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Knopfgeschichte

16:14 Dec 3, 2012
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German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - History / Salt mines in Thuringia
German term or phrase: Knopfgeschichte
From a little promo blurb title about Bad Frankenhausen and the history of salt mining
in the area.

"Entdecken Sie Salzschätze & Knopfgeschichten"

What are Knopfgeschichten?

TIA
jwesneski
United States
Local time: 12:02


Summary of answers provided
4 +6tales of buttons
British Diana
5 +3button history
Kenneth Friend
3 +1(Discover ... and) the story of buttons
Usch Pilz


Discussion entries: 6





  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
button history


Explanation:
Bad frankenhausen was a centre of the button industry. thus button history or history of buttons

Kenneth Friend
Germany
Local time: 18:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: history of buttons
1 hr
agree  Lancashireman: First to solve asker's real problem. Amazing picture of Bad Frankenhausen church tower here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bad_Frankenhausen_Oberkirc...
4 hrs
agree  oa_xxx (X): the history of..
1 day 9 hrs
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(Discover ... and) the story of buttons


Explanation:
I agree with Kenneth - it is really about the history of button making. But to get people's attention or arouse curiousity through a blurb, this might also work.

Usch Pilz
Local time: 18:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mill2
38 mins
  -> Dankeschön, mill2.
neutral  Helen Shiner: How is this different from the previous answer? And 'history' rather than 'story' is what is needed here. A story may be invented; this is the telling or retelling of history./See my discussion entry.
1 hr
  -> To me 'story' is more catchy in an advertising sense. So it might fit here, even though 'history' might be more factually accurate. Trudy's discussion entry is also quite interesting in that respect.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Knopfgeschichten
tales of buttons


Explanation:
It's up to the guides to make sure their "tales" are near enough the truth to be faithful to history.
"Geschichten" can only be tales or stories, unfortunately the Asker left off the plural "n" in the term

British Diana
Germany
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters: My thoughts exactly!
20 mins
  -> Thanks, Trudy!
agree  Susanne Schiewe
46 mins
  -> Thanks, Susanne!
agree  Usch Pilz: Definitely better than mine.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Usch!
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: very nice.
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Johanna!
agree  Steffen Walter
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Steffen!
agree  Maja_K
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, Maja!
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