Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Bewässerungsgärten
English translation:
irrigated gardens
Added to glossary by
Courtney Sliwinski
Jul 17, 2007 19:23
16 yrs ago
German term
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Bewässerungsgärten
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Luxury hotel review
Eine 85000 Quadratmeter große Gartenanlage mit Palmen-hainen und faszierenden Wassergärten, die den traditionellen arabischen *Bewässerungsgärten* (Falajd) im Bergland von Oman nachempfunden wurden, ist die ideale Oase für Ruhe und Entspannung.
Does anyone know what these are? Would it be something like a pond? Water garden already comes up in the text, so I have to make a distinction between the two. Once again, we are on the subject of luxury hotels, and this is a discription of the grounds. Thanks for all the help!
Does anyone know what these are? Would it be something like a pond? Water garden already comes up in the text, so I have to make a distinction between the two. Once again, we are on the subject of luxury hotels, and this is a discription of the grounds. Thanks for all the help!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +10 | irrigated gardens |
David Hollywood
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| 3 +2 | irrigated gardens |
Nicole Schnell
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| 3 | irrigation system / falaj-style garden featuring ... |
Francis Lee (X)
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Jul 18, 2007 11:02: Courtney Sliwinski changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/653028">Courtney Sliwinski's</a> old entry - "Bewässerungsgärten"" to ""irrigated gardens""
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David Hollywood
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irrigated gardens
Al-Batinah: narrow, well-populated coastal plain, northeastern Oman, fronting the ... lime, and mango trees are grown along the coast in irrigated gardens, ...
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As well as irrigated gardens and an open veranda (leewan or rewaaq), ... Only 10 kilometres from the border with Oman, it was also a strategic gateway and ...
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www.britannica.com/ebc/article-9013759 - 47k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 5 mins (2007-07-17 19:29:27 GMT)
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As well as irrigated gardens and an open veranda (leewan or rewaaq), ... Only 10 kilometres from the border with Oman, it was also a strategic gateway and ...
www.miceonline.net/dubai/attractions.htm - 27k - Cached - Similar pages
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I will have to be a elmming and follow the crowd. Thanks for the quick response!"
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Nicole Schnell
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irrigated gardens
The aflaj irrigation system (Oman). The property includes five aflaj irrigation systems and represents some 3,000 such systems still in use in Oman. The origins of this system of irrigation may date back to 500 A.D., but archaeological evidence suggests that irrigation systems existed in this extremely arid area as early as 2,500 B.C. Aflaj, is the plural of falaj which, in classical Arabic means to divide into shares and equitable sharing of a scarce resources to ensure sustainability remains the hallmark of this irrigation system. Using gravity, water is channelled from underground sources or springs to support agriculture and domestic use, often over many kilometres.
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About 15 or 20km out of Nizwa, a few kilometres off the road to Salalah, Manah is a really stunning site with old towers and buildings and an old village abandoned in 1971. You can walk through the streets, climb on the roofs and towers. The only preserved building is the mosque from where you can see the irrigated gardens. The modern city is just next to the old one.
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About 15 or 20km out of Nizwa, a few kilometres off the road to Salalah, Manah is a really stunning site with old towers and buildings and an old village abandoned in 1971. You can walk through the streets, climb on the roofs and towers. The only preserved building is the mosque from where you can see the irrigated gardens. The modern city is just next to the old one.
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Julianne Rowland
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Thank you, Julianne!
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David Hollywood
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Thank you, David! Greetings! :-)
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irrigation system / falaj-style garden featuring ...
I'd suggest this for two reasons:
a) it might not read nicely if you have another "garden" reference right after Wassergärten
b) Web references show that the Falaj is in itself not a garden but an irrigation system - also used to irrigate farms, for example
"The area is still famous for its traditional irrigation system, the Falaj"
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070114/spectrum/main5.htm
But you could also say "falaj-style garden featuring the traditional irrigation system from the mountains of Oman" o.ä. to cover the whole thing incl. Wassergärten ...
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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-07-18 11:10:21 GMT) Post-grading
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@ Courtney: why follow the crowd when nobody else has even seen my suggestion? Feedback appreciated (also re. Wassergärten)
;-)
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Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2007-07-20 08:36:15 GMT) Post-grading
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@ Courtney:
That's cool. And you make a fair point about "system". ;-)
a) it might not read nicely if you have another "garden" reference right after Wassergärten
b) Web references show that the Falaj is in itself not a garden but an irrigation system - also used to irrigate farms, for example
"The area is still famous for its traditional irrigation system, the Falaj"
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070114/spectrum/main5.htm
But you could also say "falaj-style garden featuring the traditional irrigation system from the mountains of Oman" o.ä. to cover the whole thing incl. Wassergärten ...
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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-07-18 11:10:21 GMT) Post-grading
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@ Courtney: why follow the crowd when nobody else has even seen my suggestion? Feedback appreciated (also re. Wassergärten)
;-)
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Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2007-07-20 08:36:15 GMT) Post-grading
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@ Courtney:
That's cool. And you make a fair point about "system". ;-)
Note from asker:
| The irrigated gardens worked nicely because this was an explanation of the water garden(which you can see from my posting), and I thought that the irrigation system sounded too agricultural. We are talking about a luxury resort here! |
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