This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. German to English
  3. Tourism & Travel

Holztage

English translation: woodcrafts fair / exhibition

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
German term or phrase:Holztage
English translation:woodcrafts fair / exhibition
Entered by: roak

11:19 Sep 17, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
German term or phrase: Holztage
Im Oktober finden Kunsthandwerker-Markt und Holztage statt.

Is a part of a text describing the attractions in Schwarzwald.
roak
United States
woodcraft fair
Explanation:
Or:
woodcrafts fair

(In a compound noun, however, we usually take the singular.)
Selected response from:

Craig Meulen
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:54
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2(public) woodworking/carpentry events
Francis Lee (X)
3 +2wood fair
Cetacea
4woodcraft fair
Craig Meulen
4Exhibition on Natural Wood
Sasha2
3woodworking days
Stephen Sadie


  

Answers


32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(public) woodworking/carpentry events


Explanation:
I agree with Stephen re. woodworking/carpentry - but I'd avoid using "days". The German expression (e.g. Kulturtage) is far more common than in the English-speaking world.
www.woodworksevents.com
http://www.klondikesun.com/apr_23_04/0423046.html

Although you COULD say "open days" (i.e. for the public). But this depends on exactly what these Holztage involve. Any more info?

Francis Lee (X)
Local time: 13:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 122

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): good point, Francis
57 mins
agree  Rebecca Garber
2 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
woodworking days


Explanation:
days where woodworking is featured (carpentry is also possible)

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 32 mins (2007-09-17 11:52:22 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

wood days sounds unenglish...maybe even part from the text and say "all about wood"

Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 13:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 41

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Michael Schickenberg (X): IMO term encompasses more: everything that has to do with wood (construction material, energy source, forestry, etc.). Cf. e.g. Sechsämterland-Holztage, NRW-H., Westerwald-H. Maybe a literal "Wood Days" is best (there are "Canada Wood Days", cf. Google).
14 mins
  -> what do you propose, annd this sounds asif it is from advertising blurb and ought not be too lengthy
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
wood fair


Explanation:
After looking at some "Holztage" websites, I agree with Michael. The term involves presenting all sorts of uses for wood/timber, so how about wood fair?

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 51 mins (2007-09-17 12:10:34 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Here's one description from freiburg-schwarzwald.de:
"Holz und Glas" lautet das Thema der Holztage. Stets wolle man sich auf den Ausstellungsort beziehen, erläutert Holzkette-Geschäftsstellenleiterin Annette Pfaff. Rund 650 Quadratmeter Ausstellungsfläche seien schon gebucht. Viele Unternehmen, die bisher noch nicht Mitglied der Holzkette sind, hätten die Bedeutung der Holztage erkannt und wollten jetzt dem Verein beitreten, um auch ausstellen zu können: Möbel und Instrumente, Forstmaschinen, Heizungen oder Dachkonstruktionen sollen an zwei Tagen zwischen dem aus Holz gebauten neuen Feuerwehrhaus in Altglashütten und der Feldberghalle ausgestellt werden. Die Messebesucher sollen miterleben können, wie Handwerker und Maschinen arbeiten."


    Reference: http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/evnt/wwfair2k.htm
Cetacea
Switzerland
Local time: 13:54
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Craig Meulen
36 mins
  -> Thank you, Craig.
agree  Francis Lee (X): I didn't bother checking out any Holztage links, but I'll take your word for it.
47 mins
  -> Thank you, Francis, appreciate that.
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
woodcraft fair


Explanation:
Or:
woodcrafts fair

(In a compound noun, however, we usually take the singular.)

Craig Meulen
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Exhibition on Natural Wood


Explanation:
I think this is a quite idiomatic alternative.

Sasha2
Local time: 13:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search