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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Inselvielfalt

English translation:

exceptional diversity (of islands)

Added to glossary by philgoddard
Jan 13, 2010 09:17
14 yrs ago
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German term

Inselvielfalt

German to English Marketing Geography
Context:

"In den Leewards sind es die British Virgin Islands, die mit ihrer geschützten Inselvielfalt zu kürzeren Tagestörns einladen."

I'm thinking along the lines of "with their protected diversity of islands", but not really happy with that.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 exceptional diversity
4 +1 marvelously diverse protected islands
3 +1 (being) a chain of protected islands
4 Diverse protected islands
3 insular diversity
3 a sheltered and diverse collection of islands
Change log

Jan 13, 2010 22:04: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"

Jan 18, 2010 23:49: philgoddard changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/62748">David Williams's</a> old entry - "Inselvielfalt "" to ""exceptional diversity of sheltered/protected islands""

Discussion

David Williams (asker) Jan 13, 2010:
Good point Thanks for pointing that out!
philgoddard Jan 13, 2010:
What does everyone think "geschützt" means? Is it sheltered, rather than protected?

Proposed translations

+2
5 hrs
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exceptional diversity

I think "geschützt" may be a kind of attempt at explaining what Leeward means. Also, you can't really have a translation which includes the word "islands", because then you're saying "the British Virgin Islands are islands". So I'd say something like "In the Leewards, the exceptional diversity of the British Virgin Islands makes them ..."
Peer comment(s):
agree Rebecca Garber : of sheltered islands
14 mins
Thanks.
agree Annett Kottek (X) : Nice.
16 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "many thanks!"
+1
11 mins

marvelously diverse protected islands

I would turn "Vielfalt" into an adjective in the translation to avoid having to write "protected diversity".
Peer comment(s):
agree Sonja Marks-Terrey : I'm wth you!
2 hrs
Thank you :-)
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+1
12 mins

(being) a chain of protected islands

a suggestion..
Peer comment(s):
agree Kevser Oezcan
5 mins
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2 hrs

insular diversity

....we have insular area (Ökol) Inselareal n (ein Teilareal),.....insular biography Inselbiogeographie .....insular ecology Inselökologie f ....so, what's wrong with insular diversity???

Peer comment(s):
agree Rolf Keiser
8 mins
disagree philgoddard : All islands are insular!
3 hrs
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7 hrs

a sheltered and diverse collection of islands

think it's definitely sheltered as in leeward
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16 hrs

Diverse protected islands

I know that diverse and protected sounds like too many adjectives, but try reading it out loud and pronouncing it like "diverse, protected islands" so that protected islands acts as a single unit and diverse modifies that unit.

I essentially agree with Stefanie, and I am not trying to upstage her by making my own post, but I don't understand where marvelous comes from.
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