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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Zeitlos und doch ihrer Zeit zuordbar

English translation:

timeless yet part (examples) of their specific time (period)

Added to glossary by Karin T
May 17, 2007 14:20
16 yrs ago
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German term

Zeitlos und doch ihrer Zeit zuordbar

German to English Marketing Architecture
wie eben schon, Imagebroschüre eines Architekten:

Bauten...: Zeitlos und doch ihrer Zeit zuordenbar, innnovativ und gleichermaßen historisch verankert.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 timeless yet part (examples) of their specific time (period)
3 +4 Timeless and yet of its time
3 outside and yet of its time
3 timeless and yet able to be classified chronologically..
3 timeless and yet a sign of its time
3 independent of and yet inextricably bound to their time
2 +1 Transcending time yet rooted in the present

Discussion

Francis Lee (X) May 19, 2007:
Hmmm perhaps not. Anyway: do you think there's a substantial difference between this and "historisch verankert"?
Francis Lee (X) May 17, 2007:
Any more context/info on readership? Surely you already have some viable options?

Proposed translations

+3
25 mins
Selected

timeless yet part (examples) of their specific time (period)

emphasizing the "zuordbar"


timeless (for the ages) yet (clearly) part (examples) of their specific time/age (time period)

or:

timeless yet attributable/relatable to their specific time (period)




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Note added at 27 mins (2007-05-17 14:48:01 GMT)
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or:

timeless yet part (examples) of their time period
timeless yet belonging to their time period

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Note added at 35 mins (2007-05-17 14:56:14 GMT)
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timeless yet clearly of its time

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Note added at 35 mins (2007-05-17 14:56:28 GMT)
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...of their time

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Note added at 37 mins (2007-05-17 14:58:51 GMT)
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..timeless, yet clearly part (examples) of their time (period)
Peer comment(s):
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : your last suggestion seem sto be the best imho
19 mins
thank you Ingeborg, I also thought the last one is pretty good.
agree Trudy Peters
1 hr
thank you very much, Trudy.
agree Lancashireman : The truth is in there somewhere.
2 hrs
thanks, Andrew. Yes, looking for the truth can be quite complicated?!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks a lot for your help!"
+4
8 mins

Timeless and yet of its time

Can't think of a snappier way of expressing this.
Peer comment(s):
agree NGK
4 mins
agree Sheila Owens : This is just so succinct and neat....I am jealous I didn't think of it first :)
45 mins
agree Maureen Millington-Brodie
2 hrs
agree Steffen Walter : "...of ***their*** time" if plural is chosen before (buildings/projects).
23 hrs
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8 mins

outside and yet of its time

Paradoxes are so eye-catching.
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9 mins

timeless and yet able to be classified chronologically..

see the linked answer-but the sense is definitely to create a timeless structure which can nonetheless be classified as belonging to a certain time/era/epoch.
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27 mins

timeless and yet a sign of its time

another suggestion.
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44 mins

independent of and yet inextricably bound to their time

...another idea
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+1
51 mins

Transcending time yet rooted in the present

or A bridge to the past while defining modernity

Building on the bedrock of history as we help shape our new age


And on and on it goes

Peer comment(s):
agree Francis Lee (X) : As I suspected on the related question: isn't this pretty much the same as "historisch verankert"?
1 day 16 hrs
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