Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
nach einem sportlich aktiven Tag
English translation:
After a day of sports activities...
German term
Germany
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Native in: German 
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nach einem sportlich aktiven Tag
After a day with lots of sports....is a bit colloquial and I wonder if this can be expressed in a better way...
Feb 4, 2009 00:14: Marcus Malabad changed "Term asked" from "Nach einem sportlich aktiven Tag..." to "Nach einem sportlich aktiven Tag"
Feb 4, 2009 13:18: Steffen Walter changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Feb 4, 2009 13:18: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "Nach einem sportlich aktiven Tag" to "nach einem sportlich aktiven Tag"
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Proposed translations
After a day of sports activities...
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Kim Metzger
4 mins
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Bianca Jacobsohn
9 mins
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David Moore (X)
: ...a day of sporting activities
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jccantrell
: ... a day filled with sports activities -- another choice.
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
16 hrs
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Courtney Sliwinski
: The original says "sportlich" not Sport- we are dealing with an adjective and not a noun
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So why don't you suggest an adjective that fits the context?
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United Kingdom
German to English chemistry translations
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) 
Works in: German to English, English
After an active day playing sport
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Helen Shiner
: or an active sport-filled day? Yours is better.
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
16 hrs
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Courtney Sliwinski
: There is no mention in the original that they are playing sports
20 hrs
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surely sportlich indicates some kind of sports activity otherwise the source text could have settled on 'nach einem aktiven Tag'
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The right words for the right price
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German
After a day of physical activity/physically active day
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TonyTK
: Yes, I think "sport/sports" sounds odd here - particularly if we're talking something like skiing or climbing.
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I agree! Thanks!
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Louise Mawbey
27 mins
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Thanks!
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Bianca Jacobsohn
: I'd go with "after a physically active day"
28 mins
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Thanks!
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Inge Meinzer
34 mins
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Thanks!
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David Moore (X)
: You can be physically active without necessarily involving yourself in sport...
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It says "sportlich" not Sport
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Donal Murphy-Bokern
: 'Sport' sometimes just means vigorous physical activity - not just sport as in games etc. in English
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Thanks!
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Helen Shiner
: I feel, like David, that this isn't quite right - it loses the 'sport' bit for me./I think you'll find that Martin, who knows the context better than us, says 'sport'.
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Once again, it says "sportlich"
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Rachel Ward
3 hrs
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Thanks!
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
16 hrs
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Thanks!
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regardless (X)
: ""Physical activity" is too all encompassing - "Sport" in German, as "sports activities", implies leisure activity. If there is no suitable adjective for this in English, it is quite acceptable to use a noun phrase that conveys the original meaning.
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After an active day
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TonyTK
: ... or this one (see above)
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Courtney Sliwinski
: i like the idea of avoiding the word "sport"
20 hrs
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, Spanish to English
After a hard day at play...
Discussion
I ended up saying: After a day filled with sports activities, which was a combination of what several people had suggested.