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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Eselsbrücke

English translation:

memory jogger, memory aid, aide memoire, memory hook, mnemonic, memory prompt

Added to glossary by sappho
This question was closed without grading. Reason: Other
May 24, 2007 17:51
17 yrs ago
German term

Eselsbrücke

German to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
I can't really use mnemonics because that would not be understood by EVERYONE. I can get around it, but having something nice would please me enormously. Can anyone help at all :-)
Proposed translations (English)
4 +7 memory jogger
3 +3 memory aid
5 aide memoire [usually without the acute accent on the e]
4 a clue (to remember something)
3 memory hook
2 +1 trick
3 memorable phrases
Change log

May 24, 2007 17:54: Marcus Malabad changed "Term asked" from "Esels Brücke" to "Eselsbrücke" , "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"

May 29, 2007 11:38: sappho Created KOG entry

Discussion

sappho (asker) May 29, 2007:
@ Jonathan. Will do.
Jonathan MacKerron May 29, 2007:
@sappho-but please make sure that all these good suggestions get put in the glossary
sappho (asker) May 29, 2007:
Thank you everyone for your help. I am closing the question without grading because my editor decide to strike out the phrase (in the German version).He decided that it is a completely inappropriate phrase for the context.
sappho (asker) May 24, 2007:
@Jonathan, 'course it did ;-)
Jonathan MacKerron May 24, 2007:
@Craig, I guess my feeble attempt at irony didn't work out after all....
Craig Meulen May 24, 2007:
For Jonathan and anyone else who's interested: the pronunciation of mnemonic is quite simple: silent 'm' and the rest rhymes with demonic! (Accent is on second syllable).
sappho (asker) May 24, 2007:
oops, yes "Eselsbrücke". I'm flagging. time to stop.

Yes, text - "Wählen Sie am besten ein möglichst ungewöhnliches Passwort, spielen Sie mit Eselsbrücken und kombinieren Sie Zahlen und Buchstaben."
Kim Metzger May 24, 2007:
Please provide context. A German sentence using the term, for example.
Rolf Klischewski, M.A. May 24, 2007:
Eselsbrücke, bitte. (C:

Proposed translations

3 mins
German term (edited): Esels Brücke

memory hook

Maybe?
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+7
2 mins
German term (edited): Esels Brücke

memory jogger

:)

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-05-24 17:55:42 GMT)
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aide memoire (a bit flashier)
Peer comment(s):
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X)
5 mins
agree Jonathan MacKerron : "mnemonic", but who on earth can pronounce it correctly...
11 mins
agree Craig Meulen : Memory jogger is a great suggestion.
1 hr
agree gangels (X)
1 hr
agree Textklick : Spectrum colours: Richard Of York Gained Battles In Vain. German lessons at school: "Durch, ohne gegen wider, um, für" (AKA "Dogwuf") ;-) http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13518362.500-memory-jo...
5 hrs
agree Paul Cohen
7 hrs
agree Colin Newberry : Or "Löffel - Gabel -Messer" (the order in which from birth you'd learn to use them w/o injury) to remember it's der - die - das.
12 hrs
neutral Nadine Kahn : Don't think it'll fit in the context provided. It is not about "Gedächtnistraining" here
13 hrs
neutral Cetacea : I only know that as a brand name.
22 hrs
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8 mins

aide memoire [usually without the acute accent on the e]

... is the standard EN term, but since we don't know who your audience is ...

HTH

Dee
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+1
1 hr

trick

This is sort of "officially" wrong in my opinion, but it's how I would translate Eselbrücke or what I would say in English if I weren't translating and needed to remembers something:

"I need some trick to remember her name..."

At least in New York, "memory jogger" is never used, wouldn't even be understood at first by many people, whereas Eselsbrücke is something you hear nonstop in Germany...
Peer comment(s):
neutral Craig Meulen : In the asker's sample text, "play with tricks" wouldn't work, imho.
5 mins
True, you'd have to say something like "use tricks"; this may come down to a British-American difference - as an American "memory joggers" sounds bizarre and confusing
agree Bernhard Sulzer : trick or memory technique
13 hrs
It's great that you also comment on the English here from an American perspective - we are few.
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1 hr

a clue (to remember something)

Just common experience.
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+3
11 hrs

memory aid

would be understood by all, n'est pas?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemonic

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or:
memory technique
http://www.ababasoft.com/mnemonic/tech02.htm
Peer comment(s):
agree Henry Schroeder : This morning in the microsoft thesaurus I ran across not only "memory aid", but also "prompt" - might we say the latter too in this case? I feel like my mother says it, at least in the phrase "to prompt my memory"...
59 mins
yes, I've heard it many times. You are right. And it works in this context. You hear/see/smell/feel the prompt and you remember.
agree Rebecca Garber
9 hrs
thank you, Rebecca! Have a good holiday weekend.
agree Cetacea : with a slight preference for "prompt".
10 hrs
danke, Cetacea!
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13 hrs

memorable phrases

... play with memorable phrases and combine numbers with letters.

Or: Phrases which are easy to remember.


For passwords you are to use the first letter of each word of a memorable phrase/sentence, for example.
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