unter dem Motto
German translation: unter dem Titel/Leitspruch
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| 4 | The theme of the exhibition is... |
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| 4 | dtsch.Alternativen |
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| 4 | under-the motto or under the catch-word or the slogan |
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29 mins confidence: 
The theme of the exhibition is... Explanation: Do you mean English alternatives? If so, here are my immediate reactions: In your context I might reorganize the passage into two or three different sentences, the second one stating: >>The theme of the exhibition is “Portrait of the Alps”. But is might just as well have been “Alpine Views” or “Gravity of the Mountains”. Another alternative could be “under the banner [of] …” I also checked synonyms for motto, theme, subject and heading but don’t like any of them in your context. Theme is probably best. A related word is motif, but that in my view denotes the specific subject or content of a particular work. All the best, Tom Just thinking... |
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51 mins confidence:
dtsch.Alternativen Explanation: eine Alternative (und hier die beste, meine ich) ist schon im Text: mit dem Titel; sonst: Motiv, unter dem Leitspruch, Wahlspruch (passt hier nicht) mehr fällt mir im Augenblick nicht ein. HTH didi |
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under-the motto or under the catch-word or the slogan Explanation: or under-the motto there are 7.500 hit for this and fits for context there are only 15 hits for under the catch-word there are 13000 hits for under the slogan but these are out of context, mostly social-political so best seems your :under-the motto in fact I saw that is used practically Reference: http://www.ascom.com/apps/WebObjects/ecore.woa/de/showNode/s... |
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