Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 31, 2008 09:03
15 yrs ago
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German term
Hofschenke
German to English
Marketing
Tourism & Travel
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | bar room |
Armorel Young
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| 1 +4 | coutr / courtyard pub (as in Schänke) |
Stephen Sadie
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| 3 +1 | Country tavern |
EC Translate
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| 1 | country inn |
Languageman
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Change log
Jul 31, 2008 11:10: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"
Proposed translations
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bar room
There are lots of things that this isn't. It isn't a pub, tavern or inn - it's just a bar. And there's no evidence that it's a courtyard anything, since the Hof- may simply be telling us that it belongs to the Bauernhof. It's probably a single room. So I would just call it a bar room. You could make it a bit more colourful by keeping the German term - "our Hofschänke or bar room".
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Andrea Black
: I totally agree with your explanation (I've just been to exactly such a farm/room). "Hof" here refers to belonging to the farm, it's not a courtyard anything.
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Stephen Sadie
: I like this
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Danke an alle!"
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7 mins
Stephen Sadie
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coutr / courtyard pub (as in Schänke)
a wild guess due to lacking context
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Languageman
: Given Elvira's new context, this appears to be just a part of a larger complex, and not the main reason for going to the place, I'm inclined to lean towards this interpretation, but drop pub and use 'courtyard bar' or even 'courtyard suite' (if it's posh)
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I like courtyard bar too, seems my hunch was right!
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Helen Shiner
: Better than farmyard bar!! But not suite - that smacks of conference suites or bridal suites.
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thanks helen
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Ingrid Moore
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thanks ingrid
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: would be my unerstanding, and correction of spelling: Schänke
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thanks ingeborg
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Languageman
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12
country inn
Go on then, I'll have a guess too, taking a slightly less literal view that this term often seems more influence by location than the physical layout of the ground plan (but that's why we need CONTEXT!). If you do a Google images search on "Hofschenke" and another on "country inn", then you'll see that the buildings and fare look quite similar, especially those in the USA.
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1 hr
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Country tavern
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