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Fastenwandern

English translation: hiking and fasting; fasting hikes; fasting hiking

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German term or phrase:Fastenwandern
English translation:hiking and fasting; fasting hikes; fasting hiking
Entered by: Stephan Elkins

16:20 Jan 4, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Esoteric practices / Health, Life Style, Tourism
German term or phrase: Fastenwandern
The context is this:

"Die Sinnsuche im kulturell Partikularen – vom indischen Ashram bis zum *Fastenwandern* im Himalaya – kann als ... ein Motiv touristischen Fernreiseverkehrs konzeptualisiert werden."

Does anybody have an idea? I would appreciate your help!
Stephan Elkins
United States
Local time: 06:09
hiking and fasting
Explanation:
My take.
Selected response from:

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 06:09
Grading comment
Since everybody seems to agree with some combination of hiking and fasting I'll go for it. Thank you all!
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4fasting hikes/hiking
David Hollywood
3hiking and fasting
BrigitteHilgner
3fasting + hiking
casper (X)


  

Answers


19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
fasting hikes/hiking


Explanation:
Das Fastenwandern verbindet das Fasten bzw. das Heilfasten mit dem Wandern.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastenwandern

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Note added at 22 mins (2007-01-04 16:42:58 GMT)
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gets the meaning across IMO

David Hollywood
Local time: 01:09
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
21 mins
  -> thanks Ingeborg :)
agree  sappho: you beat me to it David
2 hrs
  -> I'm sure it was close sappho and thanks :)
agree  Bernhard Sulzer
2 hrs
  -> thanks Bernhard :)
agree  writeaway: you beat them all to it-so what happened when the points were "awarded" ?
21 hrs
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
hiking and fasting


Explanation:
My take.

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 06:09
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Since everybody seems to agree with some combination of hiking and fasting I'll go for it. Thank you all!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
fasting + hiking


Explanation:
Another way of putting it

casper (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: simply reversing the order does not really mean it's a "different" answer
18 hrs
  -> As you can see, all answers submitted are different combinations of hiking and fasting
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