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Aug 29, 2012 16:49
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German term

Boxen-Straßen

German to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
"Rund um den Parcours werden die teilweise überdachten Zuschauer-Tribünen Platz für mehr als 4.000 BesucherInnen bieten. Der VIP-Bereich mit mehr als 100 Tischen ist für unsere Sponsoren und ihre Gäste sowie Prominenz aus aller Welt reserviert“, beschreibt Gregor Gschlenk. „Die Straßen rund um Rathaus werden zu ***Boxen-Straßen*** und bieten Platz für rund 240 Boxen. Diese werden rund um die Uhr von Sicherheitskräften bewacht“."

This refers to an equestrian event to be held next to the Rathaus in Vienna. Not quite sure what the Boxen-Strassen are....I'd assume from the context that they're ***box seats*** on the streets...TIA
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Discussion

Nicola Wood Aug 30, 2012:
@ Nicole I did say I was only guessing, but I thought the asker was heading in the wrong direction with "box seats" and this was the explanation which occured to me. I posted it as a discussion entry since it was intended not as an answer - obviously not pit lanes for horses, that would be ridiculous - but to encourage the asker to think of alternatives, but horses are not my field, and I have never attended an event on that scale, so I didn't know exactly what was meant. Perhaps I should have added that there would be an appropriate term for an equestrian event, but it seemed so obvious I did't bother.
Nicole Schnell Aug 30, 2012:
@Nicola "horse boxes and equipment can be stored, hence the need for security personnel."
Those horses are priceless and are, like race horses, worth several millions each and they have their bodyguards. The "boxes" and the equipment are pretty much the last thing that the security personnel have to guard. :)
Nicole Schnell Aug 29, 2012:
More information about the Vienna Masters 2012 http://steckenpferd.antville.org/stories/2134159/
Nicole Schnell Aug 29, 2012:
Do not use "pit lanes", please. Horses don't need gasoline and they don't need to have their oil checked.
They simply build improvised stalls for the horses during the Vienna Masters because the horses can not be kept in their trailers (they are too small) and because you won't find enough private stables. They simply turn the streets into a "horse hotel" for a couple of days.
Ramey Rieger (X) Aug 29, 2012:
Stall Street or Stable Street would be my guess, although it seems odd. Aren't there stables at the event?

Box is definitely Stall or Stable box in US English
jwesneski (asker) Aug 29, 2012:
Pit lane for the horses looks very promising, am researching this now....many thanks
Nicola Wood Aug 29, 2012:
At a guess Places to park the horse boxes?

In motor racing the Boxen-Straße is the pit lane, and by analogy I would guess that for an equestrian event this is where the horse boxes and equipment can be stored, hence the need for security personnel.
jwesneski (asker) Aug 29, 2012:
Yes, event has been googled, no reference to Boxen-Strassen that I could see...tx for the good tip though.
AllegroTrans Aug 29, 2012:
Have you googled the event?

Proposed translations

2 hrs

avenues of mobile horse stables

These stables are set up almost like tents and dismantled again after use.
*** The streets around the City Hall are turned into avenues of mobile horse stables.***
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4 hrs

stall lanes

how about stall/stable lanes , to keep the connotation to road .. Boxenstraßen also seems to be a wordplay here referring to Straße. I have not heard of Boxenstraßen before, but I am not a horse expert.
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11 hrs

streets lined with temporary stables

I think the whole phrase needs rewording to sound natural - "stable streets" as such sounds very odd to my ears.

The streets around the town hall will be lined with temporary stables, for instance.
Peer comment(s):

agree Nicole Schnell : I like this solution! :-)
9 hrs
Thank you Nicole
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