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beacon

German translation: (leuchtendes) Vorbild

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase: beacon German translation: (leuchtendes) Vorbild Entered by: Melanie Nassar

14:52 Dec 9, 2005

English to German translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: beacon Help! As I near the end of this text and it sinks more and more into platitudes, I am rapidly running out of ideas (und Lust). I need a word for beacon, as in: He has been a beacon, leading us from the past into the future, never wavering in his devotion to his people, never giving up when all the odds seemed against him, never losing faith in the hours of darkness.	Melanie Nassar KudoZ activity Questions: 112 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 1878 United States Local time: 15:43
Vorbild Explanation: --	Selected response from: Terence Ajbro Sweden Local time: 14:43
Grading comment Danke, leuchtendes Vorbild ist gut! 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided
4 +8	Vorbild	Terence Ajbro
3	Leitfaden	Ion Chiru
3	einem leuchtenden Stern gleich, hat er / wie ein leuchtender Stern...	Anne Spitzmueller
2	Er ist (war) die Verkörperung von Beharrlichkeit und Stärke...	Ulrike Kraemer

Discussion entries: 2
Melanie Nassar United States ASKER 15:41 Dec 9, 2005  None other than the glorious Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi Ulrike Kraemer Germany Who is "he"? :-) 15:00 Dec 9, 2005  Automatic update in 00:

  

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1 min   confidence: peer agreement (net): +8

Vorbild Explanation: --	Terence Ajbro Sweden Local time: 14:43 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment Danke, leuchtendes Vorbild ist gut!
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  Inge Festesen (X): I would add "leuchtendes" as in leuchtendes Vorbild - to reflect the light you have in a beacon 2 mins   -> thanks, I was not aware you could use this adjective with it agree  Steffen Walter: leuchtendes Vorbild 6 mins   -> thanks, a shining example of translators co-operating agree  Olaf Reibedanz: "Leuchtendes Vorbild" ist perfekt! 8 mins agree  Ana Krämer: agree with leuchtend too 13 mins agree  USER00230 (X) 22 mins agree  Petra51 1 hr agree  Leanne Evans: agree with Olaf 2 hrs agree  Vampyre: Leuchtendes Vorbild ist gut - man denke an die belisha beacons in uk, und das eben im uebertragenen sinne, leuchtendes beispiel, vorbild sth along those lines 3 hrs
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Leitfaden Explanation: möglicherweise Leitlicht, Leitleuchte, Leitfeuer	Ion Chiru Local time: 15:43 Works in field Native speaker of: Romanian
Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) neutral  Ulrike Kraemer: Ich würde einen Menschen nicht als "Leitfaden" bezeichnen, höchstens als "Leitfigur". 7 mins
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Er ist (war) die Verkörperung von Beharrlichkeit und Stärke... Explanation: oder: Er ist (war) ein Inbegriff von Beharrlichkeit und Stärke... Er verkörpert Beharrlichkeit und Stärke... ...falls du nicht ganz so eng am Original kleben möchtest/musst :-)	Ulrike Kraemer Germany Local time: 14:43 Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 10
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einem leuchtenden Stern gleich, hat er / wie ein leuchtender Stern... Explanation: um den hochtrabenden, huldigenden Stil des Ausgangssatzes zu erhalten	Anne Spitzmueller Germany Local time: 14:43 Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 4
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