etwas finden im kleinen und im großen Maßstab

English translation: see X in the small-scale and large-scale map

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German term or phrase:	etwas im kleinen und im großen Maßstab finden
English translation:	see X in the small-scale and large-scale map
Entered by:	Marcus Malabad

15:00 Oct 6, 2017

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German term or phrase: etwas finden im kleinen und im großen Maßstab

This is from a brochure description of a rental property:

Nachhaltig, modern, ästhetisch: X finden Sie zwischen A und B im kleinen und zwischen C und D im großen Maßstab. Sie urlauben ländlich und absolut ruhig, und doch sind es nur 5 km zu den umliegenden Orten mit Super- und Wochenmärkten; wer sportlich ist, nimmt das Fahrrad. Gut 20 km fahren Sie, um Ihren Lieblingsstrand und die beste Strandbar zu finden.

X is the name of the property. A/B/C/D are nearby towns.

Does this mean that when compared with properties between the towns of A and B, X is a "small player" (playing in the small leagues so to speak), and compared with properties between C and D, it's in the big leagues, a big player? Or does Maßstab refer to physical size? Nothing else in the subsequent text clarifies this artsy description.

Marcus Malabad
Canada

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Explanation:
I suggest:

"Between A and B if you look on a large-scale map, and C and D on a smaller-scale one."

See the discussion box for more context and a map.

In other words, A and B (Sineu and Petra) are small places nearby, so they only show up on a large-scale map. You have to enlarge the map on the website to see them. C and D (Inca and Manacor) are bigger and further away.

I'm not sure why "gross" and "klein" are reversed in the German. This may be a linguistic difference to English, or a mistake.

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Björn Vrooman

@Phil

17:17 Oct 6, 2017

"I'm not sure why 'gross' and 'klein' are reversed in the German."

Just FYI:
"Je nach dem Inhaltsreichtum und dem Detaillierungsgrad der Karten werden große Maßstäbe, mittlere Maßstäbe und kleine Maßstäbe unterschieden. Die Adjektive 'groß' und 'klein' beziehen sich auf die Größe eines Objektes auf der Karte und nicht auf die Maßstabszahl. Diese Begriffe werden gerne verwechselt, wenn der Unterschied von Maßstab und Maßstabszahl nicht beachtet wird. Bei einer Karte in großem Maßstab ist die Maßstabszahl daher klein und umgekehrt. Eine Karte 1:25.000 ist zum Beispiel großmaßstäbiger (der Inhalt also größer bzw. detaillierter dargestellt) als eine Karte 1:100.000."
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maßstab_(Kartografie)

"Unter großmaßstäbig versteht man einen großen Maßstab mit kleiner Maßstabszahl, z.B. 1:2.

Kleinmaßstäbig ist ein kleiner Maßstab und große Maßstabszahl, z.B. 1:1000."
http://www.modellskipper.de/Tipps/Sonstiges/Was_ist_grosser_...

You're correct; it's wrong. I think they made that mistake because outside of cartography (and model building), it means the opposite (e.g. lab-scale, etc.).

Maybe Marcus should tell someone =)

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Marcus Malabad

Canada

ASKER

Map

15:59 Oct 6, 2017

yes, thats's right. Thanks Phil and Thomas

Thomas Pfann

United Kingdom

Maßstab der Karte

15:55 Oct 6, 2017

My first guess was it has to with the size of A, B, C and D (which it kind of has, but that's not what is meant here). Having seen the link, I am pretty sure this refers to the scale of the map. In the large scale view of the map the finca is between C and D, and if you zoom in it is between A and B.

Marcus Malabad

Canada

ASKER

Location

15:41 Oct 6, 2017

Not really secretive. I thought this was Proz policy (I was a mod too remember?). Anyway it's here:

https://www.fincallorca.de/html/finca_canat.html

philgoddard

United States

15:40 Oct 6, 2017

I've found the website, and I was right.

philgoddard

United States

15:37 Oct 6, 2017

It's not inconsequential, but if you won't tell us where this place is, at least have a look at the map and see whether my theory is correct.

Marcus Malabad

Canada

ASKER

Names

15:15 Oct 6, 2017

Hi Phil, they're just names of towns and the property itself. Inconsequential to the question. Distance from the towns is a possibility. The place is on an island with small insular towns

philgoddard

United States

15:08 Oct 6, 2017

I have a feeling it means A and B are close, and C and D further away. But you could confirm this by telling us what all these letters stand for.

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