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Ausstattung

English translation: design as a whole // interior décor / interior decoration


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German term or phrase:Gesamtausstattung / Raumausstattung
English translation:design as a whole // interior décor / interior decoration
Entered by: Helen Shiner
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10:41 Jan 20, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Poetry & Literature / iconographic art history in literature
German term or phrase: Ausstattung
Two examples of context, a few sentences apart, where Ausstattung may or may not mean the same thing:
"die erst die Berücksichtigung des Kontextes einzelner Bilder und des Gesamtkonzepts des Buches erlaubt, durch Beachtung der Gesamtausstattung und Prologe"
and
"für die Erschließung von Raumausstattungskonzepten der frühen Neuzeit und des Barock."
David Williams
Local time: 14:19
design
Explanation:
Gesamtausstattung - design as a whole
Raumausstattungskonzepten - interior design concepts

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Note added at 20 mins (2009-01-20 11:02:27 GMT)
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No, I think it is about the derivation from such interior design concepts - though admittedly I only have seen half a sentence or less - why do you think it isn't about that?

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Note added at 32 mins (2009-01-20 11:14:23 GMT)
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Yes, it has. It is taking about comparisons with such design.

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Note added at 9 days (2009-01-29 13:13:18 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks for the points, David - I have attempted a glossary entry, so that it is of some use to those who follow us in the field.
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Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:19
Grading comment
Many thanks for the in-depth context-specific help! Obviously, a glossary entry wouldn't make much sense in this instance though.
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
design


Explanation:
Gesamtausstattung - design as a whole
Raumausstattungskonzepten - interior design concepts

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Note added at 20 mins (2009-01-20 11:02:27 GMT)
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No, I think it is about the derivation from such interior design concepts - though admittedly I only have seen half a sentence or less - why do you think it isn't about that?

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Note added at 32 mins (2009-01-20 11:14:23 GMT)
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Yes, it has. It is taking about comparisons with such design.

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Note added at 9 days (2009-01-29 13:13:18 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks for the points, David - I have attempted a glossary entry, so that it is of some use to those who follow us in the field.

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56
Grading comment
Many thanks for the in-depth context-specific help! Obviously, a glossary entry wouldn't make much sense in this instance though.
Notes to answerer
Asker: This is about art/illustrations in books, so would seem to have nothing to do with interior design.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MariusJacobsen
12 mins
  -> Thanks, Marius
agree  Jonathan MacKerron: I like the 'decor' idea
39 mins
  -> Thanks, Jonathan
agree  kriddl: Yes, book layout or design (see http://www.rjcom.com/design/custom/book-layout/) - but only in the first case. In the other two examples, I'd also go with 'interior design concepts' and 'décor'.
45 mins
  -> Thanks, kriddl
agree  Emma Rault
19 hrs
  -> Thanks, Emma
agree  Stephen Reader: With you absolutely (or not quite: With Kriddl) - 'd need more context for the 1st instance, spontan. instinct tells me the subject there is the book. PS Hi, H., last clump of compacted ex-snow gone, birds think "spring".
1 day3 hrs
  -> Hi Stephen - I did not express myself well; I, too, meant the design of the book as a whole - more than layout - including tactile quality, jacket design, etc. The question is how to capture that digitally.// Silly birds, or rather poor birds!
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