verblüfft aber doch zunächst und läßt übles Artistentum wittern

English translation: vaudeville

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German term or phrase:Artistentum
English translation:vaudeville
Entered by: Kim Metzger

12:56 Sep 21, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
German term or phrase: verblüfft aber doch zunächst und läßt übles Artistentum wittern
Describes the effect someone's music on the listener. it's the last three words I have trouble with.
Lucien Marcelet
at first it is
Explanation:
puzzling and has an air of the worst kind of vaudeville. The last word is how I interpret Artistentum - show business, circus, etc.
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 19:02
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4 +1context...
Tom Funke
4at first it is
Kim Metzger
4sense
Ulla Haufe


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at first it is


Explanation:
puzzling and has an air of the worst kind of vaudeville. The last word is how I interpret Artistentum - show business, circus, etc.


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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 19:02
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context...


Explanation:
Ample context from the asker is both a valuable tool and a simple courtesy much appreciated by your would-be helpers: Both to help us invest our own time efficiently in your behalf -- as you are requesting -- and to give you the best answers possible, it makes good sense to include adequate context in your queries -- as a minimum:
(1) a definition of the general context (subject matter), plus
(2) the entire source sentence (excepting of course confidential/proprietary information, which can be disguised or omitted.)
Other useful information may include for instance the target audience/country and the purpose of the translation.

All the best, Tom.



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Tom Funke
Local time: 21:02
Native speaker of: English

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sense


Explanation:
it seems to be amazing, but then you sense (suspect), that they might be very bad artists.

wittern=sense

transferred from animals' behaviour, when they sense a danger, or just smell a scent

Ulla Haufe
Local time: 02:02
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