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The season of the boar hunt is at hand.

German translation: Im Oktober, bei dunklem Tag, es beginnt die Wildschweinjagd

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English term or phrase:The season of the boar hunt is at hand.
German translation:Im Oktober, bei dunklem Tag, es beginnt die Wildschweinjagd
Entered by: Joseph Brazauskas

13:00 Sep 22, 2003
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
Folklore / Folklore
English term or phrase: The season of the boar hunt is at hand.
In October.
Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 15:33
Im Oktober, bei dunklem Tag, es beginnt die Wildschweinjagd
Explanation:
Da sich´s ja offensichtlich reimen soll, hier ein Gedicht.
Spaß beiseite: Offensichtlich eine Anspielung auf eine mythische Jagd in der keltischen Mythologie.
Hier die Site und noch ein paar andere mit anderen Volkssagen zum Schwein:

http://www.sophiagroup.org/samhain.html
THE FOUR CELTIC FESTIVALS / HIGH DAYS

We need also remember (according to Kondratiev) that at this time and then again at Bealtaine, the symbolism of the Cosmic Boar Hunt where Diarmaid is forced by his birth curse or geasa to participate in a boar hunt for a boar who will die while causing his the death of Diarmaid himself, forcing his lover Grainne to go back to Fionn who was enraged and made jealous by her love for Diarmaid, such was his desire for the beauty. At Samhain the Boar Hunt moves into the dark half of the year, or the dead season and at Bealtaine it returns across the cosmic sky to the light or life half, of the year
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:ikwnDR4RwkoJ:www.wildwo...
Legends 1. The Norse gods had a great magic boar, Saehrimnir, in their castle of Valhalla. Every day their cook, Andhrimnir, killed the boar and cooked him in a gigantic kettle to make a delicious boar stew. And every morning, Saehrimnir was alive again, ready to be killed and eaten that night. 2. Ottar was a human warrior who fell in love with the goddess Freyja. She disguised him as a wild boar so that she could keep him with her in the realm of the gods in Asgard. She even rode mounted on his back. 3. Freyr, a gentle summer god, melted the icy heart of Gerda the frost giantess. He went everywhere carrying ears of wheat and accompanied by a boar, both symbols of a fruitful harvest. 4. The Irish saint, St Ciarán of Saighir, tamed a wild boar and then build his monastic cell out of its teeth. 5. In Welsh mythology, a Celtic hero, Pryderi, disturbs an enormous, white shining boar while out hunting. His hounds chase it into a deserted fort where Pryderi follows and sees a magical golden bowl. When he touches it, his hand sticks to it, and when his wife Rhiannon searches for him, she touches it too and is stuck fast. The boar escapes, having proved to mere mortals its supernatural powers.

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Ivo Lang
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:33
Grading comment
This is precisely what I was looking for. Thank you, and everyone else as well.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Die Jagdsaison für Wildschweine steht bevor.
tectranslate ITS GmbH
4 +3Die Wildschwein-Jagdsaison steht unmittelbar vor der Tür.
Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
5Bald beginnt die Wildschwein-Jagdsaison
Martin Schmurr
4 +1Die Wildschwein-Jagdsaison wird in Kürze eröffnet
Klaus Herrmann
4l'ouverture de (la saison de) la chasse au sanglier est pour bientôt
CMJ_Trans (X)
4Die Jahreszeit der Wildschweinjagd steht bevor.
Michael Stolte
3 +1Im Oktober, bei dunklem Tag, es beginnt die Wildschweinjagd
Ivo Lang


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
l'ouverture de (la saison de) la chasse au sanglier est pour bientôt


Explanation:
l'ouverture de la chasse suffices: you don't have to refer to the season. It's a big thing in France, for example, almost on a par with the rentrée des classes (is there a link, I ask myself!)

La chasse va bientôt s'ouvrir

You can turn it in many ways and use a variety of verbs
HTH

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 21:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Die Jahreszeit der Wildschweinjagd steht bevor.


Explanation:
though boar=eber is just the male one, i think Germans would just say the name of the species

Michael Stolte
Germany
Local time: 21:33
Native speaker of: German
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
the season of the boar hunt is at hand.
Die Jagdsaison für Wildschweine steht bevor.


