Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Silberfontäne
English translation:
silver fountain
Added to glossary by
Kim Metzger
Dec 17, 2002 21:53
21 yrs ago
German term
Silberfontan
German to English
Art/Literary
Licht-Schattenspiele ergaenzt durch Silberfontaenen liessen Wasserfaellen die Fassaden herabstuerzen.
(describing opening ceremony of new store)
(describing opening ceremony of new store)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | silver fountains |
Kim Metzger
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| 4 | jets of silvery light |
Nicole Tata
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Proposed translations
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
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Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
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silver fountains
The noun is Fontäne.
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Note added at 2002-12-17 22:03:01 (GMT)
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Lichtspiel = display lights
Schattenspiel = shadowgraphs, shadow effects
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Note added at 2002-12-17 22:03:01 (GMT)
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Lichtspiel = display lights
Schattenspiel = shadowgraphs, shadow effects
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Nicole Tata
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in German
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English
United Kingdom
Transcreation, Marketing/PR, Literary
Native in: English 
, German
Works in: English to German, German to English
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jets of silvery light
perhaps adding: shooting up into/across the sky... cascading down ...
I don't think silver fountains conveys quite the same image in English.
hth
I don't think silver fountains conveys quite the same image in English.
hth
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