Oct 25, 2008 16:54
15 yrs ago
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German term
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am laufenden Band züchten
German to English
Art/Literary
Music
This is from a newspaper article in the 1950s about a German music pedagogue. He specialises in extended vocal work - namely exploring the full range of the human voice, The previous paragraph describes Mr ABC's technique in helping his pupils to develop their voices using non-traditional vocal techniques.
"In der Tat is der raetselhafte Herr ABC in der Lage, Yma Sumacs am laufenden Band zu zuechten (Yma Sumac, durch Gastspiele auch im deutschen Westen bekannt, ist das beruehmte suedamerikanishe Naturlatent, das in der Lage ist, in allen Tonlagen zumindest technisch einwandfrei zu singen)".
I wondered about - Mr ABC is in a position to teach Yma Sumacs a thing or two...as a guess.
Any ideas?
Simon
"In der Tat is der raetselhafte Herr ABC in der Lage, Yma Sumacs am laufenden Band zu zuechten (Yma Sumac, durch Gastspiele auch im deutschen Westen bekannt, ist das beruehmte suedamerikanishe Naturlatent, das in der Lage ist, in allen Tonlagen zumindest technisch einwandfrei zu singen)".
I wondered about - Mr ABC is in a position to teach Yma Sumacs a thing or two...as a guess.
Any ideas?
Simon
Proposed translations
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| 2 +2 | churning out Yuma Sumacs |
Jonathan MacKerron
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| 5 | turn out non-stop replicas, produce at the drop of a hat, turn out an unending supply |
Slindon
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| 3 | produce constantly (new Yma Sumacs) |
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Proposed translations
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Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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churning out Yuma Sumacs
another approach
Note from asker:
| nice one, Jonathan! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Graham Timmins
: yes - I would add 'new' though: to churn out new Yma Sumacs, and I'd add an adverbial phrase such as ' at will' or 'one after the other' to make a more natural English sentence...
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| agree |
Diana Loos
: This is how I'd put it, with gramail's embellishments
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks. I think she died a day or so after I posted this... "
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produce constantly (new Yma Sumacs)
Through ABC's techniques his pupils achieve the level of Yma Sumac
Note from asker:
| Ah, now I see. thanks. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Nicole Schnell
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Thanks, Nicole
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| disagree |
Graham Timmins
: the point of am laufenden Band is surely not that it runs constantly but that it is a feature of (repetitive) mass production
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please read my explanation, gramail
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turn out non-stop replicas, produce at the drop of a hat, turn out an unending supply
Endless ways of translating this I think. Perhaps some of the above would fit the bill.
Example sentence:
He really does seem capable of turning out Ina Sumac replicas at the drop of a hat.
He really does seem capable of turning out Ina Sumac replicas non-stop.
Note from asker:
| Thanks |
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