System der komunizierenden Röhren

English translation: system of interconnecting channels

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German term or phrase:System der komunizierenden Röhren
English translation:system of interconnecting channels
Entered by: transatgees

11:04 Sep 10, 2010
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
German term or phrase: System der komunizierenden Röhren
Der Löweanteil des deutschen Kapitalexports fließt, wenig spektakulär, über das System der komunizierenden Röhren der Minanzkapitalmärkte.

- could this just be a metaphor? Could I just say "The majority of German capital exports flow through capital markets"? Or is there an equivalent metaphor in English? I found an experiment about "communicating vessels" but wasn't sure this would fit.
Trevor Pettit
Local time: 19:36
system of interconnecting channels
Explanation:
I think "channels" feels more natural in English and is certainly seen in this sort of context in the financial columns of UK newspapers.
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transatgees
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Local time: 19:36
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4 +1interconnected system [of pipes]
Mark Cole
4 +1system of interconnecting channels
transatgees
3communicating tubes
BrigitteHilgner


  

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communicating tubes


Explanation:
Why not use this expression? It's quite common.

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 20:36
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interconnected system [of pipes]


Explanation:
Personally I would leave the "of pipes" out of it; it does look like a technical metaphor, but in my view it doesn't really work in English.

Mark Cole
Local time: 19:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Colin Rowe: "interconnected" is certainly what springs to mind for "komunizierende Röhre"
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system of interconnecting channels


Explanation:
I think "channels" feels more natural in English and is certainly seen in this sort of context in the financial columns of UK newspapers.

transatgees
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:36
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Armorel Young: "channels" sounds far more appropriate than "tubes" or "pipes"
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