Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Szene-Krimi
English translation:
[hip] whodunit/crime novel set in xyz milieu
Added to glossary by
silfilla
Jul 19, 2005 17:01
18 yrs ago
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German term
Szene-Krimi
German to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
In der letzten Ausgabe fragten wir in unserem Gewinnspiel nach dem Namen des Hauptkommissars, der im neuen Roman von Jan Bergrath einen mysteriösen Todesfall aufklärt. Die richtige Lösung lautete: Klaus Gerber. Aus den mehr als 200 richtigen Zusendungen hat unsere Glücksfee 20 Gewinner gezogen, die sich über ein Exemplar von Bergraths Szene-Krimi freuen können.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | hip whodunit |
silfilla
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| 3 +4 | thriller set in the XX scene |
Francis Lee (X)
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| 3 +2 | noir |
Rachel Ward
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Proposed translations
2 mins
silfilla
Works in field
Selected
hip whodunit
perhaps -- absent any information on the particular scene art/film/theater scene the novel describes :-)
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or: [hip] whodunit situated in xxx milieu
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also: *set* for \"situated\"
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-07-19 17:06:49 GMT)
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or: [hip] whodunit situated in xxx milieu
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Note added at 57 mins (2005-07-19 17:58:50 GMT)
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also: *set* for \"situated\"
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
1 hr
Rachel Ward
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
For the Love of Language
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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2
noir
"Szene-Krimi" seems to be a genre all of its own - I've come across them before - I think "noir" might be the best label. I've taken these quotes from the back of "Last Tango in Aberystwyth": "this marvellously surreal Welsh noir series", "The twisted world of noir"
See also:
"... auch wenn wir als Leser nie recht wissen, wo wir uns gerade befinden: in einem Szenekrimi, einer Liebesgeschichte oder einer Persiflage auf beides. ..."
"Nicht nur eine Hommage an die schlechten Edgar-Wallace-Filme der 60er, sondern ein bissiger Szene-Krimi. Jahn schreckt nicht davor zurück, sein eigenes Nest ..."
"Szene-Krimi im bayrischen Malocher-Milieu ... lebt von schnoddrigen Dialogen, schrägen Situationsbeschreibungen und Anspielungen auf aktuelle ..."
See also:
"... auch wenn wir als Leser nie recht wissen, wo wir uns gerade befinden: in einem Szenekrimi, einer Liebesgeschichte oder einer Persiflage auf beides. ..."
"Nicht nur eine Hommage an die schlechten Edgar-Wallace-Filme der 60er, sondern ein bissiger Szene-Krimi. Jahn schreckt nicht davor zurück, sein eigenes Nest ..."
"Szene-Krimi im bayrischen Malocher-Milieu ... lebt von schnoddrigen Dialogen, schrägen Situationsbeschreibungen und Anspielungen auf aktuelle ..."
+4
48 mins
thriller set in the XX scene
Depending on the "Szene" (which is it?); it's not necessarily the hip and fashionable crowd ...
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actually, it\'s just a crime novel
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Your choice, Asker, but it would seem that the \"scene\" in question is the show business crowd, who are certainly far from \"hip\" ... Explanation?
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actually, it\'s just a crime novel
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Note added at 11 days (2005-07-30 17:12:36 GMT) Post-grading
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Your choice, Asker, but it would seem that the \"scene\" in question is the show business crowd, who are certainly far from \"hip\" ... Explanation?
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Lori Dendy-Molz
: I think "crime novel" is probably adequate
1 hr
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| agree |
Frosty
2 hrs
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| agree |
Cilian O'Tuama
: crime novel
5 hrs
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| agree |
Maria Ferstl
3 days 14 hrs
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