This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. German to English
  3. Architecture

Sichtbezüge

English translation: visual links/relationships

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
German term or phrase:Sichtbezüge
English translation:visual links/relationships
Entered by: Steffen Walter

11:57 Jul 20, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
German term or phrase: Sichtbezüge
Tageslicht, Sichtbezüge, einfache Orientierung und patientenfreundliche Gestaltung sind die wesentlichen
Charakteristika der Architektur

I'd translated it as: Daylight, visual orientation, easy to get ones bearings and a patient-friendly design are the most important characteristics of the architecture

but the client didn't like "easy to get ones bearings" Any help please.
Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
Germany
Local time: 06:35
(clear) visual links/relationships
Explanation:
Same as "Sichtbeziehungen". "Lines of sight" might be another possibility, depending on further context.

See http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1647549

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2009-07-20 13:20:51 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1652744
Selected response from:

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 06:35
Grading comment
I've gone for "visual links" together with "simple orientation". Thank you for your help
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +4visual points of reference
gangels (X)
3 +2(clear) visual links/relationships
Steffen Walter
4visual connections
Ineke Hardy
3simple orientation
Jon Fedler
3visual effects
Audrey Foster (X)
1 -1View references
Christine Bollmann


Discussion entries: 7





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
simple orientation


Explanation:
Note: Judging by your comment your source term shoukld be einfache Orientierung. Hence my answer

Jon Fedler
Local time: 07:35
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 5
Notes to answerer
Asker: yes, I originally thought so too but have used the term "visual orientation" as well, so any help with that please?

Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
visual effects


Explanation:
As with music, it has never been easy to translate the visual effects of architecture into words, a difficulty openly admitted by the eleventh-century ...
http://tinyurl.com/lhtgx6

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 16 mins (2009-07-20 12:14:00 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

You may want to post a separate KudoZ question for "einfache Orientierung", please ? Thank you.

Audrey Foster (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ineke Hardy: I think "effects" is too vague a word in this context
26 mins
  -> As vague as the source term, perhaps ? Gruß :-)
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
visual connections


Explanation:
The storage hall at ground level is visually connected to the office area

From "The Art of Building"
http://www.architektur-aktuell.at/w3.php?nodeId=1805&lang=2&...

Ineke Hardy
Netherlands
Local time: 06:35
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(clear) visual links/relationships


Explanation:
Same as "Sichtbeziehungen". "Lines of sight" might be another possibility, depending on further context.

See http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1647549

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2009-07-20 13:20:51 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1652744

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 06:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 210
Grading comment
I've gone for "visual links" together with "simple orientation". Thank you for your help

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Bollmann: a good option
3 hrs
agree  David Wade: Also "sightlines"
18 hrs
  -> Yes, you are right, but I'd still favour "visual links".
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +4
visual points of reference


Explanation:
but 'easy to get one's bearings' sounds very awkward, why not just 'straightforward or simple orientation'

gangels (X)
Local time: 22:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 69

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlie Sitzman
1 hr
agree  babli: agree
2 hrs
agree  philgoddard
4 hrs
neutral  David Wade: "Point of reference" would be "Orientierungspunkt", not quite the same as "Sichtbezug" (= Steffen's "visual link"), which is a "two-way" relationship
15 hrs
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator): "visual reference points" would work, too!
1 day 17 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): -1
View references


Explanation:
vielleicht eine idee....

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 4 hrs (2009-07-20 16:30:22 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

http://search-www.vmware.com/socialsearch/query?cn=vmware&cc...

Well, as a native speaker of German, was the first time I heard about Sichtbezüge....

Christine Bollmann
Spain
Local time: 05:35
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Ineke Hardy: not a term a native speaker would use
16 mins
  -> http://drupal.org/project/viewreference
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search