Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to swamp sth
German translation:
in den Schatten stellen
Added to glossary by
Ina Berchtold
Apr 29, 2009 07:19
15 yrs ago
English term
Germany
to swamp sth
English to German
Art/Literary
Music
The context is about the first two albums of a Funkrock band: "...They produced their debut album. Then, threatening to swamp their first offering, album number two was an altogether punkier and funkier affair, with the infamously batty Tom X driving the desk."
Without knowing which of the two albums was more successful, would you say "to swamp" in this context means something positive (i.e. the 2nd album was better) or negative (i.e. the 2nd album threatened to damage the success of the 1st)?
Without knowing which of the two albums was more successful, would you say "to swamp" in this context means something positive (i.e. the 2nd album was better) or negative (i.e. the 2nd album threatened to damage the success of the 1st)?
Proposed translations
(German)
| 4 +4 | in den Schatten stellen |
Ellen Kraus
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| 4 +1 | den Rang ablaufen |
Kathrin Wagner
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Proposed translations
+4
38 mins
Ellen Kraus
Austria
Austria
Native in German
Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German 
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
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in den Schatten stellen
hat positive Konnotation, das zweite Album ist besser.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Vielen Dank, Ellen, war sehr froh über die Hilfe und Klarheit durch Deine Antwort!"
+1
15 mins
den Rang ablaufen
In this case, I would say "to swamp" is used in the sense of "to outstrip".
Further alternatives would be: übertreffen, überflügeln
Further alternatives would be: übertreffen, überflügeln
Example sentence:
"China emissions to swamp Kyoto reductions by 2010"
Note from asker:
| Danke, Kathrin, für die Bestätigung, in welche Richtung es geht! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
BirgitBerlin
: in diesem Falle ja, ansonsten würde ich es eher mit überschwemmen/überhäufen übersetzen (wir wurden mit Anfragen überhäuft/überschwemmt.)
13 mins
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| neutral |
ukaiser (X)
: ich würde nie sagen ein Album (oder ein Buch) würde einem Vorgänger vom selben Künstler den Rang ablaufen
35 mins
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