Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
fliegende Stände
English translation:
stands/stalls
German term
fliegende Stände
This must be some sort of collapsable stand. Does anyone know the proper name for it??
4 +5 | stands | philgoddard |
4 +4 | stalls | David Williams |
5 +2 | booths | palilula (X) |
4 -2 | hawker stands (fruit stands of hawkers) | Ellen Kraus |
Jul 24, 2009 14:24: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "Fliegenden Ständen" to "fliegende Stände" , "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"
Jul 29, 2009 12:02: philgoddard changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/653028">Courtney Sliwinski's</a> old entry - "fliegende Stände"" to ""stands""
Proposed translations
stands
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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.
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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
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Sabine Akabayov, PhD
17 mins
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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.
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I'm British, and I use both words. Anyway, are you implying that British English is somehow better than anybody else's? :)
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Lonnie Legg
: My first (US) choice.
4 hrs
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Cilian O'Tuama
: disagree with DW's disagree - target readership not specified
1 day 6 hrs
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
2 days 17 hrs
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hawker stands (fruit stands of hawkers)
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philgoddard
: hawker to me has slightly negative and old-fashioned connotations
8 mins
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Sabine Akabayov, PhD
: this is definitely not a term I would use
1 hr
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Cilian O'Tuama
: and travelling salesman is way off the mark
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stalls
Google has 30,400 hits for "fruit & veg stalls" vs. 1,180 for "fruit & veg stands".
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.
http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/ridley-road-market-london
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/144/144297_barrow_boys_fear_getting_the_boot.html
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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’)
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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
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Anne-Marie Grant (X)
3 hrs
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Cilian O'Tuama
: also possible
1 day 4 hrs
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europelady67
: stalls might be an acceptable translation into BE but for a translation into AE I would definitely use the term booth.
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booths
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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.
Booths and crowd at Taste of Amherst
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europelady67
: I was also immediately thinking of the word booth. This would be a common word to use in the US.
11 hrs
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Danke, lady 67!
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robin25
17 hrs
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Danke, Robin!
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