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Tafeln an Masten

English translation: Pole mounted sign boards/signs/ boards/ plaques.


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10:26 Jan 10, 2012
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
German term or phrase: Tafeln an Masten
Auswahl Stück Fahnen an den Masten der Hallen und an Lichtmasten
Pro Fahne bis 3 m
Jeder weitere Meter
Auswahl Stück Tafeln an Masten am Messefreigelände
Pro Tafel und Tag
Auswahl Stück Herumtragen von Werbetafeln am Messefreigelände
Pro Tafel und Tag

Panels on poles (in the outdoor exhibition area)?

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martina1974
Austria
Local time: 00:57
English translation:Pole mounted sign boards/signs/ boards/ plaques.
Explanation:
Wirklich davon abhängig, was auf die Tafeln steht. Bei Werbung würde Ich eher 'signboards' auswählen.

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Oliver Toogood
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vielen Dank!
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Summary of answers provided
4hoarding
milinad
4Placards
Christopher Lewis
4Pole mounted sign boards/signs/ boards/ plaques.
Oliver Toogood
3banners, billboards and sandwich (advertising)
Ramey Rieger
4 -1panels on posts (or poles)
Alexander Schleber


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
panels on posts (or poles)


Explanation:
Post is more UK, poles more USA IMO

Alexander Schleber
Local time: 00:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Oliver Toogood: Panels ist aber falsch- alleinstehend bedeutet es Armaturenbrett oder Täfelung
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Pole mounted sign boards/signs/ boards/ plaques.


Explanation:
Wirklich davon abhängig, was auf die Tafeln steht. Bei Werbung würde Ich eher 'signboards' auswählen.

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Oliver Toogood
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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vielen Dank!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alexander Schleber: If anything, shoudln't it be "pole-mounted"?
1 hr
  -> Can be with hyphen, but in 'shouldn't' the 'l' always comes before the 'd'.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Placards


Explanation:
Noun
A poster or sign for public display, either fixed to a wall or carried during a demonstration.

Christopher Lewis
Germany
Local time: 00:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Oliver Toogood: Except that placards are usually wall mounted, and banners are unfurled on one or more handles.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
banners, billboards and sandwich (advertising)


Explanation:
to simplify matters

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Note added at 7 hrs (2012-01-10 17:45:03 GMT)
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This would be a suggestion for all three: Fahnen, Tafel und Werbetafeln zu herumtragen. And as Oliver corrected me, it's sandwich boards

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Note added at 7 hrs (2012-01-10 17:46:24 GMT)
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This is a suggestion for all three: Fahnen, Tafeln und Werbetafeln zu herumtragen. And, as Oliver said, it's sandwich boards.

Ramey Rieger
Local time: 00:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 30

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Oliver Toogood: Sandwich BOARD advertising...but these can only be on Poles if the wearers come from Poland!.//Sandwich advertising is what firms do who sell lunchtime snacks! Completely different meaning!
2 hrs
  -> I'm well aware of that, I was offering a suggestion for all three to differentiate. And, yes, it sandwich boards.// Would you READ, PLEASE?
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hoarding


Explanation:
my suggestion

milinad
Local time: 04:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Oliver Toogood: But hoardings are usually mounted on large,high visibility boards in strategic locations.
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