Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
verhaltensunauffällig
English translation:
to return to being another (inconspicuous) face in the crowd
Added to glossary by
Natalie Wilcock (X)
Sep 17, 2003 14:36
20 yrs ago
German term
Natalie Wilcock (X)
verhaltensunauffällig
German to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Und strebt zur Umkleidekabine, um sich wieder in einen verhaltensunauffälligen Zeitgenossen zu verwandeln.
I fear that inconspicuous does not express in total that after maskerading as someone else, the person involved returns to his/her normal life.
I fear that inconspicuous does not express in total that after maskerading as someone else, the person involved returns to his/her normal life.
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Aug 9, 2005 12:59: Natalie Wilcock (X) changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Poetry & Literature"
Proposed translations
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4 mins
German term (edited):
verhaltensunauff�llig
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... to return to being another (inconspicuous) face in the crowd
That's how I'd approach it, for what it's worth. (Do I hear two cents?)
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Or how about: \"to return to the obscurity of a face in the crowd\"
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Or \"to return to his/her former obscurity\".
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Note added at 15 mins (2003-09-17 14:52:12 GMT)
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Or how about: \"to return to the obscurity of a face in the crowd\"
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Or \"to return to his/her former obscurity\".
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "wow, so many to choose from
thanks a lot
cheers
natalie"
8 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Specializes in field
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
213
German term (edited):
verhaltensunauff�llig
unremarkable
undistinguished, unremarkable, characterless contemporaries
+1
13 mins
German term (edited):
verhaltensunauff�llig
transform him/herself back into an unnoticeable contemporary
or: melts invisibly into the crowd
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
zhdim
: Hi e-rich. I didn't notice your second suggestion when I proposed mine, which is quite good. Your main suggestion - quite literal and a bit clunky. But the "melts" thing is good.
8 mins
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20 mins
German term (edited):
verhaltensunauff�llig
melt into the crowd / melt back into the crowd
Just as another suggestion. I also like Ian's idea above.
This would be a pretty common way of expressing it in all sorts of situations:
PM - Coalition forces still under attack in Iraq - ... are walking through markets, they don't know who their adversaries are, people can come out shoot a soldier at point-blank range and melt back into the crowd. ...
www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2003/s897721.htm - 23k - En cache - Pages similaires
Pusan City Hike - Stop #26 - Page 2 - [ Traduire cette page ]
... We'd either wave or respond back in Korean or English, which would make the group laugh and the initial perpetrators melt back into the crowd. ...
www.geocities.com/caveguru/PusanHike_2.html - 9k - En cache - Pages similaires
Jugar con fuego - [ Traduire cette page ]
... Her father the elderly Duke of Alberquerque appears, enabling her to melt back into the crowd, and leaving the Marquis to boast mendaciously about his new ...
www.zarzuela.net/syn/jugar.htm
This would be a pretty common way of expressing it in all sorts of situations:
PM - Coalition forces still under attack in Iraq - ... are walking through markets, they don't know who their adversaries are, people can come out shoot a soldier at point-blank range and melt back into the crowd. ...
www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2003/s897721.htm - 23k - En cache - Pages similaires
Pusan City Hike - Stop #26 - Page 2 - [ Traduire cette page ]
... We'd either wave or respond back in Korean or English, which would make the group laugh and the initial perpetrators melt back into the crowd. ...
www.geocities.com/caveguru/PusanHike_2.html - 9k - En cache - Pages similaires
Jugar con fuego - [ Traduire cette page ]
... Her father the elderly Duke of Alberquerque appears, enabling her to melt back into the crowd, and leaving the Marquis to boast mendaciously about his new ...
www.zarzuela.net/syn/jugar.htm
24 mins
... everyday Joe/Jane/George
- a bit too "American" perhaps, but I thought it deserved a mention.
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FWIW I\'d be surprised if he had a \"crowd\" in his dressing room.
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FWIW I\'d be surprised if he had a \"crowd\" in his dressing room.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Nicole Tata
: Have you never been in a crowded dressing room? Not even Top Man on a Saturday afternoon?
15 mins
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Well no, I've never had that problem in the Oxfam Shop.
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26 mins
Nicole Tata
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in German
&
English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Transcreation, Marketing/PR, Literary
Native in: English 
, German
Works in: English to German, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
28
to become invisible once more
and perhaps add:
(to become invisible once more), just another face in the crowd
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… headed for the dressing room to change back into obscurity
(to become invisible once more), just another face in the crowd
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… headed for the dressing room to change back into obscurity
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
TonyTK
: But what if she's a magician?
2 mins
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damn! Didn't think of that ...
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30 mins
hardly noticeable
I like Ian's sentence proposal, except for the "inconspicious". The word itself is too conspicious. Perhaps hardly noticebale leaves room for the imagination.
48 mins
go back to being just another ordinary unremarkable everyday person
option
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go back to being a nonenity again
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return to nonentity status
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return to nonentity status
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go back to being a nonenity again
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return to nonentity status
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return to nonentity status
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