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Szene-Krimi

English translation: [hip] whodunit/crime novel set in xyz milieu

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German term or phrase:Szene-Krimi
English translation:[hip] whodunit/crime novel set in xyz milieu
Entered by: silfilla

17:01 Jul 19, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
German term or phrase: Szene-Krimi
In der letzten Ausgabe fragten wir in unserem Gewinnspiel nach dem Namen des Hauptkommissars, der im neuen Roman von Jan Bergrath einen mysteriösen Todesfall aufklärt. Die richtige Lösung lautete: Klaus Gerber. Aus den mehr als 200 richtigen Zusendungen hat unsere Glücksfee 20 Gewinner gezogen, die sich über ein Exemplar von Bergraths Szene-Krimi freuen können.
njbeckett
Germany
Local time: 04:02
hip whodunit
Explanation:
perhaps -- absent any information on the particular scene art/film/theater scene the novel describes :-)

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-07-19 17:06:49 GMT)
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or: [hip] whodunit situated in xxx milieu

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Note added at 57 mins (2005-07-19 17:58:50 GMT)
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also: *set* for \"situated\"
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silfilla
Local time: 22:02
Grading comment
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4thriller set in the XX scene
Francis Lee (X)
3 +2noir
Rachel Ward
3hip whodunit
silfilla


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
hip whodunit


Explanation:
perhaps -- absent any information on the particular scene art/film/theater scene the novel describes :-)

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-07-19 17:06:49 GMT)
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or: [hip] whodunit situated in xxx milieu

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Note added at 57 mins (2005-07-19 17:58:50 GMT)
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also: *set* for \"situated\"

silfilla
Local time: 22:02
Works in field
PRO pts in category: 23
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
noir


Explanation:
"Szene-Krimi" seems to be a genre all of its own - I've come across them before - I think "noir" might be the best label. I've taken these quotes from the back of "Last Tango in Aberystwyth": "this marvellously surreal Welsh noir series", "The twisted world of noir"

See also:

"... auch wenn wir als Leser nie recht wissen, wo wir uns gerade befinden: in einem Szenekrimi, einer Liebesgeschichte oder einer Persiflage auf beides. ..."

"Nicht nur eine Hommage an die schlechten Edgar-Wallace-Filme der 60er, sondern ein bissiger Szene-Krimi. Jahn schreckt nicht davor zurück, sein eigenes Nest ..."

"Szene-Krimi im bayrischen Malocher-Milieu ... lebt von schnoddrigen Dialogen, schrägen Situationsbeschreibungen und Anspielungen auf aktuelle ..."



    Reference: http://www.krimi-forum.net/Datenbank/Titel/t001486.phtml
    Reference: http://www.roger-m-fiedler.de/presse.html
Rachel Ward
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cilian O'Tuama
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Cilian
agree  verbis
2 days 6 hrs
  -> Thanks, verbis
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
thriller set in the XX scene


Explanation:
Depending on the "Szene" (which is it?); it's not necessarily the hip and fashionable crowd ...

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actually, it\'s just a crime novel

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Note added at 11 days (2005-07-30 17:12:36 GMT) Post-grading
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Your choice, Asker, but it would seem that the \"scene\" in question is the show business crowd, who are certainly far from \"hip\" ... Explanation?

Francis Lee (X)
Local time: 04:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lori Dendy-Molz: I think "crime novel" is probably adequate
1 hr
agree  Frosty
2 hrs
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: crime novel
5 hrs
agree  Maria Ferstl
3 days 14 hrs
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