bures (huts)

German translation: Buren (Hütten)

16:23 Aug 2, 2004
English to German translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
English term or phrase: bures (huts)
Fijian style, single story bures (huts), scattered throughout the tropical gardens.
marekdab
Local time: 07:16
German translation:Buren (Hütten)
Explanation:
Search Google for buren + fiji + hütten

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-08-02 16:31:37 GMT)
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Hum, man findet über Google beides, Buren und Bures. Tourismus-Anbieter scheinen Bures zu bevorzugen.
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Caro Maucher
Germany
Local time: 07:16
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Summary of answers provided
4Buren (Hütten)
Caro Maucher
4bures (Hütten)
Nancy Arrowsmith
3gibt anscheinend kein dt. Wort dafür
Thilo Santl


  

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Buren (Hütten)


Explanation:
Search Google for buren + fiji + hütten

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-08-02 16:31:37 GMT)
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Hum, man findet über Google beides, Buren und Bures. Tourismus-Anbieter scheinen Bures zu bevorzugen.

Caro Maucher
Germany
Local time: 07:16
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gibt anscheinend kein dt. Wort dafür


Explanation:
Hütte, traditionelles Haus

Und die wenigsten leben heute in einer althergebrachte bure, einer Hütte aus pflanzlichem Material, die ursprünglich mit Palmwedeln gedeckt war


    Reference: http://www.schwarzaufweiss.de/fidschi/kurzportrait1.htm
    Reference: http://www.suedsee-travel.de/html/fiji_vokabular.html
Thilo Santl
Spain
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bures (Hütten)


Explanation:
I see no need to translate the foreign word into German, since it is left in the original in English.

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Note added at 2 hrs 28 mins (2004-08-02 18:52:10 GMT)
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Of course, bures capitalized in German = Bures

Nancy Arrowsmith
Local time: 23:16
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