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Rinnenkante
Mar 14, 2011 01:48
13 yrs ago
German term

Strahlenempfänger

German to English Art/Literary Electronics / Elect Eng
"Wenn ich mir ein Gedicht als einen Strahlenempänger vorstelle, so ist es sinnlos, in einem deutschen Gedicht etwas 'typisch Deutsches' zu suchen. Denn es empfängt immer etwas Fremdes und niemals sich selbst."

As you can see from the quote, the explanation for the unusual pairing of "Art/Literary" and "Engineering" is that this is a technical device being used as a metaphor in literary criticism. The author is comparing the poem to a Strahlenempfänger, the overall suggestion being that the poem is receptive, even at the time of its composition, to other languages, and thus well suited for translation. I had imagined this as a sort of antenna, receiving signals of a general sort, but references I can find to the term seem limited to more technical applications. Is this a specific sort of instrument used to receive or measure a particular type of radiation, or can the term be applied more generally to anything that receives signals?
Proposed translations (English)
1 radiation detector / beam receiver / radiation receptor
3 +1 open channel
3 lightnig rod
2 +1 ray catcher
3 vibrancy receiver
3 Radiance receptor
3 something that 'receives' inputs
2 vibe catcher

Discussion

Bernd Runge Mar 14, 2011:
receiver wäre meine Interpretation des Ganzen.
Coqueiro Mar 14, 2011:
contemporary? "Strahlungsempfänger" to me sounds somewhat oldfashioned and google let me suppose that the term ist more often used by patent-translators than by tecnicians. So could you please give us the .... thank you! ;-)
Kurt Beals (asker) Mar 14, 2011:
This is by Yoko Tawada in 1996, writing about Paul Celan.
Johanna Timm, PhD Mar 14, 2011:
Frame of reference When exactly was this "quote" written? Strahlensender/ -empfänger >>-early 20th century/ G. Benn?
Knowing the time might help us understand what the author might have had in mind with his Strahlenempfänger metaphor.
Kurt Beals (asker) Mar 14, 2011:
I'd like to know what the actual range of meaning for the term is--so I'd rather have input on exactly what this means, rather than suggestions of alternative metaphors. I may or may not end up using the precise technical term in English, but I want to be sure I know what the metaphor is referring to.
Lancashireman Mar 14, 2011:
Blurred question Do you want something that fits the actual Art/Literary context or explains the Electronics term ("Is this a specific sort of instrument ...)?
I suspect you will get people answering from both angles and then disappoint half of them when you close the question.

Proposed translations

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radiation detector / beam receiver / radiation receptor

radiation detector / beam receiver / radiation receptor

sources:

Wörterbuch Der Bildgebenden Verfahren/Dictionary of Medical ... -
Hans Pucher - 2000 - 901 pages
Strahlenaustrittswinkel / exit angle of the ray beam, radiation exit angle. ... ***Strahlenempfänger m radiation detector***.
strahlenempfindlich sensitive to ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=3540648216

Device for transmitting fan-shaped radiation through objects ...
... der dem ***Strahlenempfänger (13, 17) nachgeschaltet ist, zum Berechnen eines ... which is connected on the output side of the radiation detector*** (13, 17) ... US20040174947, Scanning-based detection of ionizing radiation, 2004-09-09 ...
www.patsnap.com/patents/view/EP041218... -

(WO/2003/101795) OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR DEVICE
11 Dec 2003 ... Said device comprises a beam conductor body (3), which is coupled to the pane (4) and has an associated beam transmitter (4) and ***beam receiver (5) ... (3) angeordnete Strahlensender (4) und Strahlenempfänger*** (5) sowie in ...
www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2... -

(WO/2000/032453) DEVICE FOR DETECTING PARTICLES ON A WINDSHIELD
8. Juni 2000... a ***beam receiver (6) receiving part of the beams (5 ... mit einem Strahlenempfänger*** (6), der einen Teil der auf die Scheibe (3) ausgesandten Strahlen (5) empfängt ...
www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2... -

(WO/2005/030410) SAFETY MECHANISM COMPRISING A HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE ...
7 Apr 2005... consisting of a radiation emitter and a radiation receiver, ... to displace the radiation emitter (47) and/or ***radiation receiver (48) ... (51) ist der Strahlensender (47) und/oder Strahlenempfänger*** (48) in zu ...
www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2... -

X-ray diagnostic device comprising positioning means for a ...
20. Nov. 2002... at least approximately centrally on the ***radiation receiver (4), .... 16,17,19 kann der Strahlensender 1 und der Strahlenempfänger (4)*** ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0761167.html -

dict.cc dictionary :: Strahlenempfänger :: German-English translation
***Strahlenempfänger {m}: MedTech. radiation receptor*** · Halbleiter-Strahlenempfänger {m} <HSE>: MedTech. semiconductor radiation detector ...
www.dict.cc/german-english/Strahlenem... -
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for your help! There were some other creative suggestions, but I was really looking for a literal translation, so these references are a big help. "
32 mins

lightnig rod

maybe ...

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Note added at 33 Min. (2011-03-14 02:21:45 GMT)
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should read "lighning" of course

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Note added at 36 Min. (2011-03-14 02:24:55 GMT)
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"lightning"
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2 hrs

ray catcher

sounds good in English. Not scientific.
Peer comment(s):
agree Coqueiro : catcher of the ray ;-)
6 hrs
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5 hrs

vibrancy receiver

Since this is a metaphor which refers to the "receipt" of other influences, this might fit here.
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+1
6 hrs

open channel

This is my interpretation - an open channel receives everything that flows in its directions - it can be technical, personal or etherical.
Peer comment(s):
agree British Diana
43 mins
Mayn thanks, Lady Di
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7 hrs

Radiance receptor

Radiance is the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light,thus we can imagine the poem to be radiance receptor which receives the radiance from not only the language in which it is written but from various languages.
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7 hrs

something that 'receives' inputs

Try this.
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8 hrs

vibe catcher

Poems consisting of words. Imagined, spoken, written, printed words.
A world full of whispering words, interacting by listening to finest vibrations through their *vibe catchers*

or: sound scout, sound catcher, sound sensor ...
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