Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

trash-and-treasure stores

German translation:

Ramschläden

Added to glossary by Miguel Jimenez
Jul 21, 2006 07:29
17 yrs ago
English term

trash-and-treasure stores

English to German Bus/Financial Retail
trash-and-treasure stores
Change log

Jul 21, 2006 07:31: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Bus/Financial"

Discussion

Francis Lee (X) Jul 21, 2006:
Auch bei Kudoz gibt's ein Ladenschlussgestz, oder?
Nicole Schnell Jul 21, 2006:
Uhm, store closed already?
Steffen Walter Jul 21, 2006:
Wie wär's mit etwas Kontext? Bezieht sich der Begriff auf Amsterdam (die meisten Google-Treffer für "trash-and-treasure stores" deuten darauf hin)?

Proposed translations

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Ramschläden

Billigläden, in denen "Kitsch und Plunder" verkauft wird

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Note added at 12 Min. (2006-07-21 07:42:19 GMT) Post-grading
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Danke für die Punkte!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Danke"
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Gebrauchtwarenläden / Secondhandläden

I know those thrift stores as Trash to Treasure stores ("one person's trash can be the other man's treasure")
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Trödelladen

trash-and-treasure stores is a synonym for "junk shop"
According to PONDS
junk shop
'junk shop
substantive
Trödelladen masculine

Context: The foundation has converted the gift shop into a 'Trash and Treasure' Shop. Items donated to Merrehope are for sale, with the idea that someone's trash is someone else's treasure. This is in addition to items already available from the gift shop.

Example sentence:

http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/1604346.html

http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0402/17/lol.04.html

Peer comment(s):

agree Nicole Schnell : Even if the question is closed already - that's the one!
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