Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Aufbauhelfer

English translation:

set-up crew; set-up staff

Added to glossary by Olaf Reibedanz
Jun 9, 2006 00:33
17 yrs ago
German term

Aufbauhelfer

German to English Marketing Media / Multimedia
Als „Generaldienstleister Technik“ war YYY für Design, Planung und technische Logistik von insgesamt 21 Events in verschiedenen europäischen Städten verantwortlich.

Allein 18 Spezialisten von YYY beschäftigten sich drei Monate lang mit der Vorbereitung dieser logistischen Meisterleistung. Über 250 Techniker und 80 **Aufbauhelfer** waren schließlich bei der Abschlussveranstaltung in Mailand tätig.

Proposed translations

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set-up crew; set-up staff

a set-up crew of 80
Peer comment(s):

agree Julia Lipeles
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agree archtrans
2 hrs
agree Sabine Tietge
4 hrs
agree Robin Ward
7 hrs
agree sylvie malich (X) : you changed your picture!
7 hrs
the Little Red Riding hood look;) (it's actually a baseball cap that I got for mother's day)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks everybody!"
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roadie(s)

...or one of the groups of people from this list:

The road crew (or roadies) are the technicians who travel on tour with musicians and who handle every part of the production except actually playing the music. This catch-all term covers Tour Managers, Production Managers, Stage Managers, Front of House and Monitor Engineers, Guitar Techs, Bass Techs, Drum Techs, Keyboard Techs, Security/Bodyguards, Lighting Technicians, and pyrotechnic technicians, among others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadie

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Note added at 23 mins (2006-06-09 00:57:08 GMT)
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'riggers' might also fit your context
Peer comment(s):

disagree archtrans : this really only applies to music performances -not clear if this is a concert or other event / Well, Andrew, I meant to give you the benefit of the doubt, after seeing Olaf's other Kudoz. Perhaps I missed something, but I stand by my comment.
2 hrs
One of those comments where you wonder why the person making it took the trouble to do so. ('Really only applies'...'not clear if'...'benefit of the doubt'...'perhaps I missed something')
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