Apr 1, 2008 03:42
16 yrs ago
German term
Donnerbalken
German to English
Marketing
Furniture / Household Appliances
promotional material
promotional material from a "Hersteller für individuelle Beton-Einrichtungen".
Betonarbeitsplatte 9600 mm lang mit flächenbündigen Einbauten. Freihängende Waschtische für Bad und Gäste-WC; Donnerbalken mit eingegossenem WC-Sitz.
Is there any more elegant way of expressing this than "thunderbox"?
Betonarbeitsplatte 9600 mm lang mit flächenbündigen Einbauten. Freihängende Waschtische für Bad und Gäste-WC; Donnerbalken mit eingegossenem WC-Sitz.
Is there any more elegant way of expressing this than "thunderbox"?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | toilet |
DC Josephs
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| 3 +3 | privy |
valhalla55
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| 3 +3 | bog |
Edith Kelly
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| 3 | outhouse with molded toilet seat |
SinnerAtta
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Change log
Apr 1, 2008 09:43: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Advertising / Public Relations" to "Furniture / Household Appliances"
Apr 1, 2008 09:43: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Marketing"
Proposed translations
+3
4 hrs
Selected
toilet
What's wrong with plain English? I get >64M hits on Google, with manufacturers placing at the top (my ref below points to "performance toilets").
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks: I've used "toilet" to match the register of the rest of the text. "
14 mins
SinnerAtta
Canada
Canada
Native in German
&
English
Canada
18 years bilingual editor & translator
Native in: English 
, German
Works in: German to English, English to German
Related KudoZ points
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3
outhouse with molded toilet seat
best I can do...
+3
23 mins
valhalla55
fast and reliable
Native in: Romanian
Works in: Japanese to Norwegian, Japanese to German, Norwegian to Japanese, and 5 more.
privy
another suggestion
Peer comment(s):
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Colin Newberry
: Like it.
1 hr
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Thanks!
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BrigitteHilgner
: Probably the best one can do in this case. "Donnerbalken" seems rather odd in this context.
2 hrs
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Thanks!
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
6 hrs
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Thanks!
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+3
1 hr
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in German
&
English
Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
Native in: German , English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Dutch to German, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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44
bog
but strictly UK, otherwise privy
Cockney rhyming slang for Bog (toilet)-Dictionary of alternative Cockney rhyming slang expressions for the English phrase "Bog (toilet)"
www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/english/alternatives/2503
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-04-01 05:21:40 GMT)
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but in your context, I would simply say "toilet", the Donnerbalken bit sounds very odd in German, privy is IMO a more military term
Cockney rhyming slang for Bog (toilet)-Dictionary of alternative Cockney rhyming slang expressions for the English phrase "Bog (toilet)"
www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/english/alternatives/2503
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-04-01 05:21:40 GMT)
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but in your context, I would simply say "toilet", the Donnerbalken bit sounds very odd in German, privy is IMO a more military term
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ulrike Kraemer
: with "toilet"; Donnerbalken is vEry "umgangssprachlich" ;-)
44 mins
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| agree |
Rebecca Garber
: toilet
10 hrs
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| agree |
John Jory
: toilet
14 hrs
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