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fliegende Stände

English translation: stands/stalls

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German term or phrase:fliegende Stände
English translation:stands/stalls
Entered by: philgoddard

13:18 Jul 24, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: fliegende Stände
...ist gesäumt von dutzenden Geschäften und winzigen Lädchen aller Art, fliegenden Ständen für Obst und kleine Leckereien...

This must be some sort of collapsable stand. Does anyone know the proper name for it??
Courtney Sliwinski
Local time: 12:41
stands
Explanation:
Thanks to Ellen for her explanation of fliegend. If that's the case, I suggest just leaving it out. Maybe "stands selling fruit, vegetables and other goodies".
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5stands
philgoddard
4 +4stalls
David Williams
5 +2booths
palilula (X)
4 -2hawker stands (fruit stands of hawkers)
Ellen Kraus


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
Fliegenden Ständen
hawker stands (fruit stands of hawkers)


Explanation:
wäre mein Vorschlag / fliegender Händler = travelling salesmen or hawkers.

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 12:41
Does not meet criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: hawker to me has slightly negative and old-fashioned connotations
8 mins
disagree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD: this is definitely not a term I would use
1 hr
disagree  Cilian O'Tuama: and travelling salesman is way off the mark
1 hr
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Fliegenden Ständen
stands


Explanation:
Thanks to Ellen for her explanation of fliegend. If that's the case, I suggest just leaving it out. Maybe "stands selling fruit, vegetables and other goodies".

philgoddard
United States
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RegineMac: I would agree. Fruit and vegetable stands are usually "fliegend", i.e., they bring their goods in the morning and pack up in the evening.
6 mins
agree  oa_xxx (X): fliegende bauten = temporary buildings - I think in English it is obvious that a stand/market stall is temporary so wouldnt worry about it
16 mins
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
17 mins
disagree  David Williams: In BE we tend to call them 'stalls' rather than 'stands'. I assumed that Phil was American, as he's in the US, but didn't want to imply that stands is completely wrong by disagreeing, but thought it may in fact preferable in AE. No favouritism intended.
1 hr
  -> I'm British, and I use both words. Anyway, are you implying that British English is somehow better than anybody else's? :)
agree  Lonnie Legg: My first (US) choice.
4 hrs
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: disagree with DW's disagree - target readership not specified
1 day 6 hrs
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
2 days 17 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
stalls


Explanation:
In BE we talk about 'fruit & veg stalls', 'market stalls' etc.

Google has 30,400 hits for "fruit & veg stalls" vs. 1,180 for "fruit & veg stands".

Example sentence(s):
  • The competition is fierce, countless fruit & veg stalls all competing for the customers strolling by, so you can pick up bowls filled with bananas or tomatoes for a pound.
  • I work in the city centre of Manchester & have been a regular at the fruit & veg stalls for a number of years.

    Reference: http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/ridley-road-market-london
    Reference: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/144/144297_bar...
David Williams
Germany
Local time: 12:41
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman: You may be onto a loser here as the asker is North American, but I too was surprised to see the popularity of ‘stand’ for what we would call a ‘stall’ (Similar problem with ‘Messestand’: BE ‘stand’; AE ‘booth’)
1 hr
agree  Lonnie Legg: Google's top pick. (e.g."A market stall is a typically immobile, temporary structure..." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_stall))
2 hrs
agree  Anne-Marie Grant (X)
3 hrs
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: also possible
1 day 4 hrs
agree  europelady67: stalls might be an acceptable translation into BE but for a translation into AE I would definitely use the term booth.
1 day 12 hrs
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
booths


Explanation:
a stall, compartment, or light structure for the sale of goods or for display purposes, as at a market, exhibition, or fair

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Note added at 2 days6 hrs (2009-07-26 20:00:29 GMT)
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The term booth implies that it is mobile; it is used even for a simple, improvised table on the farmers market.

As of stall, you need decide.

But I am not inclined to use it.

Here are all meanings of stall:

1. a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
2. a stable or shed for horses or cattle.
3. a booth or stand in which merchandise is displayed for sale, or in which some business is carried on (sometimes used in combination): a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
4. carrel (def. 1).
5. one of a number of fixed enclosed seats in the choir or chancel of a church for the use of the clergy.
6. a pew.
7. any small compartment or booth for a specific activity or housing a specific thing: a shower stall.
8. a rectangular space marked off or reserved for parking a car or other vehicle, as in a parking lot.
9. an instance or the condition of causing an engine, or a vehicle powered by an engine, to stop, esp. by supplying it with a poor fuel mixture or by overloading it.
10. Aeronautics. an instance or the condition of causing an airplane to fly at an angle of attack greater than the angle of maximum lift, causing loss of control and a downward spin. Compare critical angle (def. 2).
11. a protective covering for a finger or toe, as various guards and sheaths or one finger of a glove.
12. British. a chairlike seat in a theater, separated from others by arms or rails, esp. one in the front section of the parquet.


Example sentence(s):
  • Booths and crowd at Taste of Amherst

    Reference: http://www.digitalamherst.org/items/show/802
palilula (X)
United States
Local time: 03:41
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  europelady67: I was also immediately thinking of the word booth. This would be a common word to use in the US.
11 hrs
  -> Danke, lady 67!
agree  robin25
17 hrs
  -> Danke, Robin!
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