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historischen Vorbildern

English translation: historical examples

15:13 Feb 28, 2018
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: historischen Vorbildern
Ein besonderes Augenmerk legen wir auf die Herstellung von Manualklaviaturen nach historischen Vorbildern.
David Jacques
Local time: 02:04
English translation:historical examples
Explanation:
historical samples
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freekfluweel
Netherlands
Local time: 02:04
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2historical examples
freekfluweel
4 +1historical models
Michael Martin, MA
4 +1based on historical designs
Darrel Knutson
3manufacture ... using historical techniques
Lancashireman


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
historical examples


Explanation:
historical samples

freekfluweel
Netherlands
Local time: 02:04
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Not "samples", though. And you could also say designs or prototypes.
15 mins
  -> Right, NO samples it is. Thanks!
agree  Brigitte Hamilton
35 days
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
historical models


Explanation:
Compare with this:
"The first harpsichord Bédard built in France after a historical model was a copy of the Ruckers ravalé (Table 6.1, no. ... Beethoven sonatas.87" https://books.google.com/books?id=qTZDDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT201&lpg=...

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Note added at 3 hrs (2018-02-28 19:02:25 GMT)
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Vorbilder means neither samples, examples nor techniques.

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 20:04
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: Model means the same as example.
53 mins
  -> A model is something you draw positive inspiration from. Same with Vorbild. Example is pretty neutral by comparison
agree  Erik Freitag
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Erik.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Herstellung ... nach historischen Vorbildern
manufacture ... using historical techniques


Explanation:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q="using historical techniqu...

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Note added at 8 hrs (2018-03-01 00:13:15 GMT)
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Blockfloeten nach historischen Vorbildern
Eine Hommage an den australischen Blockflötenbauer Frederick G. Morgan (1940 1999), der durch sein Lebenswerk die Entwicklung der Alte-Musik-Bewegung und die Qualität des Blockflötenbaus grundlegend beeinflusste. 54 Autoren aus 15 Ländern der Welt, Blockflötisten der Weltspitze, Instrumentenbauer und Künstler, schreiben über ihre Zusammenarbeit mit ihm und offenbaren damit eindrucksvolle Zeugnisse ihrer Beziehung zum Instrument und der Suche nach dem künstlerischen Ausdruck in der Musik. Fred Morgans eigene Texte über Blockflötenbau und die Qualität der historischen Originalinstrumente ergänzen diese persönlichen Texte und Erinnerungen und führen auf leicht verständliche Weise in die faszinierende Welt des Blockflötenbaus ein.
https://www.amazon.com/Blockfloeten-nach-historischen-Vorbil...


Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Erik Freitag: This doesn't mean using historical techniques. There's no doubt that "Vorbilder" doesn't relate to the process, but to actual instruments. I suspect any native layman will think the same, but maybe I'm biased because of specialist knowledge here./So?
5 mins
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
based on historical designs


Explanation:
Examples found: "In 1991 he left Zuckermann Harpsichords inc. and began building instruments based on historical designs." and "The case construction of the instrument you purchase should also be based on historical designs."
I'm not quite sure how you'd handle "nach" in the other suggestions.

Example sentence(s):
  • We build keyboards based on historical desgins.

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Darrel Knutson
Germany
Local time: 02:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kristina Cosumano (X): What I would have suggested.
10 days
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