Aug 1, 2020 11:58
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German term
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Handschlagbiber
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
Roof tiles
The subject of the text is roof tiles predominantly for historic/listed buildings. "Biber" in this case refers to plain or beaver-tail tiles, but I am unsure about the meaning of this word. The sentence in question reads:
"Ob Segmentschnitt, spitze, runde oder gerade Schnitte, in glatten und aufgerauten Oberflächen, mit Rillen, Rippen oder handgestrichen wie Wappenbiber, Augsburger Dombiber oder ein** Handschlagbiber** - Sonderformen und Wunschfarben werden in der [Firmenname]-Manufaktur individuell umgesetzt."
There is a picture of a Handschlagbiber here:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https://www.swertz-bauze...
"Ob Segmentschnitt, spitze, runde oder gerade Schnitte, in glatten und aufgerauten Oberflächen, mit Rillen, Rippen oder handgestrichen wie Wappenbiber, Augsburger Dombiber oder ein** Handschlagbiber** - Sonderformen und Wunschfarben werden in der [Firmenname]-Manufaktur individuell umgesetzt."
There is a picture of a Handschlagbiber here:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https://www.swertz-bauze...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | handmade beaver-tail tiles |
Brent Sørensen
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Proposed translations
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Brent Sørensen
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handmade beaver-tail tiles
Based on this previous question, I deduced that “Handschlag” means handmade in this case.
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/german-to-english/construction-ci...
So these would be handmade beaver-tail tiles
https://www.frenchterracotta.com/roofing.html
Peer comment(s):
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Björn Vrooman
: Good thinking. Most likely a made-up German compound. E.g.: "... und ermöglichte dadurch in der Ziegelei neben dem Handschlagen von Ziegeln auch eine erste kleine maschinelle Produktion." https://pisch.at/Ernst/Bildchronik/Leseecke/Josef Klotz.pdf
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Daniel Arnold (X)
: handcrafted may also work, but handmade is just as good :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for your help."
Discussion
Could there be some other explanation? Maybe. But if Handschlagziegel means handmade and a Biber is a Ziegel, this is the most reasonable option.
Even though Germans like to make up compounds, changing the "rules" that much (if half the compound noun is known) is very unlikely, IMO.
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