Feb 29, 2008 12:05
16 yrs ago
German term
Schriftkultur
German to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
1 Gutenberg-Museum - Vier Jahrtausende Geschichte der Schriftkultur
Aus einer Hotelbroschüre. Ich habe nur diesen einen Satz
Aus einer Hotelbroschüre. Ich habe nur diesen einen Satz
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +7 | writing |
Armorel Young
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| 4 | The culture of writing |
kartause777
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| 3 | language in print |
Veronika McLaren
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| 3 | art of writing |
rnyediva
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| 3 -1 | the printed word |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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Proposed translations
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11 mins
Selected
writing
Or possibly "the written word", but given that this is a hotel brochure and not an academic treatise I don't think you need to make it any more complicated than that.
Peer comment(s):
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Colin Rowe
: i.e. written language as opposed to spoken language
1 min
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| agree |
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: I like written "Word". referring to the Bible, too, since Gutenberg was the first one to print it as we all know
32 mins
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| agree |
Veronika Neuhold
: If you change the German to English here, you will find "history of writing" for "Schriftgeschichte": http://www.gutenberg-museum.de/?language=e&language=d&langua...
49 mins
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| agree |
Amphyon
: prefer 'written word', which is probably less ambiguous
1 hr
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| agree |
Stephen Reader
: with you & Amphyon for 'written' for the feel of the orig. even in a hotel leaflet (probably quoting the museum's blurb)
3 hrs
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| agree |
Gunilla Zedigh
: the written word
8 hrs
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| agree |
Rebecca Garber
1 day 5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Sounds good to me! "
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22 mins
the printed word
I know it doesn't really say that but we are talking about Gutenberg....
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-29 13:11:50 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-29 13:11:50 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press
Peer comment(s):
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mill2
: you could also check out the musuem's website, which might contain a handy English phrase already...
13 mins
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| disagree |
Joachim Sieg (X)
: Your suggestion sounds good to me, except it has a little hiccup when stretched over four millennia...
20 mins
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and when do you think the first Gutenberg press was invented then? Circa 1439 - I once did an article on this so I know; Perhaps you would like to re-think ?
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TonyTK
: CMJ - four millennia, not four centuries. // Now I'm confused. Doesn't it say "Vier Jahrtausende"? Apparently people were writing 4,000 years ago. About the time Cliff Richard was born.
51 mins
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don't you mean the reverse ?
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Colin Rowe
: Just because it is the Gutenberg Museum does not mean that "we are talking about Gutenberg". "Vier Jahrtausende" definitely predates printing. Cliff lyrics in cuneiform, anyone?
2 hrs
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1 hr
Veronika McLaren
Native in German
&
English
Works in field
Carpe diem!
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: English, German to English, English to German, and 3 more.
language in print
Sounds pleasant to me and is often seen in reference to other cultures, eg. aboriginal at present.
8 hrs
The culture of writing
Seems too obvious, but I think "kultur" is of more than accidential significance here. "Writing" alone could mean anything ... e.g. the history of the novel ... Alternately "literary culture"?
1 day 2 hrs
art of writing
Ok... I know that "art" doesn't appear in the original text... but I'm thinking of using art in the sense of method, manner, or technique. So what I'm going after is that the museum covers the history of the skill and method of writing - all of which, I think, are included in the idea of culture. And, for me, "writing" alone doesn't quite capture all of the original text - short as it is.
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