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Bewässerungsgärten

English translation: irrigated gardens

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German term or phrase:Bewässerungsgärten
English translation:irrigated gardens
Entered by: Courtney Sliwinski

19:23 Jul 17, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel / Luxury hotel review
German term or phrase: Bewässerungsgärten
Eine 85000 Quadratmeter große Gartenanlage mit Palmen-hainen und faszierenden Wassergärten, die den traditionellen arabischen *Bewässerungsgärten* (Falajd) im Bergland von Oman nachempfunden wurden, ist die ideale Oase für Ruhe und Entspannung.

Does anyone know what these are? Would it be something like a pond? Water garden already comes up in the text, so I have to make a distinction between the two. Once again, we are on the subject of luxury hotels, and this is a discription of the grounds. Thanks for all the help!
Courtney Sliwinski
Local time: 01:31
irrigated gardens
Explanation:
Al-Batinah: narrow, well-populated coastal plain, northeastern Oman, fronting the ... lime, and mango trees are grown along the coast in irrigated gardens, ...
www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9013759 - 47k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-07-17 19:29:27 GMT)
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As well as irrigated gardens and an open veranda (leewan or rewaaq), ... Only 10 kilometres from the border with Oman, it was also a strategic gateway and ...
www.miceonline.net/dubai/attractions.htm - 27k - Cached - Similar pages
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David Hollywood
Local time: 20:31
Grading comment
I will have to be a elmming and follow the crowd. Thanks for the quick response!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +10irrigated gardens
David Hollywood
3 +2irrigated gardens
Nicole Schnell
3irrigation system / falaj-style garden featuring ...
Francis Lee (X)


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +10
irrigated gardens


Explanation:
Al-Batinah: narrow, well-populated coastal plain, northeastern Oman, fronting the ... lime, and mango trees are grown along the coast in irrigated gardens, ...
www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9013759 - 47k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-07-17 19:29:27 GMT)
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As well as irrigated gardens and an open veranda (leewan or rewaaq), ... Only 10 kilometres from the border with Oman, it was also a strategic gateway and ...
www.miceonline.net/dubai/attractions.htm - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

David Hollywood
Local time: 20:31
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72
Grading comment
I will have to be a elmming and follow the crowd. Thanks for the quick response!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/683036 (DE>ES!)
2 mins
  -> thanks Andrew :)
agree  Julianne Rowland: Yes. Lots of interesting info on the Web about 'falaj' http://www.omanet.om/english/tourism/eco/falaj.asp?cat=tour&...
5 mins
  -> thaks Julianne :)
agree  Nicole Schnell: You were way too fast :-)
7 mins
  -> not exactly greased lightning though ... thanks Nicole :)
agree  Stephen Sadie: yes, david you were quicker
22 mins
  -> thanks Stephen :)
agree  Kcda: First come first served!
44 mins
agree  Austrianlassie
53 mins
agree  Gert Sass (M.A.)
2 hrs
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): yes, my daughter actually visited that site..
6 hrs
agree  Edith Kelly
8 hrs
agree  Steffen Walter
12 hrs
  -> thanks to all :)
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
irrigated gardens


Explanation:
The aflaj irrigation system (Oman). The property includes five aflaj irrigation systems and represents some 3,000 such systems still in use in Oman. The origins of this system of irrigation may date back to 500 A.D., but archaeological evidence suggests that irrigation systems existed in this extremely arid area as early as 2,500 B.C. Aflaj, is the plural of falaj which, in classical Arabic means to divide into shares and equitable sharing of a scarce resources to ensure sustainability remains the hallmark of this irrigation system. Using gravity, water is channelled from underground sources or springs to support agriculture and domestic use, often over many kilometres.

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About 15 or 20km out of Nizwa, a few kilometres off the road to Salalah, Manah is a really stunning site with old towers and buildings and an old village abandoned in 1971. You can walk through the streets, climb on the roofs and towers. The only preserved building is the mosque from where you can see the irrigated gardens. The modern city is just next to the old one.


    Reference: http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:1d-1gFYOB5IJ:whc.unesco....
    Reference: http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:kUY7FKvog_8J:www.lonelyp...
Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 16:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 58

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julianne Rowland
0 min
  -> Thank you, Julianne!
agree  David Hollywood: yes :)
11 mins
  -> Thank you, David! Greetings! :-)
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
irrigation system / falaj-style garden featuring ...


Explanation:
I'd suggest this for two reasons:

a) it might not read nicely if you have another "garden" reference right after Wassergärten
b) Web references show that the Falaj is in itself not a garden but an irrigation system - also used to irrigate farms, for example

"The area is still famous for its traditional irrigation system, the Falaj"
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070114/spectrum/main5.htm

But you could also say "falaj-style garden featuring the traditional irrigation system from the mountains of Oman" o.ä. to cover the whole thing incl. Wassergärten ...

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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-07-18 11:10:21 GMT) Post-grading
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@ Courtney: why follow the crowd when nobody else has even seen my suggestion? Feedback appreciated (also re. Wassergärten)
;-)

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Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2007-07-20 08:36:15 GMT) Post-grading
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@ Courtney:
That's cool. And you make a fair point about "system". ;-)

Francis Lee (X)
Local time: 01:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 122
Notes to answerer
Asker: The irrigated gardens worked nicely because this was an explanation of the water garden(which you can see from my posting), and I thought that the irrigation system sounded too agricultural. We are talking about a luxury resort here!

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