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German term or phrase:Vermittlung
English translation:display and interpretation / education and communication concept
Entered by: Hermien Desaivre

13:19 Jan 27, 2023
German to English translations [PRO]
Construction / Civil Engineering / Tender for a permanent exhibition space for a museum
German term or phrase: Vermittlung
The text keeps referring to the job as "Vermittlungsaufgabe", "Vermittlungskonzep", "Beschreibung des zentralen Vermittlungsansatzes". I have seen "communication concept" and "placement task" used... I think it refers to the general arrangement for communicating/presenting it to the public. But I am pressed terribly for time by the client and simply cannot find a solution to this. Any ideas are appreciated.
Hermien Desaivre
South Africa
Local time: 06:07
display and interpretation
Explanation:
See the context in the discussion box.

Museum interpretation is the art of presenting information in a form that visitors can enjoy and quickly understand. The most common form of interpretation for objects is using labels.
http://www.mylearning.org/stories/make-a-museum/1410

You could just say "display" after the first time, to avoid repetition.
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philgoddard
United States
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Thank you so much to everyone who contriibuted. I ended up using descriptive phrases, including the two entered in the gloss. This was a reall tough one to bind into one phrase, considering that it was used in various ways in the text, and also that the text was going to be read mostly by non-native speakers. The client was very happy. We went for accuracy, clarity and understanding rather than bind ourselves to one term throughout.
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philgoddard
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museale | Vermittlung · museale Vermittlung > museum communication /presenting objects / information
andres-larsen

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display and interpretation


Explanation:
See the context in the discussion box.

Museum interpretation is the art of presenting information in a form that visitors can enjoy and quickly understand. The most common form of interpretation for objects is using labels.
http://www.mylearning.org/stories/make-a-museum/1410

You could just say "display" after the first time, to avoid repetition.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 65
Grading comment
Thank you so much to everyone who contriibuted. I ended up using descriptive phrases, including the two entered in the gloss. This was a reall tough one to bind into one phrase, considering that it was used in various ways in the text, and also that the text was going to be read mostly by non-native speakers. The client was very happy. We went for accuracy, clarity and understanding rather than bind ourselves to one term throughout.
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Reference: museale | Vermittlung · museale Vermittlung > museum communication /presenting objects / information

Reference information:
museale Vermittlung :: German-English translation - Dict.cc
https://www.dict.cc › german-english › museale+Vermit...
museale | Vermittlung · museale Vermittlung {f} · museum communication [way of presenting objects and information] educ. spec.

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Museum Communication - ZKM
https://zkm.de › about-the-zkm › organization › museum-.
What is museum communication?
Museum Communication is art education in process. Our formats allow us to produce communicative situations between our visitors, the art, the curators and other colleagues involved in the exhibitions. Museum Communication is interdisciplinary, cross-medial and participatory.

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Museum as Communication Channel - EVE Museology
https://evmuseography.wordpress.com › ...
23 feb. 2015 — In the museum context communication emerges both as the presentation of the results of research undertaken into the collections (catalogues, articles, conferences, exhibitions) and as the provision of information about the objects in the collections (the permanent exhibition and the information connected with it). This interpretation sees the exhibition both as an integral part of the research process and as an element in a more general communication system including for example, scientific publications. This is the rationale which prevailed in the PRC (Preservation–Research–Communication) system proposed by the Reinwardt Academie in Amsterdam, which includes under communication the functions of exhibition, publication, and education fulfilled by the museum.

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 42
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