Feb 19, 2007 18:49
17 yrs ago
German term
cra1 (X)
Naturgleichnis
German to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
There's a reference to Naturgleichnis in a text I'm translating into English alongide 'moralisierende Anekdote und Tierfabel'. I know Gleichnis can mean an allegory but wondered if anyone new the English equivalent ...
Danke!
Danke!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | a parable from nature |
Lancashireman
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| 3 +1 | parable/fable/allegory |
Tim Jenkins
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| 3 | nature's allegory/parable |
casper (X)
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Proposed translations
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19 mins
Lancashireman
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Related KudoZ points
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159
Selected
a parable from nature
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'a parable drawn from nature'
It would not be clear from 'a natural parable/allegory' what the phrase was intended to convey.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-19 21:39:45 GMT)
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Henry Schroeder (see above) has raised an important question that should concern us all as KudoZians: Can some terms or phrases exist in a 'real' state while others exist in some sort of 'unreal' or ‘limbo’ state, awaiting articulation?
'a parable drawn from nature'
It would not be clear from 'a natural parable/allegory' what the phrase was intended to convey.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-19 21:39:45 GMT)
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Henry Schroeder (see above) has raised an important question that should concern us all as KudoZians: Can some terms or phrases exist in a 'real' state while others exist in some sort of 'unreal' or ‘limbo’ state, awaiting articulation?
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Bernhard Sulzer
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| agree |
Jim Tucker (X)
6 mins
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| agree |
Henry Schroeder
: Alright, I'm in favor of the nascent term, why not? Although I'd prefer "nature parable" and above all "urban parable", but that would be for a different context...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
10 mins
nature's allegory/parable
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12 mins
Tim Jenkins
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
15 years' IT & commercial experience
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, English to German, Spanish to English
parable/fable/allegory
These are all words meaning a story with a moral. Fable more widely used for animal stories; Parable religious (although not exclusively) and Allegory more spiritual and symbolic.
Hope this helps, although I'm not sure whether I've told you anything more than you know already.
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Note added at 18 mins (2007-02-19 19:07:40 GMT)
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Think Chetan's answer works ok......nature's allegory
Hope this helps, although I'm not sure whether I've told you anything more than you know already.
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Note added at 18 mins (2007-02-19 19:07:40 GMT)
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Think Chetan's answer works ok......nature's allegory
Peer comment(s):
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Henry Schroeder
: The term "Naturgleichnis" doesn't really exist (http://www.google.com/search?hl=de&q=Naturgleichnis&lr=). I would also just translate it as you suggested.
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