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Strippenzieher

English translation: group drawing with pull-strings

11:04 Apr 25, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
German term or phrase: Strippenzieher
Anyone know what this is called in English (see picture in link): https://www.google.at/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images...


Team members have to work together in drawing a given motif by pulling the strings.
Used as one activity during a team-building event
Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Austria
Local time: 17:46
English translation:group drawing with pull-strings
Explanation:
I think some kind of compound description is the best solution for this rather than a word or two. There is the possibility of inadvertently referencing other forms of string art with a non-descriptive translation. Other forms of string art are, for example, pulled string art in which one end of the string is dipped in paint and then pulled across the paper. And string art can also be a type of weaving. Pins or nails are set up to create a dedign or pattern between them with string.
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Andrea Graves
Jordan
Local time: 18:46
Grading comment
Thank you, Andrea
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2string pullers
Edith Kelly
3pull-strings, string-pull
Stephen Reader
3group drawing with pull-strings
Andrea Graves


Discussion entries: 10





  

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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
string pullers


Explanation:
both terms are shadowy ... i.e. someone pulling the strings, here just literally. It's clear when you see the pic.

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 17:46
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gudrun Wolfrath: hyphen, http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/string-p...
2 mins
  -> danke, stimmt, mit Bindestrich
neutral  Stephen Reader: "mit e-m Strp-z. ... zeichnen" suggests the string composite is defined as a *tool* - if so, *not a ref. to a person*. Cd still be called a 'string puller' conceivably. Backgrd message sugg'd = (?) '[learn] who's driving the bus?' for teams
2 hrs
agree  Lonnie Legg
6 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pull-strings, string-pull


Explanation:
... as alternative to 'string-puller' (tho' the allusion to 'we're all string-pullers here together... creating a synthesis...' is clear): approximations to the 'tool', 'device' feel of the thing in this social-/ teamwork-learning games context, imagine "Get the / So, folks, it's time for the pull-strings [device]"...

Stephen Reader
Local time: 17:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 115
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
group drawing with pull-strings


Explanation:
I think some kind of compound description is the best solution for this rather than a word or two. There is the possibility of inadvertently referencing other forms of string art with a non-descriptive translation. Other forms of string art are, for example, pulled string art in which one end of the string is dipped in paint and then pulled across the paper. And string art can also be a type of weaving. Pins or nails are set up to create a dedign or pattern between them with string.

Andrea Graves
Jordan
Local time: 18:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you, Andrea
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