Oct 14, 2009 09:28
14 yrs ago
German term

Erlebnisstrasse

German to English Marketing Tourism & Travel
German-speakers seem to love the expression "Erlebnis" at the moment. Have recently seen "Erlebnisdusche", "Erlebnisbad", "Erlebnishotel", "Erlebniswald" - and now an "Erlebnisstrasse" - it's basically a mountain pass (for cars) which includes museums, sculptures, information displays etc. along the way. So really nothing to do with adventure...
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Oct 14, 2009 09:44: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Marketing"

Discussion

Jon Reynolds Oct 14, 2009:
It can also be slightly more flexible. One of my (tourism) clients insists that "Erlebnisdusche" has to be translated as "hydrotherapy shower".
Madame Pauls (X) Oct 14, 2009:
"Erlebnis"- is quite an IT-Word nowadays :-)
Doesn't really mean adventure or discovery, it's more like experience/event.... great experience, fun experience, interesting experience, unforgettable experience, have-to-be-made-experience.
It's definitely combined with action: Erlebnis means there will be action and/or entertainement. Can be in a restaurant ... with live-cooking for ex.
Stephen Old Oct 14, 2009:
Experience Hi Lesley,<br><br>I cannot think of a neat way of putting "Erlebnisstrasse" yet but while you have been away from the UK advertisers have turned everything into a unique experience - shower experience, bathtime experience, listening experience, driving experience etc. - can you use that?
Anne-Katrin Grube Oct 14, 2009:
Mountainous adventure road I'd still go with something like mountainous adventure road (if you're looking for a term rather than a description, which I s'pose). For most tourists it is indeed an "adventure" just to look at sculptures, etc :-). The thought of "amusement road" crossed my mind but it has that amusement park taste or even worse ...

Proposed translations

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discovery route

Just a suggestions to get the ball rolling down the mountain road...
Peer comment(s):

agree Melanie Wittwer : I like that.
1 min
Thanks Melanie, amazing what 3 little words can do for your mood!
agree Kerstin Green : good one
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Danke schön!
agree Steffen Walter
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Danke Dir!
agree LisaV20 : I like route of discovery better, though
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Thanks for the agreement.
agree Rolf Keiser : great suggestion
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My mood gets better and better today!
agree Audrey Foster (X) : wow!
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Goodness, thanks!
agree Alison MacG : Discovery is ideal. Road of discovery, path of discovery.
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agree Lisa Davey : Like discovery. With Alison concerning "road"
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agree Paul Cohen : Discovery sounds enticing.
1 hr
Like a lovely chocolate cake...
agree Jon Reynolds
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agree Julia Lipeles
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agree Helen Shiner : Perfect solution
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agree Blaess
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agree Bianca Marsden-Day
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you!! "
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instructive road with cultural treasures or:

instructive road with cultural highlights
Peer comment(s):

disagree Paul Cohen : The word "instructive" might be appropriate for selling educational materials to schools, but it definitely does not work in a broader marketing context.
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adventure road


... would be another possibility.

For example:
Winter along the Adventure Road - Visit Norway (taken from a travel advert)


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experience route

See my notes in the discussion
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mountain experience route

I a starting to wake up and in view of all the attractions you list this might be a good option!
Peer comment(s):

neutral Paul Cohen : Hi, Stephen. Just a gentle reminder. It's preferable to write amendments such as this under your original answer. There's no need to make a totally new entry.
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OK, sorry. I need more practice at this!
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Erlebnisstraße acc. to Wikipedia und ADAC

Erlebnisstraße ist in Österreich eine Bezeichnung für eine touristische Route, die der Erschließung der Landschaft für Reisende oder der Vermarktung regionaltypischer Produkte und Dienstleistungen dient. Der Begriff Erlebnisstraße ist weitestgehend synonym mit dem in jüngster Zeit in Österreich häufiger verwendeten Begriff Themenstraße. Seine Bedeutung entspricht in etwa der der in Deutschland verwendeten Begriffe Ferienstraße, Tourismus- oder Touristikstraße bzw. -route. In Österreich gibt es mehr als 60 Erlebnisstraßen.

Ferienstraße acc. to ADAC:

Eine Ferienstraße (Themen-, Fremdenverkehrs-, Touristen- oder Touristikstraße bzw. -route) ist laut dem ADAC (1995) eine auf Dauer angelegte Reiseroute mit einem speziellen Thema, die den Zweck verfolgt, das Gebiet der Streckenführung touristisch besser zu vermarkten.[1] Eine Sonderform der Ferienstraße ist die Panoramastraße. Dabei handelt es sich um eine Straße, die zahlreiche Ausblicke (Panorama) auf landschaftliche Schönheiten ermöglicht.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Helen Shiner : Interesting - we used to have scenic routes - got to get a grip on this Erlebnis thing.//Discovery is certainly a buzz word in the UK - you get discovery routes around museums. Yes, scenic route as the slow, often mistaken route, has entered the language!
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Me too, am somewhat surprised at the unanimity here. In the U.S. the scenic route is what I know too - but it was always the slow route to the destination, and involved a lot of nature, which this city kid didn't care for. What is with tourist route????
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