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Ratesituationen

English translation: guessing situations

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German term or phrase:Ratesituationen
English translation:guessing situations
Entered by: Kathryn McFarland

23:04 Jan 6, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
German term or phrase: Ratesituationen
Die Einblendung der Fragen und der aktuellen Punktestände erfolgt über zwei Rechner der Spielegrafik (ein
Hauptgerät, ein Backup-Rechner, der parallel und synchron mitläuft, da Ratesituationen nicht wiederholbar sind).

Description of how a TV show is made
Kathryn McFarland
guessing situations
Explanation:
for lack of a more colloquial terms ... perhaps it will inspire someone else!
Selected response from:

Brie Vernier
Germany
Local time: 18:55
Grading comment
Thanks - I used Kim's suggestion of "quiz"
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3guessing situations
Brie Vernier
2incremental displays
Lancashireman
1on-the-spot situations
Francis Lee (X)


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
guessing situations


Explanation:
for lack of a more colloquial terms ... perhaps it will inspire someone else!

Brie Vernier
Germany
Local time: 18:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks - I used Kim's suggestion of "quiz"

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Teresa Reinhardt: It's 'raten', and this is the only answer that makes sense. Obviously, you cannot ask the same person the same question again
19 mins
  -> Thanks, Teresa
agree  Kim Metzger: Guessing is close, but it's similar to KudoZ. We don't usually submit guesses. The guests on this show are answering questions in quizzes. I don't think "guessing" is the ideal term. / Try quiz situations.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Kim, but when you're in the hotseat across from Günther Jauch, going for 32,000 euros, and don't know whether A, B, C or D is correct but take a shot in the dark because you have nothing to lose, I'd call that 'guessing'.//Yes, that might work.
agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X): Quiz would be nice.
7 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
incremental displays


Explanation:
The back-up is necessary because if one system were to go down it would not be possible to redisplay previous stages of the scoring.


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Note added at 3 hrs 29 mins (2006-01-07 02:34:36 GMT)
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On the basis of Kim's additional input, delete the above answer based on the noun form ('Rate') and substitute this one based on the verb form ('raten'):
'each question-and-answer situation' or 'each round of question and answer'

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 46

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Kim Metzger: I'm not answering because I'm working on the same project that Kathryn's doing. Quiz contestants earn points for answering questions.
1 hr
  -> Thanks for the additional context.
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2 days 9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
on-the-spot situations


Explanation:
a puzzling term indeed, but I don't think it has anything to do with "guessing" (unlike my answer)

Francis Lee (X)
Local time: 18:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 34
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