Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Realitätsnähe statt akademischer Weltfremdheit
English translation:
Practical rather than theoretical
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macrettoc
May 22, 2008 09:27
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German term
Realitätsnähe statt akademischer Weltfremdheit
German to English
Tech/Engineering
SAP
KONTEXT: Realitätsnähe statt akademischer Weltfremdheit: Entwickler von Frameworks benötigen Feedback von dessen Anwendern, anderenfalls droht die Gefahr, dass rein akademisch konstruierte Frameworks entstehen, die nur mit viel Aufwand verwendet werden können.
This heading and text follows two headings entitled Technische Kompetenz and Fachliche Kompetenz so I'm thinking maybe of translating "akademische Weltfremdheit" as "academic inexperience", i.e. "Reality Rather Than Academic Inexperience". Geht das ueberhaupt?
This heading and text follows two headings entitled Technische Kompetenz and Fachliche Kompetenz so I'm thinking maybe of translating "akademische Weltfremdheit" as "academic inexperience", i.e. "Reality Rather Than Academic Inexperience". Geht das ueberhaupt?
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Practical versus theoretical
another option -- the rather verbose subtitle should clarify the specific meaning
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Comment: "I found the suggestions here really useful but chose Ken's proposal the best (though I'll reword it slightly to read "Practical rather than theoretical". I like the idea of "ivory tower" but this has slight connotations of "intellectual elitism" or "condesension towards practical considerations" and this is not conveyed in my text. Thanks to everyone who contributed. I really appreciate all your help."
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Steffen Walter
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(Sharing of) hands-on experience instead of an ivory tower approach [instead of academic isolation]
Instead of "hands-on", you might also use a phrase including "real-life".
The above suggestion is only a first approximation - please wait for other colleagues to improve on it.
The above suggestion is only a first approximation - please wait for other colleagues to improve on it.
13 mins
Practicality rather than academic theory
I must say I like your "inexperience" for the academic, but I'm not too sure sure your text would be able to handle that; it does look like a sleas pitch to me, and I'm doubtful that it comes over too well.
So this is an idea you might consider using in such a context.
Just by the by: my wife is continually complaining that the MS software writers cannot possibly have any experience of working in offices, because they keep removing useful "office" tools...
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"sleas"???? Sorry - that should have read "sales"...
So this is an idea you might consider using in such a context.
Just by the by: my wife is continually complaining that the MS software writers cannot possibly have any experience of working in offices, because they keep removing useful "office" tools...
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"sleas"???? Sorry - that should have read "sales"...
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Ken Cox
: does ''sleas pitch' (aka sleaze pitch) qualify as a Freudian slip?
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Michele Johnson
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Down to earth instead of ivory tower
A slightly more succinct twist on Steffen's suggestion. The title should be short IMO, because it's explained in the sentence that follows. As a result, I think you can get away with 2 pithy idioms like this. You could think about whether to add hyphens to make them sound more adjective-like.
Alternative: Down to earth instead of lofty theory
Alternative: Down to earth instead of lofty theory
21 hrs
real-life rather than academic distance
one of the many options...
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