Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Bauspiele
English translation:
building activities/building block activities
German term
Bauspiele
These are games played by children at a nursery, so I guess they mean games involving building blocks Lego etc. "Building games" sounds odd to me in English. Is there a better alternative?
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roneill
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jerrie
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Olaf Reibedanz
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Robin Salmon (X)
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Jonathan MacKerron
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Jun 16, 2008 22:48: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Education / Pedagogy"
PRO (2): Robin Salmon (X), Jonathan MacKerron
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Proposed translations
Building activities....
Activity is a word frequently used in education.
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Note added at 2 hrs 29 mins (2004-01-14 00:48:29 GMT)
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http://www.gummylump.com/front/funblock.php
You could also use building block activities.
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Laurel Porter (X)
: I like this - particularly "building-block activities", which I would hyphenate for clarity
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Thanks, that's an interesting idea!
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Ellen Zittinger
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Susan Geiblinger
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Thanks
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cologne
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Nancy Arrowsmith
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Colombia
Finance / Trading / Blockchain / Crypto
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, French to German, Spanish to German, and 2 more.
brick games
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Note added at 2004-01-13 22:28:24 (GMT)
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http://www.djscorpio.freeserve.co.uk/papers/intl.html
Having an idea is the first step in creating an international company. The idea does not have to be original, it just has to work. By saying it has to work I mean you need a different angle, a way of executing the idea differently then all the rest of the people. This may be labeled vision, if you have better insight and inspiration then the rest of the people in the market, this is a definite advantage. The vision needs to give you an overview that your other competitors do not have and/or insight on the details of the business. This is analog to manipulating kids toys, you can have lego which require manipulation of small pieces of material to get a structure/creation going. On the other hand we have the large **brick games** where the building is also done by manipulating pieces. This time the pieces are very large and the kid has more control over the overview of his creation (it is easier to manipulate the final shape) then with the lego although in the lego game the kid can focus on making the details better (it\'s easier to make sure that every small detail works just right) the same can be said about business.
construction
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Note added at 2004-01-14 09:37:52 (GMT)
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Construction toys and games
Take a look at \'the construction site\' for lego et al
http://www.constructiontoys.com/
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Ellen Zittinger
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Laurel Porter (X)
: Sounds a bit too much like they're going to be out there in hardhats, laying steel... "Construction paper" is an isolated case, IMO.
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Mario Marcolin
: Construction games
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construction games
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
building blocks
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Note added at 11 hrs 8 mins (2004-01-14 09:27:58 GMT)
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rationale: this idea includes all such building games and is readily recognizable
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