Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Landhaus
English translation:
country lodge
German term
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Landhaus
Landhaus ist eine Pension oder kleines Hotel in der Alpengegend.
Now then, so far I have always translated it by country-house...
Country cottage would imply that it is built of wood...or at least partly of wood...
Is country-house an acceptable translation or do you have something better up your sleeve?
Jan 30, 2009 09:22: casper (X) Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (2): writeaway, Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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Proposed translations
country lodge
Translator + Interpreter since 1980
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manor
United Kingdom
Technology, natural sciences, AGBs
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rural lodgings in a ...
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fm1
: there are no fincas in the Alps, and small castles would not be referred to as country houses
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I didn't mean in the context of the Alps. I was referring to attempts to translate countryor culture-specific terms like 'finca'.
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country house hotel
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Friderike Butler
: yes, or country estate hotel, denn Landhaus bedeutet nicht unbedingt klein.
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David Moore (X)
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Donal Murphy-Bokern
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: also with your comment on "cottage"
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Sabine Akabayov, PhD
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Michael Harris
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Teja Prosenc
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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Francisco Kuhlmann (X)
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country guesthouse
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Armorel Young
: yes, a distinct possibility. To my ears a country house (and hence also a country house hotel) is something quite grand and therefore not equivalent to a "Pension oder kleines Hotel"
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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Lonnie Legg
: with Armorel, if smaller-scale: yes!
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Design, Construction, Real Estate
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Call it what it is; albergo, pension, hotel garni, Gasthof, 5 star hotel, refugio?
Landhaus doesn't convey much. Jagdhof, Schloss, former Bauernhof? Did they sell off the estate?
Most of the english adjectives are so tendentious. Manor=minor rural gentry. Country house (when do the Astors arrive, dahling?) isn't the same as house in the country. Lodge in UK ENG is a gatehouse or a snob address (The Lodge, Wits End, Surrey) unless it is combined (hunting lodge). It is worse in US ENG; a cheap motel or a pseudo fur-trapper's cabin. Whatever term you use, make it reflect the level of comfort/services available or your readers will be sending reviews to Venere.com.
The Gasthof zum Igel occupies a tastefully renovated house in a rural setting. Colorful locals meet in the bar. Do not trip over the Gemse on the way out!
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Diana Loos
: Very well explained - particularly in respect of the snob aspects!
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Gunilla Zedigh
: since this hotel is in the alps i wouldn't call it a country house hotel, or anything with country for that matter. the style in the alps is not really country-style.
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Lonnie Legg
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Thasnk you!
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alpine-style hotel
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