Dec 22, 2005 13:06
18 yrs ago
German term
Kommen Sie direkt zu uns
German to English
Marketing
Tourism & Travel
section header of a trade fair site
(travel advice) section header of a trade fair site
One of my ideas: 'Getting to us is easy'
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
One of my ideas: 'Getting to us is easy'
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | All roads lead to us |
IanW (X)
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| 4 +4 | How to get here |
Anne Brackenborough (X)
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| 3 +3 | