Nov 5, 2007 15:53
16 yrs ago
German term
trockene Sumpfüberquerung
German to English
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation
employee event
"Des Weiteren waren gemeinsame Ideen, Abstimmung und Koordination bei der »trockenen Sumpfüberquerung« gefragt."
Does anybody know of an English expression for this activity? It is in the context of an employee event, intended for people to get to know each other.
Does anybody know of an English expression for this activity? It is in the context of an employee event, intended for people to get to know each other.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | bridge building activity |
jccantrell
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| 3 | dried swamp crossing |
Benjamin Outram
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| 3 | crossing a swamp/bog/marsh without getting wet |
Cilian O'Tuama
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| 3 | simulated swamp crossing |
Ken Cox
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Proposed translations
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jccantrell
United States
United States
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bridge building activity
This might be what is meant here. You have to "think outside the box" etc. to get a task done. The link talk about building a bridge between two tables, but I can see this being applied to crossing a swamp without getting your feet wet (trocken-- how I understood this).
Kind of falls into the team building, bonding, etc., category.
Kind of falls into the team building, bonding, etc., category.
Reference:
http://www.joma.org/images/upload_library/4/vol6/Maring/Bridge.html
http://www.smallpeicetrust.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=121&Itemid=117
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| agree |
Francis Lee (X)
: I'm not sure, but it would make sense.
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Benjamin Outram
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Works in: German to English, English, German
dried swamp crossing
I imagine it's some kind of orienteering event.
Drained swamp could be substituted, but it would depend on whether the swamp had been actively drained or dried out naturally.
Drained swamp could be substituted, but it would depend on whether the swamp had been actively drained or dried out naturally.
53 mins
Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Germany
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Germany
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crossing a swamp/bog/marsh without getting wet
how I'd read it
1 hr
simulated swamp crossing
Lots of references for Sumpfüberquerung exercises, and IMO 'trocken' means that it isn't a real swamp.
Conceivably, you could use 'dryland swamp crossing' if you like paradox.
sample refs:
sumpfüberquerung
„Sumpfüberquerung“. Anzahl:, 5 bis 20 Spieler. Alter:, 8 bis 26 Jahre. Dauer:, mind. 20 Minuten. Ort:, draußen. Material:, 1 x Brett ca. ...
www.bdkj-thr.de/spiele/03-210sumpfueberquerung.htm
http://martin.beiernetz.de/hp/download/bilder.php?id=160_000...
(and related pages: photos)
Conceivably, you could use 'dryland swamp crossing' if you like paradox.
sample refs:
sumpfüberquerung
„Sumpfüberquerung“. Anzahl:, 5 bis 20 Spieler. Alter:, 8 bis 26 Jahre. Dauer:, mind. 20 Minuten. Ort:, draußen. Material:, 1 x Brett ca. ...
www.bdkj-thr.de/spiele/03-210sumpfueberquerung.htm
http://martin.beiernetz.de/hp/download/bilder.php?id=160_000...
(and related pages: photos)
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