Apr 25, 2015 11:04
9 yrs ago
German term
Strippenzieher
German to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Anyone know what this is called in English (see picture in link): https://www.google.at/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images...
Team members have to work together in drawing a given motif by pulling the strings.
Used as one activity during a team-building event
Team members have to work together in drawing a given motif by pulling the strings.
Used as one activity during a team-building event
Proposed translations
(English)
3 | group drawing with pull-strings | Andrea Graves |
3 +2 | string pullers | Edith Kelly |
3 | pull-strings, string-pull | Stephen Reader |
Proposed translations
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group drawing with pull-strings
I think some kind of compound description is the best solution for this rather than a word or two. There is the possibility of inadvertently referencing other forms of string art with a non-descriptive translation. Other forms of string art are, for example, pulled string art in which one end of the string is dipped in paint and then pulled across the paper. And string art can also be a type of weaving. Pins or nails are set up to create a dedign or pattern between them with string.
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Comment: "Thank you, Andrea"
+2
34 mins
string pullers
both terms are shadowy ... i.e. someone pulling the strings, here just literally. It's clear when you see the pic.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Gudrun Wolfrath
: hyphen, http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/string-p...
2 mins
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danke, stimmt, mit Bindestrich
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neutral |
Stephen Reader
: "mit e-m Strp-z. ... zeichnen" suggests the string composite is defined as a *tool* - if so, *not a ref. to a person*. Cd still be called a 'string puller' conceivably. Backgrd message sugg'd = (?) '[learn] who's driving the bus?' for teams
2 hrs
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agree |
Lonnie Legg
6 hrs
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2 hrs
pull-strings, string-pull
... as alternative to 'string-puller' (tho' the allusion to 'we're all string-pullers here together... creating a synthesis...' is clear): approximations to the 'tool', 'device' feel of the thing in this social-/ teamwork-learning games context, imagine "Get the / So, folks, it's time for the pull-strings [device]"...
Discussion
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