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English translation: cultural disinheriting/disinheritance

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English term or phrase:Denkmalsturz
Selected answer:cultural disinheriting/disinheritance
Entered by: British Diana

15:18 Jul 5, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: MOnument(al) protection
Hi,

is "monumental protection" really used in English? It's supposed to mean "Cultural heritage management", or "Denkmalschutz" in German, but what I find on Google makes me suspect this is a Germanism and not really English.

I'm actually trying to translate a pun, "Denkmalsturz", that would work well, I could just swap "protection" for "destruction", but the word needs to be really idiomatic and well used for that to work.
Kuno771
Germany
Local time: 08:55
cultural disinheriting/disinheritance
Explanation:
Just an idea
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British Diana
Germany
Local time: 08:55
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3 +2cultural disinheriting/disinheritance
British Diana
2 +1destruction of cultural monuments
anne pincus


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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cultural disinheriting/disinheritance


Explanation:
Just an idea

British Diana
Germany
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agree  Lancashireman: 'cultural disinheritance' - good idea. This author has even coined the term 'disheritage' http://www.univie.ac.at/Very-Vienna/magazin/artikel/5/5.html
8 mins
  -> A good idea, too, but the Asker thinks it should be idiomatic and well-used...
agree  Phong Le
1 day 22 hrs
  -> Thanks, Phong!
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
monument(al) protection
destruction of cultural monuments


Explanation:
just another suggestion as the opposite of "Protection of cultural monuments or heritage", which is one common way to refer to it

anne pincus
Local time: 08:55
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Native speaker of: English

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agree  Thuy-PTT (X)
1 day 23 hrs
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