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Rauchverbotszone

English translation: no-smoking zone

13:25 Jul 5, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering: Industrial
German term or phrase: Rauchverbotszone
Die gekennzeichneten Rauchverbotszonen sind strikt zu beachten.
Melanie Michael
Germany
Local time: 06:58
English translation:no-smoking zone
Explanation:
don't see anything wrong with literal translation here
Selected response from:

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 06:58
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +10no-smoking zone
Cilian O'Tuama
4 +7no smoking areas
hirselina
4 +3No-smoking areas/zones
Nikolaus Halter
4 +1smoke-free areas
Mary Wilburn


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
no-smoking zone


Explanation:
don't see anything wrong with literal translation here

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 06:58
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 101

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathinka van de Griendt: I personally have never seen anything else - as a smoker :))
3 mins
agree  Agnieszka Hayward (X): I'd go for 'no smoking' zone or non-smoking zone, what do you think?// not quite. also in PONS: non-smoking (area) = Nichtraucher-
8 mins
  -> Linguistically, I think non-smoking should mean that the zone does not smoke.
agree  Siegfried Armbruster
9 mins
agree  Klaus Herrmann: So Kathinka smokes only in no-smoking zones or did she quit?
15 mins
  -> we can discuss that after Gareth has bought us the drinks he's promised...
agree  Sabine Griebler
1 hr
agree  Gareth McMillan: I heard that- . And Kathinka sounds like a genuine anarchist- wonder if 1an could manage one more?
1 hr
agree  Greg Twiss: no-smoking zone does it for me
2 hrs
agree  Maria Ferstl
3 hrs
agree  Susanne Rindlisbacher
8 hrs
agree  Iain Mc Mullin (X)
18 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
No-smoking areas/zones


Explanation:
Works.

Nikolaus Halter
Local time: 00:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X)
14 mins
agree  Gareth McMillan
1 hr
agree  Maria Ferstl
3 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
no smoking areas


Explanation:
http://www.wirral.gov.uk/PP/smoking_policy.htm

hirselina
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Moore (X)
58 mins
agree  Gareth McMillan
1 hr
agree  AMuller: I've also seen "non-smoking area"
3 hrs
agree  Maria Ferstl
3 hrs
agree  jccantrell: How I know it in the USA, non-smoking applies to restaurants, no smoking is for industrial areas.
7 hrs
agree  Susanne Rindlisbacher
8 hrs
agree  Fantutti (X)
15 hrs
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: Decades later. So how would you interpret e.g. "There are no smoking areas"? There are none, or there are some? :-)
7181 days
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
smoke-free areas


Explanation:
An alternate choice: Although not a literal translation, this phrase commonly designates areas where smoking is forbidden.

Mary Wilburn
United States
Local time: 00:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fantutti (X): Works too!
8 hrs
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