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The German word for octopus is indeed "Kraken", and looking at the pictures in the article linked by the GP, I'd bet on the former, rather than the latter.
by ordinary 15y ago
The German word for octopus is indeed "Kraken", and looking at the pictures in the article linked by the GP, I'd bet on the former, rather than the latter.
- loup-vaillant 15y agoThere's a cultural connotation to the octopus: its tentacles reach everywhere. So, a likely translation for "Datenkrake" would be something like "data umbrella". We could also try "Big Data", in reference to "Big Pharma".
- access_denied 15y agore cultural connotation: a Krake is also a type of a monster, that is somebody who intents evil.