Seebadestellen

English translation: bathing areas

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German term or phrase:Seebadestellen
English translation:bathing areas
Entered by: Rebekah Wils (X)

14:38 Feb 22, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel / website
German term or phrase: Seebadestellen
This is from a tourism website about Schleswig-Holstein. It's talking about the Duchy of Lauenburg - would that area have seaside resorts? I'm not sure.
Rebekah Wils (X)
Local time: 08:35
bathing areas
Explanation:
is what I'd call them

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Note added at 28 mins (2005-02-22 15:07:04 GMT)
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I wasn\'t sure whether this Duchy included coastal areas, but Sven\'s handy link seems to reinforce Kim\'s indication that these are inland/freshwater/lakeside bathing areas
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Francis Lee (X)
Local time: 09:35
Grading comment
Thanks again Francis (and to the other guys who answered).
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3bathing areas
Francis Lee (X)
3sea bathing
Edith Kelly
3sea-bathing places
Sven Petersson


Discussion entries: 6





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sea bathing


Explanation:
that's all I would say. Yes, there are small seaside resorts in that area but I think they mean that there are some beaches where you can go and have a swin

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 09:35
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 63
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sea-bathing places


Explanation:
:o)


    Reference: http://www.tr62.de/maps/s2b.html
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 09:35
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Francis Lee (X): informative link, but "sea-bathing places" is not what a native would say (in the 21st C., at least)
2 mins
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
bathing areas


Explanation:
is what I'd call them

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Note added at 28 mins (2005-02-22 15:07:04 GMT)
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I wasn\'t sure whether this Duchy included coastal areas, but Sven\'s handy link seems to reinforce Kim\'s indication that these are inland/freshwater/lakeside bathing areas

Francis Lee (X)
Local time: 09:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 122
Grading comment
Thanks again Francis (and to the other guys who answered).

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: Lauenburg is not on the coast. The swimming is in the lake. http://germany-extranet.net/pdf/angebote_seenlandschaften_e....
5 mins

agree  Craig Meulen
7 mins

agree  vanessak
55 mins
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