it should be either

- "Bastelpapier" = "craft paper" or
- "basteln mit Papier" / "Papierbasteln" or similar which could be translated as "paper craft"

Selected response from:

Dr. Johanna Schmitt
Germany
Local time: 04:27

Grading comment

Thank you very much for a concise and useful answer
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +7

craft paper

Colin Rowe

4 +4

see below

Dr. Johanna Schmitt

4 +1

paper craft

Michele Gile

5 -1

Constructionpaper

Courtney Sliwinski

crafting paper

isolde reimers

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

paper craft

Explanation:
it would be bastel papier if it is craft paper

Michele Gile
Canada
Local time: 22:27
Native speaker of:

English

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

see below

Dr. Johanna Schmitt
Germany
Local time: 04:27
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you very much for a concise and useful answer

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

sibsab

1 min

-> Vielen Dank, sibsab!

agree

Inge Meinzer

2 mins

-> Vielen Dank, Inge!

agree

British Diana

26 mins

-> Thank you, British Diana!

agree

Ingeborg Gowans: totally agree; I would venture that the term should be "Bastelpapier"

44 mins

-> Thank you, Ingeborg, yes, I think so, too!

agree

BrigitteHilgner: Quit right; the asker should check the spelling.

51 mins

-> Thank you, Brigitte!

disagree

Colin Rowe: I'm afraid not, here. If I have understood correctly, this refers to the Google "Autovervollständigung" function. It is not meant to be a single term.

1 hr

-> Well, I just assumed it is one term that is required, two terms is of course the third option.

agree

Goldcoaster

2 hrs

-> Vielen Dank, Goldcoaster!

disagree

Thomas Pfann: Stimme Colin zu. Die Begriffe "basteln" und "papier" stimmen schon so. Im Endeffekt hast du natürlich recht damit, dass hier "Bastelpapier" und/oder "Basteln mit Papier" dahintersteckt, aber zunächst einmal geht es nur um die beiden Keywords als solche.

3 hrs

-> Ja, diese dritte Möglichkeit besteht natürlich auch, ich war jedoch davon ausgegangen, dass es EIN Wort ist, das gesucht wird.

neutral

yyyzzz: On a separate note, how did you manage to get ‘see below’ past the automatic filter/rebuke? (That’s why most people on the DE>EN board prefer to write ‘siehe unten’ or ‘s.u.’)

6 hrs

-> I don't know, I just typed everything in and sent it as usual.

12 mins confidence:

crafting paper

Explanation:
it refers to the two keywords of the search, being the first BASTELN, which is doing handicrafts, and PAPER for narrow down the search to the MATERIAL used.

Reference: /http://www.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/basteln.html

isolde reimers
Native speaker of:

German,

Spanish

28 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

craft paper

Explanation:
Has nothing to do with "craft paper" as such, but
category: craft
subcategory: (craft involving) paper

Try it in Google! :-) As soon as you get to "craft pa", "craft paper" is automatically suggested with 96,700,000 hits!

Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 04:27
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

Constructionpaper

Explanation:
This is always what I've referred to it as. The colorful, slightly thicker paper you use for making crafts. I'm not sure if this is strictly AE, though.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-23 18:36:49 GMT)
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That should of course be two words...

Courtney Sliwinski
Local time: 04:27
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Voters for reclassification
as
PRO / non-PRO

Non-PRO (1): Helen Shiner

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