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animation vs. cartoon

German translation: Animationsfilm vs. Zeichentrickfilm

16:38 Jun 6, 2009
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: animation vs. cartoon
In a survey it is asked which types of films the respondent prefers. The listing then is as follows
- comedy
- drama
- horror
- animation
- cartoons
.....

Animation and cartoon both translate as Zeichentrickfilm. But is there really any difference between the two (like animation is the computer generated type and cartoon the old-style hand-drawn type)?? Does any one know?
Sonja Allen
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:10
German translation:Animationsfilm vs. Zeichentrickfilm
Explanation:
animations do not necessarily need to be cartoons. In German "Zeichentrickfilme" really are films made of drawn pictures. "Animationsfilme" are animated via computers.
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Ulrike Eschner
Germany
Local time: 15:10
Grading comment
Thanks. Just confirmed what I thought
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4 +16Animationsfilm vs. Zeichentrickfilm
Ulrike Eschner


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +16
Animationsfilm vs. Zeichentrickfilm


Explanation:
animations do not necessarily need to be cartoons. In German "Zeichentrickfilme" really are films made of drawn pictures. "Animationsfilme" are animated via computers.


    Reference: http://www.mediamanual.at/mediamanual/workshop/video/animati...
Ulrike Eschner
Germany
Local time: 15:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
Grading comment
Thanks. Just confirmed what I thought

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ferguson (X)
2 mins
agree  Dzasmin
5 mins
agree  Christina Bergmann
5 mins
agree  Anja C.
11 mins
agree  Susanne Schmidt-Wussow: genau!
13 mins
agree  Marianna Tucci
1 hr
agree  Sven Schröder
1 hr
agree  Susanne Stöckl
1 hr
agree  Vittorio Ferretti: "cartoons" wird auch als "cartoons animation" bezeichnet, ist also ein Unterbegriff von "animation"
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agree  Hans G. Liepert
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agree  Barbara Wiebking
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agree  Chris Weimar (M.A.)
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agree  Alexander Fischer (X)
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agree  Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
1 day 12 mins
agree  Rolf Keiser
1 day 12 mins
agree  Lonnie Legg: Posted German terms are correct. Only the 1st half explanation is (sorry). "Zeichentrick" is 2-D drawing-based (but can be computer-aided). Animation, the broader term, also includes images generated entirely in the computer, or animation of 3-D materia
1 day 4 hrs
  -> No need to apologise, you are right :)
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