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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

ins Stammbuch schreiben

English translation:

take good note of

Added to glossary by Kim Metzger
Jun 19, 2006 12:12
17 yrs ago
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German term

ins Stammbuch schreiben

German to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Das Thema Energie spielt im “Ländle” und im Rhein-Neckar-Dreieck eine große Rolle, bietet aber auch noch viel Potential. Die Industrie- und Handelskammer Rhein-Neckar schreibt der neuen Landesregierung deshalb folgendes ins Stammbuch:
Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 take good note of
3 make an entry in a register/log book
3 -2 to write in Album or register

Proposed translations

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36 mins
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take good note of

Muret-Sanders - das kann er sich ins Stammbuch schreiben = let him take good note of that

The Rhein-Neckar Chamber of Industry and Commerce is therefore telling the new state government to take good note of the following:
Peer comment(s):
agree HarryHedgehog : yep, open yer ears and pay attention, dagnabbit!
0 min
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : hihi
3 mins
agree Alison Jenner
12 mins
agree Richard Benham : This is probably as good as you'll get, although it seems a little less forceful than the original. I really hate translating expressions with "Stammbuch" in them, don't you?// ;-)
5 hrs
To tell the truth, this is the first time I've come across the term. I'm more familiar with the Stammtisch.
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13 mins

to write in Album or register

jmdm. etw. ins Stammbuch schreiben : to make so. take note of sth.
Peer comment(s):
disagree Armorel Young : even if album were a good translation of Stammbuch, it would have to be THE album (after all, it's inS Stammbuch)
2 hrs
disagree Richard Benham : Armorel is right. Your definition (in the explanation) shows that you have correctly understood the term, but your proffered translation does not make sense in English.
6 hrs
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17 hrs

make an entry in a register/log book

There is a semicolon following the word, so I think something is physically being recorded
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