Grass-Roots (movement)
If grass-roots movements or campaigns are difficult to translate concepts, at least into Spanish – German might use the literal translation Grasswurzelbewegung) – just imagine how perplexed I stood when I heard the term „astroturf lobbying“ refering to artificial grass-root campaigns. It is a great image, but how on earth can you translate that?Kommentar hinzufügen
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Chickenhawk
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Stakeholder
I recently received a friendly e-mail in German about an English word:
Herr Ferrer,
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Lo que digo: La de expresiones y giros que nos da el mus, ¡tantas de las que ya no me acuerdo!
PS: Es decir que muchas gracias Manuel por tu comenta... Mehr→
por que no puedo entrar a jugar en la mesa ordago a grande solo me deja en 31 real Mehr→
Haberlos, haylos en todas partes, eso es cierto. Pero tender, lo que se dice tender, creo que sí que tienden mas a ser casposos los de derechas que l... Mehr→
Disiento en eso de que tienden a ser de derechas. Hay casposos en todo el espectro de las tendencias políticas. Mehr→
Nice nick you have chosen, I like that. And you are right: the problem is by no means solved and the Spanish speakers have hardly started to contribut... Mehr→
Sounds like the problem is not solved yet? Here another example that shows that the suggestions so far are inadequate: https://www.theatlantic.com/pol... Mehr→
I see what you mean, Gerald, thanks for your contribution. The colo(u)r seems to be right too, at least in my picture. On the other hand, a chickenhaw... Mehr→
Even it has no equal meaning, I can feel that the German word "Gummiadler" must be somehow related to this expression.
https://www.openthesaurus.de/s... Mehr→