Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

im großen Topf

English translation:

lumped together

Added to glossary by Rowan Morrell
May 22, 2014 12:02
10 yrs ago
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German term

im großen Topf

German to English Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Air Consumption in Buildings
"Heute werden diese nennenswerten Kosten- und Umweltbeiträge nur in den seltensten Fällen genauer betrachtet.
Dies liegt unter anderem daran, dass die Klima- und Lüftungsanlagen sich anderer Medien bedienen, um die gewünschten Temperaturen und Volumenströme liefern zu können.
Mit dem Ergebnis, dass die Lüftungsverbräuche im „großen Topf“ der Kosten für Strom, Wasser und Heizung „untergehen“:
• Der Luftvolumenstrom wird durch Ventilatoren bewirkt."

From a text about reducing air consumption in buildings. I can't make head or tail of "im großen Topf" and can't find any translation for it. It's either an idiom I'm unfamiliar with, or some sort of word play. TIA for any light you can shed on it.
Change log

May 22, 2014 12:43: writeaway changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Other"

Proposed translations

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are lumped together

are lumped together with the costs for...and disappear
Peer comment(s):

agree writeaway : lumped/thrown/tossed together in one pot. not exacty unusual in English or in German
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THXVM
agree franglish
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THX
agree Melanie Meyer
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Thanks, Melanie
agree Ivan Nieves
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Thanks, Ivan
agree Lancashireman : Context and register require something equally colloquial in English so that 'outlandish expression' quotation marks (inverted commas) can be used., as in the source text.
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Ta muchly, lad
agree Ramey Rieger (X)
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THX2U2, Ramey
agree philgoddard : But a literal translation would work fine too.
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Probably would, too - Thanks Phil
agree Armorel Young
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Thanks, Amorel
agree Edith Kelly
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, this is perfect! Thank you Yorkshireman and peer graders, but thanks also to the others who offered suggestions - appreciate everyone's assistance."
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included in the overall total

my take
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in the larger tub

If the metaphor needs to be there. Maybe "drowned"?
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absorbed into the same pool

or:

".. commingled in the same pool (or pot)."

I like "absorbed" in this context because it gets us close to "untergehen"
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