Explanation:
Jagdsaison ist glaube ich ein feststehender Begriff.

tectranslate ITS GmbH
Local time: 21:33

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: Wildschwein-Jagdsaison
5 mins
agree  Ann Legardt
6 mins
agree  Klaus Herrmann: So seh' ich das auch.
55 mins
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Bald beginnt die Wildschwein-Jagdsaison


Explanation:
I may be peculiar but I never use "bevorstehen" except in few idioms like "Hier steht uns noch einiges bevor."

cf. "Bald ist Weihnachten"… ;o)

Martin Schmurr
Local time: 21:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
the season of the boar hunt is at hand.
Die Wildschwein-Jagdsaison steht unmittelbar vor der Tür.


Explanation:
unmittelbar da October

Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
Germany
Local time: 21:33
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: auch gut
14 mins
  -> Hauptsache die Wildschweine stehen nicht vor der Tür
agree  Klaus Herrmann: Klopf klopf - Favorite Nr. 2, mein Vorschlag ist dann mein Favorit Nr. 3
18 mins
  -> ...aber nur ein Wildschwein wird punkten:-)
agree  Martin Schmurr: steht vor der Tür - wollte ich gerade vorschlagen! unmittelbar ist doppelt gemoppelt
25 mins
  -> na ja, sehe ich nicht gaaanz so, immerhin 457 seriöse Wildschwein-Treffer, es soll noch stärker die Unmittelbarkeit der Saisoneröffnung betonen. 'Unkostenbeitrag' ist eigentlich auch nicht richtig;-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the season of the boar hunt is at hand.
Die Wildschwein-Jagdsaison wird in Kürze eröffnet


Explanation:
Saisonge werden eröffnet. Plularbildungen werden ausgefallen.

Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 21:33
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: Waidmanns Heil - da fühl ich mich aber echt mächtig geholfen ;-)) (Lass die Sau raus!)
1 min
  -> Waidmanns Dank.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Im Oktober, bei dunklem Tag, es beginnt die Wildschweinjagd


Explanation:
Da sich´s ja offensichtlich reimen soll, hier ein Gedicht.
Spaß beiseite: Offensichtlich eine Anspielung auf eine mythische Jagd in der keltischen Mythologie.
Hier die Site und noch ein paar andere mit anderen Volkssagen zum Schwein:

http://www.sophiagroup.org/samhain.html
THE FOUR CELTIC FESTIVALS / HIGH DAYS

We need also remember (according to Kondratiev) that at this time and then again at Bealtaine, the symbolism of the Cosmic Boar Hunt where Diarmaid is forced by his birth curse or geasa to participate in a boar hunt for a boar who will die while causing his the death of Diarmaid himself, forcing his lover Grainne to go back to Fionn who was enraged and made jealous by her love for Diarmaid, such was his desire for the beauty. At Samhain the Boar Hunt moves into the dark half of the year, or the dead season and at Bealtaine it returns across the cosmic sky to the light or life half, of the year
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:ikwnDR4RwkoJ:www.wildwo...
Legends 1. The Norse gods had a great magic boar, Saehrimnir, in their castle of Valhalla. Every day their cook, Andhrimnir, killed the boar and cooked him in a gigantic kettle to make a delicious boar stew. And every morning, Saehrimnir was alive again, ready to be killed and eaten that night. 2. Ottar was a human warrior who fell in love with the goddess Freyja. She disguised him as a wild boar so that she could keep him with her in the realm of the gods in Asgard. She even rode mounted on his back. 3. Freyr, a gentle summer god, melted the icy heart of Gerda the frost giantess. He went everywhere carrying ears of wheat and accompanied by a boar, both symbols of a fruitful harvest. 4. The Irish saint, St Ciarán of Saighir, tamed a wild boar and then build his monastic cell out of its teeth. 5. In Welsh mythology, a Celtic hero, Pryderi, disturbs an enormous, white shining boar while out hunting. His hounds chase it into a deserted fort where Pryderi follows and sees a magical golden bowl. When he touches it, his hand sticks to it, and when his wife Rhiannon searches for him, she touches it too and is stuck fast. The boar escapes, having proved to mere mortals its supernatural powers.



Ivo Lang
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:33
Native speaker of: German
Grading comment
This is precisely what I was looking for. Thank you, and everyone else as well.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin Schmurr: danke für diese Lektion in Wildschweinologie! Man lernt nie aus! ;o)
16 hrs
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