Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Erkenntnistourist
English translation:
culture tourist
Added to glossary by
Daniel Gray
Jul 16, 2013 14:44
10 yrs ago
German term
Germany
German to English Translator
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Erkenntnistourist
German to English
Art/Literary
Tourism & Travel
I'm struggling to find a suitable solution for this term.
Though it doesn't really help for context, here's the whole passage:
In besseren Tagen saß hier William Somerset Maugham im Korbsessel, die Beine übereinandergeschlagen und die hohe Stirn leicht in Falten gelegt, auf der Gartenterrasse und summte, zusammen mit Noël Coward, einen Pink Gin nach dem anderen trinkend, eine heitere Melodie in den schwülen Tropenabend hinein.
Wäre Indienfahrer und Erkenntnistourist Hermann Hesse nicht einige Jahre zu früh im "Eastern & Oriental" gewesen, er hätte sich flugs dazugesetzt und mitgesummt.
Though it doesn't really help for context, here's the whole passage:
In besseren Tagen saß hier William Somerset Maugham im Korbsessel, die Beine übereinandergeschlagen und die hohe Stirn leicht in Falten gelegt, auf der Gartenterrasse und summte, zusammen mit Noël Coward, einen Pink Gin nach dem anderen trinkend, eine heitere Melodie in den schwülen Tropenabend hinein.
Wäre Indienfahrer und Erkenntnistourist Hermann Hesse nicht einige Jahre zu früh im "Eastern & Oriental" gewesen, er hätte sich flugs dazugesetzt und mitgesummt.
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Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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50
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culture tourist
Perhaps a more modern term. I can't say I would understand what 'spiritual tourist' would mean. 'Spiritual seeker' maybe but in conjunction with tourist, not really.
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Wendy Streitparth
: Good old culture vulture!
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Thanks, Wendy; what would they do without us?!/Though Hermann Hesse did obviously have spiritual interests, so spiritual seeker might be better, although this may be intended to be a wider search for knowledge of the cultures involved. I think the latter.
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Lancashireman
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Thanks, Andrew
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seehand
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Thanks, seehand
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Cilian O'Tuama
: Does it for me.
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Thanks, Cilian
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AllegroTrans
1 day 5 hrs
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Thanks, AllegroTrans
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Comment: "This works well. Thanks!"
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Works in field
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
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20
perceptive tourist
one way of putting it
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spiritual tourist
could work
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philgoddard
: Perfect!
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BrigitteHilgner
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franglish
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MiriamT (X)
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Steffen Walter
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Ramey Rieger (X)
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Inge Luus
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Johanna Timm, PhD
: This reminded me of Mick Brown's book...The Spiritual Tourist
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Cilian O'Tuama
: happens to be spiritual ?
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AllegroTrans
: these 2 words together convey nothing to me
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Lancashireman
: with Allegro
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gangels (X)
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explorative traveler
I'm not sure whether he travelled to gain "Erkenntnis", win insight. In which case I think explorative would work.
But not knowing Hesse, I'm just guessing.
But not knowing Hesse, I'm just guessing.
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Michael Martin, MA
United States
United States
Native in German
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English
Specializes in field
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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46
inquiring tourist
or self-inquiring/ reflexive tourist
See link below:
"What readers discover early in the book is that Bruner, a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is particularly keen on what he calls the “reflexive” or self-inquiring tourist, that is, the one who continually questions how the culture on view is being presented, while at the same time questioning “the biases, egocentrisms and taken-for-granted beliefs” he or she brings to the viewing."
See link below:
"What readers discover early in the book is that Bruner, a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is particularly keen on what he calls the “reflexive” or self-inquiring tourist, that is, the one who continually questions how the culture on view is being presented, while at the same time questioning “the biases, egocentrisms and taken-for-granted beliefs” he or she brings to the viewing."
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soul-searching tourist
Trying to uncover his true self.... revelation, kharma, meaning of being, best achieved by dreamily staring into empty space while dragging deeply on a joint.
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