Berührungsängste - (mutual) reservations ( translation glossary) �bertragene Bedeutung,Music,Social Sciences

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German term or phrase:	Berührungsängste
English translation:	(mutual) reservations
Entered by:	Steffen Walter

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11:49am May 17, 2005

German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Music / �bertragene Bedeutung

German term or phrase: Berührungsangst

***Berührungsängste*** zwischen Vertretern des Jazz oder der E-Musik zur Volksmusikszene bestehen nicht.

Er kennt keine ***Berührungsängste*** mit Pop-Musik und hat riesigen Spaß daran, Menschen zu unterhalten.

Dieser Art der Musik eignet sich besonders, um ***Berührungsängste*** des Publikums mit zeitgenössischer Musik abzubauen.

Angelika Joast

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Answers: 400

United States

Clarification request(s) and response

Angelika Joast (asker): 1:02pm May 19, 2005: vielen dank an alle - finde die meisten vorschläge sehr gut!

(mutual) reservations

Explanation:
one more to throw in here

Selected response from:

Steffen Walter
Germany

Note from asker to answerer

thanks a lot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +3

antipathy / aversion

Andrew Swift

3 +3

(mutual) reservations

Steffen Walter

2 +3

prejudice (or rephrase)

xxxFrancis Lee

4 +1

preconceived notions about / prepossesions against (only for the second sentence)

silfilla

4 +1

mutual antipathy / antipathy

Frosty

misgivings

xxxIanW

3 +1

shyness / shy of

Victor Dewsbery

are not reluctant / have no reservations about

Jonathan MacKerron

3 -1

fear of contact/concerns/worry about contact

BrigitteHilgner

Answers

2 mins confidence:

misgivings

Explanation:
I would use "misgivings" here

xxxIanW
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Berührungsängste (mutual) reservations

Explanation:
one more to throw in here

Steffen Walter
Germany
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 15

Note from asker to answerer

thanks a lot!

9 mins confidence:

are not reluctant / have no reservations about

Explanation:
couple more options

Jonathan MacKerron
Germany
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 39

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

antipathy / aversion

Explanation:
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Note added at 18 mins (2005-05-17 12:08:28 GMT)
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squeamishness

Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 32

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

disagree

Yunara: no, it's not as negative

40 mins

-> Have you considered deleting this peer comment? Even after questions close, these comments remain as a permanent record of how wide of the mark you were. (Rule 5.5 - Avoid entering peer comments in language pairs in which you are not capable…)

neutral

Aniello Scognamiglio: ok, "neutral", but "Berührungsängste" is in fact not the same as aversion or antipathy! //add: aversion=strong feeling of not liking sb/sth (Oxford D.).

2 hrs

-> I am sure you have a very firm idea of what ‘Berührungsangst’ means to you. Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the finer nuances of ‘aversion’, ‘antipathy’ and ‘squeamishness’ as used by native English speakers?

agree

gangels: squeamishness is perfect, IMO

2 hrs

-> Thanks Klaus. Prospects were quite grim until you logged on :-)

agree

xxxFrancis Lee: "aversion" is definitely an option

3 hrs

agree

Frosty: Is this a case of great minds thinking alike?

4 hrs

agree

xxxIanW: 'Aversion' is excellent here

2 days1 hr

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

mutual antipathy / antipathy

Explanation:
Essentially a mental/spiritual thing rather than physical and more a problem for audiences/listeners than musicians themselves! Though I do recall once playing with a band where the drummer categorically refused to play pop/rock numbers - everything else, swing, latin etc was OK. Being a session musician, he had more than enough of rock/pop during the week! But for some people only music in style X is worthwhile, for everything else they have a sense of antipathy in varying degrees.

Frosty
Germany
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

51 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

fear of contact/concerns/worry about contact

Explanation:
Keine Berühungsangst - open-minded approach

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

shyness / shy of

Explanation:
Another option.

Jazz musicians and e-musicians are not shy of German popular folk music.
He is not shy of pop music and enormously enjoys entertaining people.
This type of music is an admirable way of overcoming the shyness of contemporary music among many members of the general public.

Victor Dewsbery
Germany
Native speaker of:

English

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

prejudice (or rephrase)

Explanation:
esp. for the last instance

... prejudice towards contemporary music

Alternatively, you could rephrase it, e.g.

This type of music is especially suitable/ideal for introducing the public/masses etc. to contemporary sounds //

... as an introduction/appetizer to/for contemporary music

... for whetting people's appetite for contemporary music

xxxFrancis Lee
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 25

46 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

preconceived notions about / prepossesions against (only for the second sentence)

Explanation:
as many suggestions have been made already ... and there's no single term, I'd definitely vary the translation, for example:

Jonathan's *have no reservations about* the first time the term is used,

my *preconceived notions about / prepossesions against* the second time and

Ian's *misgivings* the third time.

some such solution :-)

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Note added at 49 mins (2005-05-17 12:38:56 GMT)
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*preconceived notions OF* :-)

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Note added at 59 mins (2005-05-17 12:49:23 GMT)
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I juts realized that my parenthetical comment above (only for...) is too restrictive because my suggestion could also work in the third sentence, using another suggestion (e.g. *misgiving*) for the second one.

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Note added at 3 hrs 47 mins (2005-05-17 15:36:54 GMT)
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Francis just suggested *preconceptions* as an additional option

silfilla
United States
Works in field
PRO pts in category: 4

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German: Berührungsangst

English translation: (mutual) reservations