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Nov 4, 2003 16:19
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German term
Sorcha O'Hagan (X)
Terminwohnung
Non-PRO
German to English
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Yes, this is a serious, professional question, apologies if I am offending anyone. A Terminwohnung is some kind of flat used in prostitution. I found the following definition, but not sure if it's correct:
Terminwohnung: Wohnung mit mindestens zwei Zimmern und wöchentlich wechselnden Mädchen, die ausschließlich auf "Termin" fahren, also jede Woche in einer anderen Stadt anzutreffen sind.
I have a text differentiating between "Wohnungsprostitution", massage and several other forms/locations, and "Terminwohnung". The "Wohnungsprostitution" is where a prostitute rents a flat for her own use, or shares it with someone. Anyone any idea what the "Terminwohnung" might be in English, though?
(Serious answers only please, and I certainly won't assume that anyone who knows this knows through personal experience. This is a translation for a prostitutes' organisation and not marketing or porn, btw.)
MMTIA
Sorcha
Terminwohnung: Wohnung mit mindestens zwei Zimmern und wöchentlich wechselnden Mädchen, die ausschließlich auf "Termin" fahren, also jede Woche in einer anderen Stadt anzutreffen sind.
I have a text differentiating between "Wohnungsprostitution", massage and several other forms/locations, and "Terminwohnung". The "Wohnungsprostitution" is where a prostitute rents a flat for her own use, or shares it with someone. Anyone any idea what the "Terminwohnung" might be in English, though?
(Serious answers only please, and I certainly won't assume that anyone who knows this knows through personal experience. This is a translation for a prostitutes' organisation and not marketing or porn, btw.)
MMTIA
Sorcha
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | surely this is simply a "brothel" or what the French would call |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 4 | "House of assignation" |
Hilary Davies Shelby
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| 4 | What was called |
gangels (X)
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| 3 | pross quarter |
Iftekhar Hassan
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| 3 | house of call |
Parrot
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Proposed translations
6 mins
surely this is simply a "brothel" or what the French would call
a "maison close" (maison de rendez-vous), where male clients come to be "serviced" on rendezvous?
The may be a more modern word for "brothel" but I got off the banana boat too long ago to know !
The may be a more modern word for "brothel" but I got off the banana boat too long ago to know !
6 mins
Iftekhar Hassan
United States
United States
United States
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Works in: English to Bengali, Bengali to English, Urdu to English, and 7 more.
pross quarter
also whorehouse
1 hr
house of call
was what I got looking up the Spanish version (casa de citas). However, this seems to have gone out of style in the 19th century:
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Note added at 1 hr 15 mins (2003-11-04 17:35:02 GMT)
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Errr... here\'s a glossary compiling every kind of synonym for \"brothel\". Hope it helps:
http://216.58.107.91/SYNONYMS/BROTHEL.htm
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Note added at 1 hr 15 mins (2003-11-04 17:35:02 GMT)
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Errr... here\'s a glossary compiling every kind of synonym for \"brothel\". Hope it helps:
http://216.58.107.91/SYNONYMS/BROTHEL.htm
4 hrs
Hilary Davies Shelby
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
German and "Geek" to English!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English
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"House of assignation"
By means of some rather complicted Googling, I found the following:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=house of assignatio...
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=house of assignatio...
8 hrs
What was called
'Absteigequartier'. In the US, they call it hour hotel (you rent a room by the hour in a sleazy hotel) or a notch up, it's a 'discreet place' or 'keyhole apartment' (not because it's tiny, but the keyhole gets a workout, I guess, with all the coming and going)
Discussion
should maybe clarify - this is NOT the usual brothel (Laufhaus, Bordell) run by a madam or whatever, but a slightly different arrangment. Not quite sure is there a manager of some kind present, but doesn't appear to be.
should maybe clarify - this is NOT the usual brothel (Laufhaus, Bordell) run by a madam or whatever, but a slightly different arrangment. Not quite sure is there a manager of some kind present, but doesn't appear to be.