exemplarisch
English translation: arbitrary, random
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| 12:37 Jun 6, 2010 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / graphic design/architecture | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Ulrike Kraemer Germany Local time: 18:14 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | representative |
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| 3 +1 | random, randomly |
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| 3 | draws a specimen line |
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| 3 | for example |
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| 3 | intentionally |
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| 2 | arbitrary |
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1 hr confidence: 
arbitrary Explanation: Might be an option here in the sense of beliebig or willkürlich. The artist draws an arbitrary horizontal line .. |
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4 hrs confidence:
draws a specimen line Explanation: as an example -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2010-06-06 16:55:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- On second thoughts maybe hypothetical is better |
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13 hrs confidence:
for example Explanation: Some people seem to use this as a synonym for 'beispielsweise'. Reference: http://synonyme.woxikon.de/synonyme/exemplarisch.php |
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14 hrs confidence:
intentionally Explanation: I think what the author is saying is that the artist uses this line that he draws on a map (?) as a "Leitfaden" that he then later follows by actually walking it through the city and drawing windows he sees every few minutes or so. So, in a sense it is an arbitrary line, but not completely since the artist later follows it. I would go with: "G.O intentionally draws a horizontal line through Vienna, then walks it, and draws a window ...." |
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19 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1random, randomly Explanation: I agree with LittleBalu that the meaning here is 'arbitrary', but I prefer the word 'random'. Example sentence(s):
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21 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1representative Explanation: G.O draws a representative horitonzal line across Vienna... He is basically doing the same thing Google is doing, but on a smaller scale. He makes his own version, an example, of "street view". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 hrs (2010-06-07 11:28:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I do realize that I've restructured the sentence and used an adj. instead of an adv. - it's just that I thought "G.O. representatively draws a horizontal line..." sounded a bit clunky. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2010-06-07 17:43:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I spelled horizontal wrong - how did I miss that? horrid tonsil Reference: http://thesaurus.com/browse/exemplary Reference: http://www.lexipedia.com/german/exemplarisch |
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