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Schirm Akteure

English translation: umbrella dancers

12:12 Jan 23, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Sports / Fitness / Recreation
German term or phrase: Schirm Akteure
Occurs in a marketing document about performers at an opening ceremony for a sporting event: "Fahnenträger, Pois Artisten und **Schirm Akteure**". Simply appears as a list, with no further indication of the actual performance. Document is for a Swiss company, so perhaps a kind of act particular to Switzerland?
Jon Reynolds
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:17
English translation:umbrella dancers
Explanation:
"Umbrella performers" is closer to your source text, but seems to be less common. Performing with umbrellas implies some degree of choreography,so I think dancers is OK.
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Sarah Swift
Local time: 10:17
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Thank you!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1umbrella dancers
Sarah Swift
3umbrella carriers
British Diana
Summary of reference entries provided
Picture of umbrella carriers
British Diana

  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
umbrella dancers


Explanation:
"Umbrella performers" is closer to your source text, but seems to be less common. Performing with umbrellas implies some degree of choreography,so I think dancers is OK.

Sarah Swift
Local time: 10:17
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Helen Shiner: I don't think the leap to dancers is justified. If it was just that I am sure they would have been called Schirmtänzer.
53 mins
agree  Lancashireman: "Some degree of choreography" is a reasonable supposition.
2 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
umbrella carriers


Explanation:
The picture I found when googling "umbrella carriers" (see Reference) is pretty convincing,
My idea is that as this is the opening ceremony there will be various groups of people in a sort of procession who walkj round the stadium or past a tribune etc. , including this Asian type of umbrella carriers.

British Diana
Germany
Local time: 10:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lancashireman: This makes it sound like they are providing a backup service for dignitaries in the event of rain.
34 mins
  -> "Schirmherren für die Schirmherren"?
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Reference comments


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Reference: Picture of umbrella carriers

Reference information:
<div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif; font-size:10px; background-color:#ffffff; border: 1px solid #dddddd; width: 550px; margin: 0 auto 5px auto; padding:4px"><a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/travel-photo/valach/fa... alt="18. Umbrella carriers, Emei Shan, China" src="http://images.travelpod.com/users/valach/far-east.1150479000... /></a><br/>This <a href="http://www.travelpod.com">travel blog</a> photo's source is TravelPod page: <a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/travel-blog-entries/va... Shan</a></div>

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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-01-23 14:17:23 GMT)
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http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/valach/far-east/115047...

There was too much first time, sorry!

British Diana
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Lancashireman: Looks like they are limbering up for a dance.
34 mins
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