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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Lebens-/Ordnungs- oder Lärmgewohnheiten

English translation:

their social habits, their personal hygiene or their noise

Added to glossary by Ramey Rieger (X)
Oct 15, 2016 15:45
8 yrs ago
German term

Lebens-/Ordnungs- oder Lärmgewohnheiten

Non-PRO German to English Bus/Financial Real Estate AGM Co-owners association
Niemand möchte – permanent – fremden Menschen am Pool begegnen oder sich mit deren persönlichen Lebens-/Ordnungs- oder Lärmgewohnheiten auseinandersetzen.

Nobody wants to have to keep meeting strangers at the pool or deal with their ???? Not sure how to word this in English .. noisiness, ...? TIA for any help
Proposed translations (English)
2 +2 their social habits, their personal hygiene or their noise
3 +1 lifestyle, neatness and noise preferences
3 deal with their personal life / order or noise habits.
Change log

Oct 17, 2016 06:07: Ramey Rieger (X) Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (2): BrigitteHilgner, Steffen Walter

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Proposed translations

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13 mins
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their social habits, their personal hygiene or their noise

No one wants to be persistantly/constantly confronted with strangers at the pool, or bothered by their social habits, their personal hygiene or their noise.

Not sure if hygiene would be correct, but can't come up with something better right now.

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Note added at 17 hrs (2016-10-16 09:27:25 GMT)
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Thanks to Brigitte, the correct term for Ordnungsgewohnheiten would be MESSINESS, as we can pretty much cancel out a cleanliness neurosis
Peer comment(s):
agree franglish : ...at the pool, nor be bothered by their social or personal habits, includind noisiness.
4 hrs
Nice one!
neutral Michael Martin, MA : Hygiene for Ordnung seems like a slight stretch. Want to be more blunt than the Germans, Ramey?
7 hrs
Ach, mir ist nichts anderes eingefallen.
agree BrigitteHilgner : Good morning, Ramey, I like "social habits" but I think "personal hygiene" doesn't quite fit. I would probably use "messiness" (because I can't think of anything more appropriate at the moment).
14 hrs
Messiness is quite good, I puzzled over it for a while, imagining the scene but couldn't come up with anything better.
neutral Thomas Pfann : mit Brigitte - „personal hygiene“ doesn't fit for „Ordnungsgewohnheiten“. You seemed to agree, so why add the wrong term to the glossary? // No worries, it's not that bad ;-)
2 days 15 hrs
OH SH*****T! Human error, I'll see if I can fix it. Thanks for the input.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks all. I went with nor be bothered by their social or personal habits, including noisiness."
11 mins

deal with their personal life / order or noise habits.

Like you wrote above, Nobdoy wants to meet strangers at the pool or deal with their prersonal life/oder or noise habits which would not be a pleasant experience.
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+1
1 hr

lifestyle, neatness and noise preferences

"Who wants to always run into strangers at pools and be exposed to their lifestyle, neatness and noise preferences?"

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Note added at 7 hrs (2016-10-15 22:58:52 GMT)
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'Persönlich' is included in preferences. But not only that. There’s also no need to translate ‘Gewohnheiten’ as ‘habits’ or ‘practices’ as ‘preferences’ also gets that message across just as well or even better.
Peer comment(s):
agree misterherrnau : ... what they consider appropriate with respect to comportment, neatness and noise
7 hrs
neutral Ramey Rieger (X) : exposed to neatness implies they're overly so, and noise preferences - do they grunt? :-)
16 hrs
Nope. Combined with preferences, these terms suggest none of that. They are direction neutral.
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