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Landhaus

English translation: country lodge

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German term or phrase:Landhaus
English translation:country lodge
Entered by: casper (X)

18:19 Jan 28, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
German term or phrase: Landhaus
Here is the context or my own explanation in German

Landhaus ist eine Pension oder kleines Hotel in der Alpengegend.

Now then, so far I have always translated it by country-house...

Country cottage would imply that it is built of wood...or at least partly of wood...

Is country-house an acceptable translation or do you have something better up your sleeve?
Martin Wenzel
Germany
Local time: 15:42
country lodge
Explanation:
...comes to my mind after reading your description
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casper (X)
Grading comment
Thank you.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +9country house hotel
Maureen Millington-Brodie
4 +3Call it what it is; albergo, pension, hotel garni, Gasthof, 5 star hotel, refugio?
Andrew Catford
3 +3country guesthouse
Alison MacG
4rural lodgings in a ...
Anton Baer
2 +2country lodge
casper (X)
4alpine-style hotel
Gunilla Zedigh
3manor
Birgit Müller


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
manor


Explanation:
dem Begriff hatte ich einmal in einer Übersetzung aus dem Englischen

Birgit Müller
Local time: 15:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
rural lodgings in a ...


Explanation:
I'd prefer to use this catch-all and then refine it by describing the nature of the lodgings: a pension or castle or small hotel.... There is no more a single translation for Landhaus than there is for 'finca', I suppose. You can't use 'country house' because that would exclude small castles and hotels and probably fincas too.

Anton Baer
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  fm1: there are no fincas in the Alps, and small castles would not be referred to as country houses
2 hrs
  -> I didn't mean in the context of the Alps. I was referring to attempts to translate countryor culture-specific terms like 'finca'.
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
country lodge


Explanation:
...comes to my mind after reading your description

casper (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alfredo Vargas
2 mins
  -> Thank you, Alfredo
agree  Courtney Sliwinski: I like this one as well!
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Courtney :-)
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
country house hotel


Explanation:
Having read your sentence this is what I would go for. By the way "cottage" does not mean built of wood, it might have a thatched roof but that is something entirely different!

Maureen Millington-Brodie
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Friderike Butler: yes, or country estate hotel, denn Landhaus bedeutet nicht unbedingt klein.
15 mins
agree  David Moore (X)
30 mins
agree  Donal Murphy-Bokern
37 mins
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): also with your comment on "cottage"
1 hr
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
1 hr
agree  Michael Harris
2 hrs
agree  Teja Prosenc
2 hrs
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
10 hrs
agree  Francisco Kuhlmann
11 hrs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
country guesthouse


Explanation:
Perhaps ... if we are talking about smaller-scale accommodation?

Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Armorel Young: yes, a distinct possibility. To my ears a country house (and hence also a country house hotel) is something quite grand and therefore not equivalent to a "Pension oder kleines Hotel"
4 hrs
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
10 hrs
agree  Lonnie Legg: with Armorel, if smaller-scale: yes!
3 days 1 hr
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Call it what it is; albergo, pension, hotel garni, Gasthof, 5 star hotel, refugio?


Explanation:
If this is for tourism, give your readers some linguistic credit or maybe just teach them a new word.
Landhaus doesn't convey much. Jagdhof, Schloss, former Bauernhof? Did they sell off the estate?
Most of the english adjectives are so tendentious. Manor=minor rural gentry. Country house (when do the Astors arrive, dahling?) isn't the same as house in the country. Lodge in UK ENG is a gatehouse or a snob address (The Lodge, Wits End, Surrey) unless it is combined (hunting lodge). It is worse in US ENG; a cheap motel or a pseudo fur-trapper's cabin. Whatever term you use, make it reflect the level of comfort/services available or your readers will be sending reviews to Venere.com.

Example sentence(s):
  • The Gasthof zum Igel occupies a tastefully renovated house in a rural setting. Colorful locals meet in the bar. Do not trip over the Gemse on the way out!
Andrew Catford
United States
Local time: 07:42
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Diana Loos: Very well explained - particularly in respect of the snob aspects!
2 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Gunilla Zedigh: since this hotel is in the alps i wouldn't call it a country house hotel, or anything with country for that matter. the style in the alps is not really country-style.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Lonnie Legg: with Diana
2 days 15 hrs
  -> Thasnk you!
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
alpine-style hotel


Explanation:
Since the hotel is in the Alps, I wouldn't use country house hotel here! Country-style is just not the same as the style found in the Alps!

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Gunilla Zedigh
Germany
Local time: 15:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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