German translation of "The lobby design is moodily slick" - "verspielt professionell ODER professionell verspielt"

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188 months ago

Astrid Berger Translation Service asked this question:

Language pair:	English > German
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Difficult / demanding
Word or term in question:	The lobby design is moodily slick
Context:	The lobby design is moodily slick if not particularly memorable.
Keywords:	A description of a hotel lobby by someone who is into architecture - that is the author trying to tell me? I much appreciate any help or idea, what could be meant - thanks a lot in advance

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188 months ago

Rupert Kindermann wrote:

verspielt professionell ODER professionell verspielt

My comment:

just a guess - I believe the author is describing something positive - a combination of "not serious" and "yet serious".

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188 months ago

Elisabeth Buddensiek wrote:

Das Design der Eingangshalle (oder: Lobby) wirkt geschniegelt launisch (oder: launisch-geschnieglt)

My comment:

This is hard to translate. Per what I understand the author is trying to tell you that this particular lobby is very stylish without appearing antiseptic, and still bears some originality.

188 months ago

Eliane wrote:

aalglatt oder genau das Gegenteil: verspielt

My comment:

man müsste ein Bild haben! dann könnte ich genau sagen, was gemeint ist. In Architekturkreisen gibt es immer die Abteilung "Schattenfuge-Brett" (alles sehr eckig und glatt) und die Abteilung "überladen". Der Ausdruck wirkt auf mich fast abwertend, weiß aber nicht genau in welche Richtung, ob nun "aalglatt" oder "verspielt".

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