Weinerlebnis - What is the English translation? English translators help English translators with the translation of Weinerlebnis

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227 months ago

Christina Seiler (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Difficult / demanding
Word or term in question:	Weinerlebnis
Context:	Wer das Ergebnis unserer Weinr
Keywords:	wine

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227 months ago

gisela w murdter - gwm-translations ltd. wrote:

Wine Experience

My comment:

Why not just use 'wine experience'? There are plenty of websites using this expression. Even Jancis Robinson uses it at:
www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/20070112_2

My references:

www.finewineexperience.com/
www.thewine-experience.co.uk/
www.winetheexperience.com/
www.experiencewine.net/

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227 months ago

wrote:

I would go with this one: K.I.S.S. (keep it simple, stupid!) :-) "Wine experience" says much more than 'degustation' or 'tasting' imho. x

227 months ago

gisela w murdter - gwm-translations ltd. wrote:

Thanks Annemarie!

227 months ago

Charles Warcup wrote:

I can see your points (Gisela and Annemarie), though for me 'wine experience' still feels kinda translated (and indeed a bit over the top), even if it is frequently used. That could just mean that lots of others have also failed to come up with a satisfactory solution, whether texting from scratch or translating!

227 months ago

Inge Luus wrote:

I would second Annemarie - "wine experience" makes the sentence come alive for the reader and draws the reader in, rather than trying to impress the reader with words that may or may not mean something to the reader. And yes, it must be a little over the top, otherwise people don't notice...cheers!

227 months ago

gisela w murdter - gwm-translations ltd. wrote:

Thank you Inge!

227 months ago

gisela w murdter - gwm-translations ltd. wrote:

wine tasting

My comment:

In Australia, we often use this term in casual contexts.

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227 months ago

gisela w murdter - gwm-translations ltd. wrote:

Actually, "wine tasting event" is OK too.

227 months ago

Charles Warcup wrote:

"Weinerlebnis"

My comment:

I mean this seriously - you need something catchy here to awaken readers' interests, but English doesn't seem to have anything available directly. But one can probably assume that anybody who is reading the website will have at least some idea of German and won't mind being presented with this term. You can then explain it with, e.g. "... to a "Weinerlebnis", that means a little adventure amongst our choice wines." Or something equally corny.

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227 months ago

LARS HINRICHS ÜBERSETZUNGEN wrote:

"the experience of wine" or "to experience our wine"

My comment:

Ich glaube hier gehts nicht ums Know-how, sondern darum den Wein zu goutieren und festzustellen, dass der, wie auch immer hergestellte, Wein schmeckt.
Ciao
Lars

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227 months ago

LARS HINRICHS ÜBERSETZUNGEN wrote:

degustation, wine experience

My comment:

The French word degustation is also used in English. "Wine experience" also generates many google hits for the same type of thing as your source text.

My references:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degustation
www.winexperience.com/

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227 months ago

gisela w murdter - gwm-translations ltd. wrote:

oops, sorry Jack - I only just saw that you already came up with it. Should have scrolled down first and not afterwards!

227 months ago

AndyO wrote:

Wine know-how

My comment:

"know-how" is a commonly used English phrase that sums up this meaning of Erlebnis quite well. It is a direct translation of the French phrase "savoir faire".

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