Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Werktage (Kundenveranstaltung)
English translation:
Open House
Added to glossary by
BrigitteHilgner
Mar 13, 2008 07:18
16 yrs ago
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German term
Germany
Werktage
German to English
Marketing
Advertising / Public Relations
Our company plans to stage an in-house exhibition at our works that will be called "Werktage" in German. I am now looking for an English equivalent conveying the same idea. Something like "shopfloor days".
Do you have a brainwave?
Thanks!
Do you have a brainwave?
Thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +6 | Open House |
BrigitteHilgner
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| 3 | open days |
Emma Grubb
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| 3 | working day |
GeorginaW (X)
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| 3 | Works Days |
Ruth Wiedekind
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| 2 | Shop Event |
Ulrike Kraemer
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| 1 | Works in Progress |
Hilary Davies Shelby
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Change log
Mar 20, 2008 07:56: BrigitteHilgner Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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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
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Open House
Das mag einfallslos erscheinen, aber das ist der gängige engl. Begriff für eine derartige Veranstaltung - ich habe schon wiederholt Texte aus dem Engl. übersetzt, wo dieser Begriff für genau solche Tage verwendet wurde.
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Claire Cox
: I think this would work well in the context
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Thank you, Claire. I think it would give the reader the right idea what to expect. :-)
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sylvie malich (X)
: That's exactly what this native English speaker thought. Nothing other than an Open House.
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Thank you, Sylvie.
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: das ist hier nocham ehesten gebräichlich und schliesst alle Möglichkeitn ein' schönen Tag, Brigitte und grüss die Krokusse! Wir werden sie hier noch lange nicht sehen :(
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Danke schön, Inge. Oh weh, Ihr Ärmsten - hier stürmt und regnet es zwar heute, aber es ist mild, und die Natur ist schon sehr auf Frühling eingestellt - in den Anlagen blühen die Osterglocken. Krokusse habe ich noch keine gesehen (kann an mir liegen). :-)
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Hilary Davies Shelby
: does exactly what it says on the tin ;-)
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Isn't that reassuring? Thank you, Hilary.
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Ulrike Kraemer
: Ich will im Juli nach Kanada. Hoffentlich ist der Winter dann auch dort zu Ende! ;-) // Unser Programm: Toronto, Ottawa, Thousand Islands, Kitchener, Niagara Falls. :-)
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Danke schön, Ulrike! Es wird bestimmt toll in Kanada! Ich würde gerne einmal ein paar der Großstädte sehen (Toronto, Montreal, Québec), Freunde dagegen waren zu langen Waldspaziergängen (Schwarzbären inklusiv) dort und begeistert. :-)
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Julia Lipeles
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Danke schön, Julia.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to all of you!"
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Emma Grubb
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Your patent translation partner
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Italian to English
open days
Although it depends on what kind of "exhibition" we are talking about...
An "open day" is usually when clients and other interested parties are invited to come and take a look around the factory to see what goes on and how everything works.
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working day
(singular) as a title for your exhibition. Otherwise I'd go with "Open House" as suggested by BrigitteHilgner: public sees how you work: "open day" is more what schools/unis do
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Emma Grubb
: "Open day" is indeed widely used for factories. Try googling "open day" + factory; http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q="open day" factory&me...
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Steffen Walter
: Could be confused with the other meaning of "Werktage" (working days as opposed to holidays).
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Ruth Wiedekind
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Works in field
Germany
8 years of automotive purchasing
Native in: German (Variant: Germany)
Works in: Spanish to German, French to German, English to German
Works Days
"Works" is a translation of "Werk" (= the factory) and "Works Days" comes close to "workdays", the actual translation of "Werktage".
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Ich denke, es geht hier schon um eine Art "Tag(e) der offenen Tür", Tage "des Werkes", der Werker und des Arbeitens.
Also wäre "shopfloor days" durchaus richtig.
Leider bin ich kein Muttersprachler, um zu beurteilen, wie "Works Days" oder "Days of the Works" (/Plant) im Engl. klingt.
Bon courage.
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Ich denke, es geht hier schon um eine Art "Tag(e) der offenen Tür", Tage "des Werkes", der Werker und des Arbeitens.
Also wäre "shopfloor days" durchaus richtig.
Leider bin ich kein Muttersprachler, um zu beurteilen, wie "Works Days" oder "Days of the Works" (/Plant) im Engl. klingt.
Bon courage.
1 hr
Ulrike Kraemer
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Works in field
Germany
Combining technical expertise and style
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English
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Shop Event
... ein Gedanke, weil Werkstatt = (work)shop.
Mir wäre allerdings wohler, wenn ein NS das kommentieren würde (ob es z.B. nicht zu sehr an "shopping event" erinnert), deshalb nur CL 2.
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Ansonsten würde ich mit Brigitte und Georgina für das "Open House" plädieren.
Mir wäre allerdings wohler, wenn ein NS das kommentieren würde (ob es z.B. nicht zu sehr an "shopping event" erinnert), deshalb nur CL 2.
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Ansonsten würde ich mit Brigitte und Georgina für das "Open House" plädieren.
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Hilary Davies Shelby
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
German and "Geek" to English!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English
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Works in Progress
I thought about posting this before, but decided against it because a "work in progress" can sometimes have negative connotations of being unfinished.
But then I thought perhaps you might like it, so here it is.
But then I thought perhaps you might like it, so here it is.
Discussion
Our company is in the machine tool business: machining centres, crankshaft and camshaft milling machines, production systems for the automotive industry