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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Ambiancen, die sich mit Schönheiten aus der Vergangenheit schmücken

English translation:

creating ambiences with beautiful objects from the past

Added to glossary by Helen Shiner
Nov 14, 2008 10:00
15 yrs ago
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German term

Ambiancen, die sich mit Schönheiten aus der Vergangenheit schmücken

German to English Art/Literary Tourism & Travel
This is taken from a text describing a luxury hotel.
"Überall in den Gebäuden gibt es Ambiancen, die sich mit Schönheiten aus der Vergangenheit schmücken..."
Proposed translations (English)
3 +7 rewrite
4 +1 atmospheric spaces adorned/furnished with beautiful objects/treasures from the past
4 the ambiance inspired by the ...
Change log

Nov 14, 2008 10:41: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "Ambiancen die sich mit ... schmücken" to "Ambiancen, die sich mit Schönheiten aus der Vergangenheit schmücken"

Nov 19, 2008 10:07: Helen Shiner Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

+7
34 mins
German term (edited): Ambiancen die sich mit ... schmücken
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rewrite

Clearly you cannot decorate an ambience! So I would suggest refashioning the sentence altogether, which I am sure is what you plan!

How about something like:

By furnishing/decorating our rooms with beautiful objects from the past we have created ambiences of varying kinds throughout the hotel (or whatever it is)

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Note added at 5 days (2008-11-19 10:05:05 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you, Lesley, for the points and the kind comment - that picks me up amid the packing cases surrounding me!!
Peer comment(s):
agree Steffen Walter : ... although I'd be tempted to translate "Ambiancen" as "settings" or "environments". / Yes, you do have a point here.
7 mins
Thank you, Steffen; though 'settings' sounds rather too much like 'stage settings' or 'place settings', ie too rigid; and 'environments' is rather reminiscent of contemporary art installations. Ambience is often used in descriptions of chic venues.
neutral Lonnie Legg : You're right, Helen, about the problem in the German text ("you cannot decorate an ambience")
25 mins
Thanks, Lonnie
agree casper (X)
35 mins
Thank you, Chetan
agree Nandini Vivek
51 mins
Thank you, Nandini
agree Ken Cox : There are various ways to word this, but I agree that the poetic fiction of the ambiences decorating themselves won't fly in English, and 'using objects to create ambiences' (or special moods) is a good approach.
1 hr
Thanks, Ken
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : very elegantly put; it gets my vote!
1 hr
Thanks, Ingeborg!
agree franglish
5 hrs
Thank you, franglish
agree Rebecca Garber : elegant
7 hrs
Thank you, Rebecca
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28 mins
German term (edited): Ambiancen die sich mit ... schmücken

the ambiance inspired by the ...

...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-11-14 12:22:37 GMT)
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I'd use it in singular
Note from asker:
but can I use "ambience" in English in the plural? What do you think?
Peer comment(s):
neutral Lonnie Legg : ambiance (ambience) is a quality--to improve the German (see Helen), I'd talk about the concrete spaces/places and their qualities/adornments.
29 mins
IMO the ambiance can be created and therefore inspired but I would rewrite the sentence.
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+1
54 mins

atmospheric spaces adorned/furnished with beautiful objects/treasures from the past

ambiance: "the character and atmosphere of a place" (Amer.Oxf.Dict.)

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-11-14 12:28:11 GMT)
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or (avoiding the potentially "ethereal") perhaps:
spaces with a special atmosphere created by choice furnishings/beautiful objects/treasures from the past
Peer comment(s):
neutral Helen Shiner : Clearly you are on to the same thing as me, so agree with that, of course, but to me 'atmospheric spaces' sounds a bit too ethereal.
8 mins
Thanks, Helen.
neutral Ken Cox : With Helen -- a space can have an atmosphere in the figurative sense, but 'atmospheric spaces' sounds like something in the sky or New Age mysticism
30 mins
Thanks, Ken.
agree interpr8er : gorgeous facilities/architectural works of art furnished with treasures from the past
1 day 3 hrs
Thanks, C.H.
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