Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
lebensfreundlich
English translation:
hospitable
Added to glossary by
Hilary Davies Shelby
Mar 30, 2006 21:52
20 yrs ago
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German term
United States
German and "Geek" to English!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, German, English
lebensfreundlich
Hello all! Anyone got a good suggestion for "lebensfreundlich" in the following sentence?
"Das tropische Klima ist äußerst lebensfreundlich und fruchtbar."
Thanks a lot!
"Das tropische Klima ist äußerst lebensfreundlich und fruchtbar."
Thanks a lot!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 | hospitable |
Claire Cox
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| 4 | lush, fecund, fertile |
Andras Malatinszky
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| 3 +1 | conducive to life |
Cilian O'Tuama
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| 1 | eco-friendly |
Alev Ellington
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| 1 | bio-supportive |
Lancashireman
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Proposed translations
1 hr
Claire Cox
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
French & German Technical Translations
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
hospitable
Another option...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Great suggestions, thank you very much! I ended up using Claire's."
21 mins
Alev Ellington
Works in field
17 years of legal translations
Native in: Turkish
Works in: English to Turkish, German to Turkish, Turkish to English, and 1 more.
eco-friendly
Since the discussion subject is the climate I’d suggest ‘environment friendly’ or ‘eco-friendly’.
48 mins
bio-supportive
Another CL1 answer because it sounds made up.
1 hr
Andras Malatinszky
Native in: Hungarian 
Works in: Hungarian to English, English to Hungarian, German to English, and 2 more.
lush, fecund, fertile
If you want to be more literal, you can also use "friendly to life" like the Stanford folks in this news release
+1
3 hrs
Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
Quality Translations since 1986
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, German, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
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23
conducive to life
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Eckhard Boehle
: many thousand references (although some like "search for extrasolar planets that would be conducive to life")
9 hrs
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