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Möblierungscharakter

English translation: some kind of furniture

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German term or phrase:Möblierungscharakter
English translation:some kind of furniture
Entered by: Anglo-German (X)

00:23 May 18, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / biology
German term or phrase: Möblierungscharakter
Feuchtigkeit und Sonneneinstrahlung sind die entscheidenden Faktoren, unter denen Spinnen ihre Lebensräume wählen. Pflanzen und geologische Bodenstrukturen spielen indessen nur eine geringe Rolle und haben mehr **Möblierungscharakter**.
Fantutti (X)
Local time: 21:22
only serve as same kind of furniture
Explanation:
... to stay closer to the orginal and save the metaphore? The German Möblierung plays with the "Räume" in Lebensräume I think.

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orIginal & metaphor ...

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and SOme kind ... (it\'s getting late again ...)
Selected response from:

Anglo-German (X)
Germany
Local time: 06:22
Grading comment
So many absolutely fabulous ideas! Thank you so much, everybody! I finally picked Christiane's suggestion (...serve as furniture), not only because it's hilarious, (many of the other answers are, too) but it also adheres to the German text. Thanks, Christiane!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3only serve as same kind of furniture
Anglo-German (X)
4 +1they are rather a type of 'decoration'
Anne-Carine Zimmer
4 +1their function is simply to act as "furniture"
Ellen Zittinger
4Background
David Moore (X)
4features of ambience
gangels (X)
3props
jerrie


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
they are rather a type of 'decoration'


Explanation:
just a thought on this...
Karin

It sounds odd in german, too.
I was thinking of 'interior decoration' first, but given that a spider web is not an enclosed space...

Anne-Carine Zimmer
United States
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ino66 (X): of decorative character
4 mins
  -> I like that one.
neutral  Anglo-German (X): Well, Ms. Room, what kind of furniture have you got in your Zimmer ;-)? Or in your Lebensräume?
18 mins
  -> spider webs ;-)
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
only serve as same kind of furniture


Explanation:
... to stay closer to the orginal and save the metaphore? The German Möblierung plays with the "Räume" in Lebensräume I think.

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Note added at 2003-05-18 00:47:06 (GMT)
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orIginal & metaphor ...

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Note added at 2003-05-18 01:18:56 (GMT)
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and SOme kind ... (it\'s getting late again ...)

Anglo-German (X)
Germany
Local time: 06:22
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
So many absolutely fabulous ideas! Thank you so much, everybody! I finally picked Christiane's suggestion (...serve as furniture), not only because it's hilarious, (many of the other answers are, too) but it also adheres to the German text. Thanks, Christiane!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne-Carine Zimmer: could be, yes.
17 mins
  -> "Schöner Wohnen" für die moderne Spinne ;-)
agree  Trudy Peters: s*o*me kind of furniture. Or: serve as "furniture"
26 mins
  -> Just noticed it myself ;-) some, some, some
agree  Renate FitzRoy: agree with Trudy
9 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
their function is simply to act as "furniture"


Explanation:
or
they (simply)take on the function of furniture

Ellen Zittinger
Local time: 21:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sanaa Omrany
8 hrs
  -> thank you
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Background


Explanation:
or scenery, considering that for most of us "furniture" consists of "Gebrauchsgegenstände" on which we sit, or in which we put things....

David Moore (X)
Local time: 06:22
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
features of ambience


Explanation:
plants and geological floor structures are of secondary importance only and rather function as 'features of ambience'

gangels (X)
Local time: 22:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 11
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
props


Explanation:
the 'physical' plants etc are just props or secondary to the climatic requirements!

maybe even
aesthetic feature/character/function

decorative accessories


jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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