Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Schnatterbär

English translation:

babblebear

Added to glossary by Chris Rowson (X)
Mar 31, 2004 22:28
20 yrs ago
German term

Schnatterbär

German to English Marketing Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
"In Sachsen wurden neulich schon Schnatterbären gesichtet. Sie schnatterten 'Veronika, der Lenz ist da'. Genug der Aprilscherze, ... "

This is from my band newsletter (www.rare-roses.com), I´m supposed to do the English version ...

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Mar 31, 2004:
The Schnatterb�r expert, THe Schnatterb�r expert, my partner C�cile Blumenb�r, interpreted the Schantterb�r for me as making a sound like a duck - suggesting a literal translation as "quack-bears". Doesn�t really seem to me to work in English though. The translation here can be very free ...

Proposed translations

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German term (edited): Schnatterb�r
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yakking/nattering bear

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Note added at 8 hrs 19 mins (2004-04-01 06:47:14 GMT)
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babblebear, blabberbear, yammerbear
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks very much everyone! Cécile and I, like Trudy, liked the chatterbears. Nigel´s alternative approach was also interesting, but with Cécile herself being a Blumenbär we wanted to stick with bears. However, it was Fantutti who really gave us the key: the answer to the next question, i.e. what to do with the (discreetly bowdlerised) Comedian Harmonists reference. We ended up with: ‘There have been reports recently in Saxony of sightings of babblebears. They are described as babbling “The spring is sprung, the grass is ris, we wonders where the flowers is.’  Thanks also to Wolf for the Ringelnatz reference, yet another piece of German culture I had never heard of. "
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German term (edited): Schnatterb�r

chatterbear

I don't know if there is some hidden meaning, but a Schnattergans or Schnatterliese is a chatterbox. Der Lenz ist da = spring has come. Chatterbears have been sighted in Saxony. They chattered: Veronika, spring has come. ??
Peer comment(s):

agree Fantutti (X) : Spring has sprung! Die ganze Welt ist wie verhext. Veronika, der Spargel wächst!...Crazy old tune by the Comedian Harmonists
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Come on Fantutti, you can come up with something better than chatterbear!
agree Trudy Peters : I like chatterbear :-)
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neutral Wolf Brosius (X) : this is definitely a close relative of the famous Nasobehm(Auf seinen Nasen schreitet einher das Nasobehm...see Ringelnatz)
5 hrs
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22 hrs
German term (edited): Schnatterb�r

lesser spotted rare rose warbler

This really is a shameless plug!! Sorry, can't make anything work with bears.
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