Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Berührungsängste
English translation:
(mutual) reservations
Added to glossary by
Steffen Walter
May 17, 2005 11:49
18 yrs ago
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German term
Berührungsangst
German to English
Social Sciences
Music
�bertragene Bedeutung
***Berührungsängste*** zwischen Vertretern des Jazz oder der E-Musik zur Volksmusikszene bestehen nicht.
Er kennt keine ***Berührungsängste*** mit Pop-Musik und hat riesigen Spaß daran, Menschen zu unterhalten.
Dieser Art der Musik eignet sich besonders, um ***Berührungsängste*** des Publikums mit zeitgenössischer Musik abzubauen.
Er kennt keine ***Berührungsängste*** mit Pop-Musik und hat riesigen Spaß daran, Menschen zu unterhalten.
Dieser Art der Musik eignet sich besonders, um ***Berührungsängste*** des Publikums mit zeitgenössischer Musik abzubauen.
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Steffen Walter
Germany
Germany
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Germany
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German term (edited):
Ber�hrungs�ngste
Selected
(mutual) reservations
one more to throw in here
Peer comment(s):
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MMUlr
: This is how I understand "Berührungsängste".
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BrigitteHilgner
: This is what Pons/Collins suggests.
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Ja und?
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Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
: der Begriff ist relativ neutral, auf keinen Fall negativ.
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Francis Lee (X)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks a lot!"
2 mins
German term (edited):
Ber�hrungsangst
misgivings
I would use "misgivings" here
9 mins
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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German term (edited):
Ber�hrungsangst
are not reluctant / have no reservations about
couple more options
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German term (edited):
Ber�hrungsangst
antipathy / aversion
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squeamishness
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squeamishness
Peer comment(s):
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Yunara
: no, it's not as negative
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Have you considered deleting this peer comment? Even after questions close, these comments remain as a permanent record of how wide of the mark you were. (Rule 5.5 - Avoid entering peer comments in language pairs in which you are not capable…)
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Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
: ok, "neutral", but "Berührungsängste" is in fact not the same as aversion or antipathy! //add: aversion=strong feeling of not liking sb/sth (Oxford D.).
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I am sure you have a very firm idea of what ‘Berührungsangst’ means to you. Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the finer nuances of ‘aversion’, ‘antipathy’ and ‘squeamishness’ as used by native English speakers?
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gangels (X)
: squeamishness is perfect, IMO
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Thanks Klaus. Prospects were quite grim until you logged on :-)
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Francis Lee (X)
: "aversion" is definitely an option
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Frosty
: Is this a case of great minds thinking alike?
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IanW (X)
: 'Aversion' is excellent here
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German term (edited):
Ber�hrungsangst
mutual antipathy / antipathy
Essentially a mental/spiritual thing rather than physical and more a problem for audiences/listeners than musicians themselves! Though I do recall once playing with a band where the drummer categorically refused to play pop/rock numbers - everything else, swing, latin etc was OK. Being a session musician, he had more than enough of rock/pop during the week! But for some people only music in style X is worthwhile, for everything else they have a sense of antipathy in varying degrees.
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Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
: ok, "neutral", but "Berührungsängste" is in fact not the same as antipathy! If I have Berührungsängste with say animals, it does not mean I hate them.
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You mean, if you hear or see something you are not in contact with (practically touching) it? And some people truly hate certain types of music!
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Lancashireman
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Thankyou, and the antipathy can go so far that people switch off, change channels or leave the concert!
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BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Austria
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Austria
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German term (edited):
Ber�hrungsangst
fear of contact/concerns/worry about contact
Keine Berühungsangst - open-minded approach
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Francis Lee (X)
: "fear of contact" reminds me of Tory/CSU politicans meeting AIDS patients; "concerns" wäre eher "Sorgen"
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Victor Dewsbery
Germany
Germany
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Germany
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Works in: German to English, English to German
German term (edited):
Ber�hrungsangst
shyness / shy of
Another option.
Jazz musicians and e-musicians are not shy of German popular folk music.
He is not shy of pop music and enormously enjoys entertaining people.
This type of music is an admirable way of overcoming the shyness of contemporary music among many members of the general public.
Jazz musicians and e-musicians are not shy of German popular folk music.
He is not shy of pop music and enormously enjoys entertaining people.
This type of music is an admirable way of overcoming the shyness of contemporary music among many members of the general public.
Peer comment(s):
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Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
: good one!
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German term (edited):
Ber�hrungsangst
prejudice (or rephrase)
esp. for the last instance
... prejudice towards contemporary music
Alternatively, you could rephrase it, e.g.
This type of music is especially suitable/ideal for introducing the public/masses etc. to contemporary sounds //
... as an introduction/appetizer to/for contemporary music
... for whetting people's appetite for contemporary music
... prejudice towards contemporary music
Alternatively, you could rephrase it, e.g.
This type of music is especially suitable/ideal for introducing the public/masses etc. to contemporary sounds //
... as an introduction/appetizer to/for contemporary music
... for whetting people's appetite for contemporary music
Peer comment(s):
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Lancashireman
: Yes, there is always an element of prejudice in musical tastes. May be deemed a bit too ‘negative’ by some commentators though :-)
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Frosty
: Nice one Francis, and not only for music.
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Ute Wietfeld
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46 mins
silfilla
Works in field
German term (edited):
Ber�hrungsangst
preconceived notions about / prepossesions against (only for the second sentence)
as many suggestions have been made already ... and there's no single term, I'd definitely vary the translation, for example:
Jonathan's *have no reservations about* the first time the term is used,
my *preconceived notions about / prepossesions against* the second time and
Ian's *misgivings* the third time.
some such solution :-)
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*preconceived notions OF* :-)
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I juts realized that my parenthetical comment above (only for...) is too restrictive because my suggestion could also work in the third sentence, using another suggestion (e.g. *misgiving*) for the second one.
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Francis just suggested *preconceptions* as an additional option
Jonathan's *have no reservations about* the first time the term is used,
my *preconceived notions about / prepossesions against* the second time and
Ian's *misgivings* the third time.
some such solution :-)
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Note added at 49 mins (2005-05-17 12:38:56 GMT)
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*preconceived notions OF* :-)
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Note added at 59 mins (2005-05-17 12:49:23 GMT)
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I juts realized that my parenthetical comment above (only for...) is too restrictive because my suggestion could also work in the third sentence, using another suggestion (e.g. *misgiving*) for the second one.
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Francis just suggested *preconceptions* as an additional option
Peer comment(s):
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Francis Lee (X)
: surely "preconceptions" would work in at least one of these cases
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preconceptions is good too; thanks! :-)
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