Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Fastenwandern
English translation:
hiking and fasting; fasting hikes; fasting hiking
Added to glossary by
Stephan Elkins
Jan 4, 2007 16:20
17 yrs ago
German term
Fastenwandern
German to English
Marketing
Esoteric practices
Health, Life Style, Tourism
The context is this:
"Die Sinnsuche im kulturell Partikularen – vom indischen Ashram bis zum *Fastenwandern* im Himalaya – kann als ... ein Motiv touristischen Fernreiseverkehrs konzeptualisiert werden."
Does anybody have an idea? I would appreciate your help!
"Die Sinnsuche im kulturell Partikularen – vom indischen Ashram bis zum *Fastenwandern* im Himalaya – kann als ... ein Motiv touristischen Fernreiseverkehrs konzeptualisiert werden."
Does anybody have an idea? I would appreciate your help!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | hiking and fasting |
BrigitteHilgner
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| 3 +4 | fasting hikes/hiking |
David Hollywood
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| 3 | fasting + hiking |
casper (X)
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Change log
Jan 4, 2007 17:04: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"
Proposed translations
37 mins
BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Austria
Native in German
Austria
b2b/economics/marketing/market research/
Native in: German 
Works in: German to English, French to German, English to German
Related KudoZ points
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3
Selected
hiking and fasting
My take.
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Since everybody seems to agree with some combination of hiking and fasting I'll go for it. Thank you all!"
+4
19 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
fasting hikes/hiking
Das Fastenwandern verbindet das Fasten bzw. das Heilfasten mit dem Wandern.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastenwandern
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Note added at 22 mins (2007-01-04 16:42:58 GMT)
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gets the meaning across IMO
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastenwandern
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Note added at 22 mins (2007-01-04 16:42:58 GMT)
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gets the meaning across IMO
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
21 mins
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thanks Ingeborg :)
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| agree |
sappho
: you beat me to it David
2 hrs
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I'm sure it was close sappho and thanks :)
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| agree |
Bernhard Sulzer
2 hrs
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thanks Bernhard :)
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| agree |
writeaway
: you beat them all to it-so what happened when the points were "awarded" ?
21 hrs
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3 hrs
fasting + hiking
Another way of putting it
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
writeaway
: simply reversing the order does not really mean it's a "different" answer
18 hrs
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As you can see, all answers submitted are different combinations of hiking and fasting
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