Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
2-Bett-Zimmer
English translation:
twin room
German term
2-Bett-Zimmer
Doppelzimmer is double bedroom
2-Bett-Zimmer is a room with 2 independent (single) beds?
Is that correct?
I know question is quite elementary :-).
Thanks in advance!
4 +18 | Twin Room | Jutta Wappel |
5 +2 | room with two beds | Marcos Zattar |
5 | twin-bed(ded) room | Etienne Muylle Wallace |
4 | ...with two single beds | Marius Feilberg Jacobsen |
2 | twin share | Melanie Wittwer |
Jan 29, 2009 10:10: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jan 31, 2009 15:28: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/65481">Sonali Hegde's</a> old entry - "2-Bett-Zimmer"" to ""Twin Room""
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Proposed translations
Twin Room
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Martin Robinshaw
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Thanks Martin!
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Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
1 min
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Thanks Lesley!
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Michael Harris
2 mins
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Thanks Michael!
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Lingua.Franca
6 mins
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Thanks Tamas!
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Claire Cox
8 mins
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Thanks Claire!
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Herbert Eppel
: Definitely twin room (in Britain, anyway - not sure about other countries)
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Danke Herbert!
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Sarah Silva
9 mins
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Thanks Sarah!
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
9 mins
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Danke Harald!
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Stephen Old
: As above, definitely in British usage.
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Thanks Stephen!
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Trans-Marie
55 mins
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Thanks LegalTrans_
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Armorel Young
: yes, without the capital letters
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Thanks Armorel!
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EC Translate
1 hr
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Thanks NO-EN-DE
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Jo Bennett
1 hr
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Thanks Jo!
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Susan Welsh
: Not in American usage. Never heard of it.
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BirgitBerlin
: maybe not in America, but certainly in most other parts of the world.
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Danke Birgit!
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Helen Shiner
: In case you need a 15th agree!
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Thanks Helen! Is there such a thing as too many agrees?
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Rachel Ward
4 hrs
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Thanks Rachel!
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Rebecca Garber
: Not in the US, but everywhere else I've been
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Thanks Rebecca!
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Maureen Millington-Brodie
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room with two beds
(single is not necessary. Only in exceptions there are 2 double beds in one room, which is certainly not the case in your text).
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Armorel Young
: it's not true that 2 double beds in one room is an exception - it's standard in many American hotels and motels
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I know, I've been there and slept in such rooms. That is why I said "exceptions".
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Susan Welsh
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Thank you, Susan!
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Ulrike Kraemer
: with Armorel - two double beds are standard for much of the US and Canada
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Oh, yes, for sure. I explain myself: USA (and Canada) are the exceptions I meant. The question is: who will be the primary reader of the translation?
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Courtney Sliwinski
: This is what I would use
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Thanks!
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...with two single beds
A luxurious room with two single beds.
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