Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Eiskomplet
English translation:
ice skate (& boot)
Added to glossary by
Сергей Лузан
May 30, 2007 12:49
16 yrs ago
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Eiskomplet
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Ice skating
I am translating some individual words with regard to sporting products. One set of words relates to ice skating, where the words are"Schlittschuhe" and "Eiskomplet". What would you suggest using for "Eiskomplet"? What is the distinction between these, if there is one?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | ice skate |
Сергей Лузан
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| 2 | the actual ice skate |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Jun 11, 2007 19:45: Сергей Лузан Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Сергей Лузан
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ice skate
vs. ice skates
see no other distinction than between singular and plural (Schlittschuhe)
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Vielleicht frag den Kunden ob Rennschlittschuhe / Schnell(lauf)schlittschuhe oder Kunstlaufschlittschuhe gemeint sind.
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Das kann warscheinlich irgendwie weiter bringen.
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Artikelbeschreibung Zubehör
591 x 211 - 18k - jpg
www.eissportartikel.de
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&tab=wi&hl=en&lr=&q= "Sc...
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137 x 137 - 4k - jpg
www.arminia-eiskunstlauf.de
Angebote - Schlittschuh ...
400 x 88 - 11k - jpg
www.yalpo.com
http://images.google.com/images?q= "Kunstlaufschlittschuhe"&...
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Die sehen doch ganz anders aus.
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There skates for speed skating and figure skating (for ice hockey players there are special skates close to ones for figure skating)
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There are also special skates for bandy (but it's Russian + Scandinavoan markets only).
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"bandy skates" are quite close to ones for figure skating
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&lr=&q=ba...
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Now it's possible to put competent questions to your outsourcer :)
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Note added at 5 days (2007-06-04 12:55:26 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you for grading, Susan! :) My name's Sergey (as I spell it) We've got such a saying in Russia - whatever you call me, even a pot, just don't put into the fireplace :) Was glad to help :)
see no other distinction than between singular and plural (Schlittschuhe)
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Note added at 22 mins (2007-05-30 13:11:34 GMT)
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Vielleicht frag den Kunden ob Rennschlittschuhe / Schnell(lauf)schlittschuhe oder Kunstlaufschlittschuhe gemeint sind.
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Note added at 22 mins (2007-05-30 13:12:09 GMT)
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Das kann warscheinlich irgendwie weiter bringen.
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Note added at 25 mins (2007-05-30 13:15:03 GMT)
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Artikelbeschreibung Zubehör
591 x 211 - 18k - jpg
www.eissportartikel.de
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&tab=wi&hl=en&lr=&q= "Sc...
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Note added at 27 mins (2007-05-30 13:16:55 GMT)
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137 x 137 - 4k - jpg
www.arminia-eiskunstlauf.de
Angebote - Schlittschuh ...
400 x 88 - 11k - jpg
www.yalpo.com
http://images.google.com/images?q= "Kunstlaufschlittschuhe"&...
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Note added at 28 mins (2007-05-30 13:17:32 GMT)
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Die sehen doch ganz anders aus.
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Note added at 31 mins (2007-05-30 13:20:57 GMT)
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There skates for speed skating and figure skating (for ice hockey players there are special skates close to ones for figure skating)
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Note added at 36 mins (2007-05-30 13:25:22 GMT)
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There are also special skates for bandy (but it's Russian + Scandinavoan markets only).
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Note added at 37 mins (2007-05-30 13:27:07 GMT)
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"bandy skates" are quite close to ones for figure skating
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&lr=&q=ba...
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Note added at 38 mins (2007-05-30 13:28:05 GMT)
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Now it's possible to put competent questions to your outsourcer :)
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Note added at 5 days (2007-06-04 12:55:26 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you for grading, Susan! :) My name's Sergey (as I spell it) We've got such a saying in Russia - whatever you call me, even a pot, just don't put into the fireplace :) Was glad to help :)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to everyone who had a look at this. You put a lot of effort into it! Wish I could divide the points, but in this case they go to Sergei (hope I've spelt that correctly) ;) as the Eiskomplet is the ice skate as a whole, the skate and the boot, and not just the actual ice skate. Jonathan, thanks very much for the link you provided, but I think in that example the translator solved the problem simply by not translating the first German sentence of that paragraph. Therefore, when s/he used "the actual ice skate" they were referring to the Schlittschuh, not the Eiskomplet. But the link was very helpful, thanks."
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Jonathan MacKerron
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the actual ice skate
is what the link calls it, but not overly convincing
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do a search for "komplet" here, and you'll see that the term means nothing more than "ice skate"
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Note added at 23 mins (2007-05-30 13:12:16 GMT)
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PS: this is a bilingual document
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Note added at 22 mins (2007-05-30 13:11:46 GMT)
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do a search for "komplet" here, and you'll see that the term means nothing more than "ice skate"
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Note added at 23 mins (2007-05-30 13:12:16 GMT)
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PS: this is a bilingual document
Reference:
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Einen Schlittschuh nennt man in Fachkreisen eigentlich „Eiskomplet“. Das ist ein. Stiefel mit festverbundener Kufe, dem eigentlichen Schlittschuh. ...
www.hudora.de/artnr/41836-46