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bread-and-butter actioner

German translation: einfach gestrickter Actionfilm

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English term or phrase:bread-and-butter actioner
German translation:einfach gestrickter Actionfilm
Entered by: Kerstin Braun

14:10 Feb 22, 2006
English to German translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: bread-and-butter actioner
Because he served his apprenticeship on *bread-and-butter actioners*, made for a studio that still called itself "The Universal Film Manufacturing Company", (John) Ford never forgot the basics that audiences wanted from a Western - a lack of pretension, and a maximum of action.
Kerstin Braun
Local time: 02:22
einfach gestrickter Actionfilm
Explanation:
"Weil er sein Handwerk in einfach gestrickten Actionfilmen lernte, ..."

vielleicht auch "unkompliziert", "solide, aber unauffällig".

Zum gehaltvollen Sandwich fehlen halt noch Putenbrust, Salatblatt und Tomate.

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Susanne Bonn
Germany
Local time: 02:22
Grading comment
:-))
Prima, das passt dann auch zum Rest. Danke allen.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4Während der Lehrzeit verdiente er sein tägliches Brot mit Actionfilmen
Sabine Wulf
3 +1einfach gestrickter Actionfilm
Susanne Bonn


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Während der Lehrzeit verdiente er sein tägliches Brot mit Actionfilmen


Explanation:
Gruß
Sabine

Sabine Wulf
Germany
Local time: 02:22
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gad Harel
2 mins
agree  Aniello Scognamiglio (X): seine Brötchen, seinen Unterhalt ;-)
32 mins
agree  JSolis
39 mins
agree  BrigitteHilgner: Ob das mehr Spaß machte als die Übersetzung von Fachbegriffen aus der Verpackungsindustrie?
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
einfach gestrickter Actionfilm


Explanation:
"Weil er sein Handwerk in einfach gestrickten Actionfilmen lernte, ..."

vielleicht auch "unkompliziert", "solide, aber unauffällig".

Zum gehaltvollen Sandwich fehlen halt noch Putenbrust, Salatblatt und Tomate.



Susanne Bonn
Germany
Local time: 02:22
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
:-))
Prima, das passt dann auch zum Rest. Danke allen.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: genau "Bread and butter" bezieht sich auf das Traditionelle, Herkoemmliche dieses Filmgenres, nicht auf die Lebensweise von Ford
2 hrs
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