Mar 31, 2008 13:17
16 yrs ago
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German term
Fabulierkünstler
German to English
Art/Literary
Journalism
Es waren die Fabulierkünstler der hochmögenden "Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung" , die dem Tatbestand eine geradezu wirtschaftsanarchische Dramatik verliehen. "McKinsey schafft den Umsatz ab," meldete die Gazette Ende Januar.
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48 mins
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
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
fabulists
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Note added at 50 mins (2008-03-31 14:07:35 GMT)
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Perhaps even (thinking along the "wordsmith" lines, as several of us apparently are ;-)), "wily wordsmiths"? - would give more of an impression of things being twiste/contorted/exaggerated?
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Note added at 50 mins (2008-03-31 14:07:35 GMT)
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Perhaps even (thinking along the "wordsmith" lines, as several of us apparently are ;-)), "wily wordsmiths"? - would give more of an impression of things being twiste/contorted/exaggerated?
Peer comment(s):
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Diana Loos
: I like "wily wordsmiths"!
2 hrs
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thanks Diana!
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Lancashireman
: consummate fabulists
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I love it - thanks Andrew!
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Cilian O'Tuama
: Wortverdreher
9 hrs
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exactly! Thanks, Cilian!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+3
3 mins
Nicole Schnell
United States
United States
Native in German
United States
Award winning Advertising/Marketing
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English
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32
wordsmiths par excellence
To retain the sarcasm.
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Steffen Walter
: Great minds and all that ;-)
1 min
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Thanks, Steffen! :-)
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TDfreelance
1 min
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Thanks, TDfreelance!
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Courtney Sliwinski
: Nicely put!
12 mins
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Thanks, Courtney! :-)
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
31 mins
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Thanks, Harald!
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Hilary Davies Shelby
: I like this (thought of wordsmiths too ;-)), but am not sure that this gets across the sense of sarcasm required in this context - it could just as easily be taken as a compliment! //Disagree is because I don't think it works in this context, sorry.
35 mins
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Then why a disagree? Irony/sarcasm are based on exaggerating particular properties until it turns into the opposite..
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Lancashireman
: I’m reluctant to swipe you with another disagree but I’m with Hil on this one. If your intention was sarcasm, you have unfortunately delivered a fulsome compliment instead.
9 hrs
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Steffen Walter
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Germany
Top-Notch Service | Direct Clients Only
Native in: German (Variant: Germany)
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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36
wordsmiths / storytellers
... depending on the nuance to be stressed (the second suggestion being slightly derogatory). More surrounding context, please.
33 mins
Tale-spinners, Yarn-spinners...
Just in case you're still not happy with the (very good) previous suggestions, here are a couple other nuances.
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Reference:
http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=161563&idForum=1&lp=ende&lang=de
1 hr
parsers of words
wordsmithing is not wrong, of course, but 'parsing' is more contemporaneous.
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