Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Deutsch term or phrase:
Kennenlerngespräch
Englisch translation:
get-acquainted talk
Added to glossary by
Martin Wenzel
Jul 11, 2007 16:17
17 yrs ago
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Deutsch term
Deutschland
Never lost in translation
Native in: Deutsch 
, Englisch
Works in: Englisch > Deutsch, Deutsch > Englisch, Französisch > Englisch, and 4 more.
Kennenlerngespräch
Deutsch > Englisch
Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften
Werbung/PR
The context is that a future student goes to a school and has a chat with the management, so that gives him/her the chance of learning more about the courses, teachers, courses, etc., but the school also gets this chance...(they are pretty well booked up)...
In German we would also say "Schnuppergespräch", anything "Schnupper...." is often translated by "taster", except it doesn't work connotationally with talk or conversation...
First getting-to-know each other?
Or would the context simply be an interview?
In German we would also say "Schnuppergespräch", anything "Schnupper...." is often translated by "taster", except it doesn't work connotationally with talk or conversation...
First getting-to-know each other?
Or would the context simply be an interview?
Proposed translations
(Englisch)
| 3 +3 | get-acquainted talk |
Trudy Peters
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| 5 +1 | introductory talk |
Sheila Owens
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| 3 +1 | Introductory conversation |
Leo Holroyd (X)
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| 4 | informational discussion |
Steven Sidore
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| 3 | initial appointment / talk |
Cordula Abston
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Proposed translations
+3
13 Min.
Trudy Peters
Vereinigte Staaten
Vereinigte Staaten
Native in Deutsch
&
Englisch
Works in field
Vereinigte Staaten
Very detail-oriented
Native in: Deutsch , Englisch
Works in: Deutsch > Englisch, Englisch
Related KudoZ points
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32
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get-acquainted talk
or conversation or meeting
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-07-12 01:04:39 GMT)
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get-acquainted gets 2 to 3 more Googles than getting - depending on the word that follows.
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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-07-12 12:36:33 GMT)
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I meant to say 2 to 3 times as many :-)
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-07-12 01:04:39 GMT)
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get-acquainted gets 2 to 3 more Googles than getting - depending on the word that follows.
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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-07-12 12:36:33 GMT)
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I meant to say 2 to 3 times as many :-)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks everbody. All good suggestions..."
17 Min.
Cordula Abston
Vereinigte Staaten
Vereinigte Staaten
Native in Deutsch
Works in field
Vereinigte Staaten
bringing your project to life!
Native in: Deutsch 
Works in: Englisch > Deutsch, Deutsch > Englisch, Spanisch > Deutsch
initial appointment / talk
I'm unsure if there even is an exact equivalent to this in English. I would go about it like this: During his initial appointment, the student has the chance to ask about courses, teachers, fees, ....
+1
1 Stunde
Introductory conversation
This would also work, although the other suggestions are fine - there is no one-to-one phraseology here
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sheila Owens
: Whoops Leo....you just beat me :)......yupp introductory conversation is yet another option
4 Min.
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+1
1 Stunde
introductory talk
You could use:-
introductory talk
introductory appointment
introductory discussion
introductory meeting
"Talk" gives you the option that they are talking to you and you have the opportunity to talk to them and ask questions too....so a bit of a catch-all.
My daughter is currently going along to a number of colleges for introductory talks......
introductory talk
introductory appointment
introductory discussion
introductory meeting
"Talk" gives you the option that they are talking to you and you have the opportunity to talk to them and ask questions too....so a bit of a catch-all.
My daughter is currently going along to a number of colleges for introductory talks......
18 Stunden
informational discussion
I do alumni interviewing for my college (Go Midd!), and offer two types of meetings: a formal interview that will go on the record, and an informal get-together that we call 'informational discussions'. I think the latter would fit here--depending on the tone of the piece, "informational chat" would work too.
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