Grundierung (hier)

English translation: roots/origins

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German term or phrase:Grundierung (hier)
English translation:roots/origins
Entered by: Ramey Rieger (X)

10:07 Jul 26, 2017
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
German term or phrase: Grundierung (hier)
Description of the content of a series of lecture (literature):
Es werden, mit Bezug auf den soziokulturellen Hintergrund und seiner transnationalen und transkulturellen GRUNDIERUNG für diese Epoche repräsentative AutorInnen... vorgestellt.

Does this mean the foundations laid by the socio-cultural background? I'm not sure if I have interpreted this correctly.
Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Austria
Local time: 02:22
roots/origin
Explanation:
I would think
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Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 02:22
Grading comment
Thanks, Ramey
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2roots/origin
Ramey Rieger (X)
4 +1grounding
NGK
4while transcending national and cultural boundaries.
Michael Martin, MA


Discussion entries: 9





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
roots/origin


Explanation:
I would think

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 02:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 77
Grading comment
Thanks, Ramey

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: If origins./Thanks, Ramey, and you.
13 mins
  -> Yes, plural it should be. Take care of your good self, Helen!

agree  writeaway: origins /for conssisstency
2 hrs
  -> Yes./ssssuffering sssuccotash!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
while transcending national and cultural boundaries.


Explanation:
IMO, it's possible to declutter this sentence without significant loss of meaning. To get this translated properly, you have to focus on the whole sentence, not its isolated components.

"We will introduce authors who represent this era in sociological and cultural terms while transcending national and cultural boundaries."



Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 21:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 43

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: someone set up boundaries?
1 min
  -> Yep. You guessed it.

neutral  Helen Shiner: Nothing here about transcending or boundaries./I am perfectly aware of what they mean. This just doesn't work, Michael.
1 hr
  -> Just look up what transnational und transkulturell means/ Thanks, Helen, but I think this actually works beautifully
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Grundierung
grounding


Explanation:
or possibly: basis

As has already been mentioned, "seiner" would have to refer to "Hintergrund."


    https://books.google.com/books?id=pXcMvBsrMLgC&pg=PT180&lpg=PT180&dq=%22transcultural+grounding%22&source=bl&ots=KV5lPElFj8&sig=XJvdW5VEZRAv
    https://books.google.com/books?id=TrF9f6wO5AsC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=%22transnational+grounding%22&source=bl&ots=SaZe35rYaF&sig=le3rhqe6IQFEok
NGK
United States
Local time: 20:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: http://tinyurl.com/ydcn9qjp
1 day 3 hrs
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