Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
wer-kennt-wen über wie viele Ecken
English translation:
who knows whom and at how many removes
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Alexandra Cox (X)
Jul 5, 2007 09:40
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German term
wer-kennt-wen über wie viele Ecken
German to English
Marketing
Internet, e-Commerce
This is a standalone phrase. Is there a nice way of putting "über wie viele Ecken" in English? Thanks very much!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | who knows whom and at how many removes |
Armorel Young
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| 3 | who knows whom and to what degree |
casper (X)
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| 3 | comment |
Ken Cox
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Change log
Jul 5, 2007 19:27: Marcus Malabad changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing" , "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Internet, e-Commerce"
Proposed translations
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who knows whom and at how many removes
Or: who knows whom and how direct the link is
Just a couple of thoughts
Just a couple of thoughts
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Comment: "Thanks!"
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who knows whom and to what degree
While much is now understood about technological and physical networks, less is known about large-scale social networks. And for good reason: accurately determining ***who knows whom and to what degree*** is a difficult and highly time consuming task.
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Note from asker:
| Hmm, thanks, but this might be a little off the mark - it doesn't seem to be "how well somebody knows somebody, but how many channels they had to go through to get to know them" (or something like that!) |
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This gets a bit tricky in English, because the German 'kennen' encompasses the English 'know' (direct acquaintance) and 'know of/about' (indirect adquaintance) -- although the distinction is blurred in informal usage. You could use 'and how directly', but I like Armorel's suggestion.
Discussion
- "the theory that anyone on the planet can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries"