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Bastelbude

English translation: bodger\'s shop


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German term or phrase:Bastelbude
English translation:bodger\'s shop
Entered by: Nadine Gliesche
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13:47 Dec 17, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Petroleum Eng/Sci
German term or phrase: Bastelbude
Es geht um eine unorganisierte Firma, die man auch als "Hühnerverein" oder "Bastelbude" bezeichnet.

Für Vorschläge, im Voraus, herzlichen Dank!
Nadine Gliesche
Germany
Local time: 14:13
bodger's shop
Explanation:
or similar, just to get the ball rolling. Sounds like what we would have referred to as a bodger when I was still a practical mechanic.
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Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 14:13
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Summary of answers provided
2 +3bodger's shop
Alan Johnson
3Slapdashery
Hermann
2amateurs/hacks/keystone cops
Jonathan MacKerron


Discussion entries: 12





  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
bodger's shop


Explanation:
or similar, just to get the ball rolling. Sounds like what we would have referred to as a bodger when I was still a practical mechanic.

Alan Johnson
Germany
Local time: 14:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 41

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: Or Andrew's shambolic 'outfit'
2 hrs
agree  Kath Cross: Like it. Could be slightly dated, but most mother-tongue readers will know exactly what's meant, I'm sure.
2 hrs
agree  Goldcoaster
4 hrs
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Slapdashery


Explanation:


Slapdashery!
noun - when there is something random going on: "There's slapdashery afoot!" noun - crappy

Without care; in a slapdash manner; "the Prime Minister was wearing a gray suit .... uncontrolled urban growth, unorganized urban growth), lukraak getrokken ...
www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ha/haphazard.html - Cached

Hermann
Local time: 13:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Helen Shiner: This sounds very Victorian and a one-off phrase at that
2 hrs
  -> not too my old ears ...
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
amateurs/hacks/keystone cops


Explanation:
jokers/clowns/cowboys/a mess/a joke/what a way to run a business/a dump/job botchers

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-17 15:17:40 GMT)
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disreputable/badly run company/couldn't run a business if their lives depended on it/unprofessional/lacking in basic skills/losers/low-life/wouldn't know a Chicken Association if one bit them in the arse

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-17 15:22:49 GMT)
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the gang that couldn't shoot straight/their CEOs: Laurel and Hardy/unsavory outfit/effete corps of impudent snobs

Jonathan MacKerron
Local time: 14:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Paul Cohen: ... keep 'em rollin' in, Jonathan! The "arse" bit sounds vaguely British to me, old chap. "Laurel and Hardy" is cute but impractical here, low-life is OTT, and unsavory outfit and impudent snobs are somehow off the mark, I dare say! ;-)
1 hr
  -> and of course they were all very serious suggestions on my part...
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