Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 23, 2011 17:40
12 yrs ago
German term
Litfaßsäule
German to English
Marketing
Advertising / Public Relations
Knowledge Management
Die lokale Version der Wissensplattform befindet sich momentan in der Gender-Wissenssäule, eine mobile Litfaßsäule.
Anyone got any ideas for 'säule' in this context? I'm thinking 'mobile Knowledge Base', but would welcome any ideas.
Thanks!
Anyone got any ideas for 'säule' in this context? I'm thinking 'mobile Knowledge Base', but would welcome any ideas.
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
3 | billboard | Horst Huber (X) |
5 +2 | advertisement pillar | Martina Kilgo |
4 +2 | Advertising column | Erik Werner |
4 -1 | mobile knowledge base | Alexander Ryshow |
Change log
Jul 23, 2011 18:39: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"
Proposed translations
3 hrs
Selected
billboard
We are looking for a metaphorical "Litfaßsäule". From Germany, you would know the real ones, up to the second floor, cylindrical, conical top. Early on Monday, workers come to take down the old posters, and to glue on new ones, with ladders and large buckets. At election time you see the same faces on them, all over and over. Like the "Normaluhr", they serve as landmarks for lovers to meet. No such thing in the US, therefore my suggestion.
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Kevin Fulton
: "No such thing in the US" We have them in our Midwestern city. Strangely, we call them "kiosks".
5 hrs
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Quite right. Thank you for reminding me. Can't remember seeing any around here.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks everyone!"
+2
3 mins
advertisement pillar
According to Pons Expert and University dictionary the correct translation is "advertisement pillar".
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Iris Heldensen
: and also good for use in a more figurative sense
2 mins
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neutral |
Susan Welsh
: The idea of an advertisement pillar, much less a mobile advertisement pillar, is incomprehensible in American English (to me at least). I found it through Google images. Even fewer hits for host:uk
25 mins
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agree |
Anette Bange (X)
1 day 14 hrs
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+2
5 mins
Advertising column
This is the German term for an advertising column, "cylindrical outdoor sidewalk structures with a characteristic style that are used for advertising and other purposes"
-1
7 mins
mobile knowledge base
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Phoebe Indetzki
: the link you provided says nothing whatsoever!
1 day 1 hr
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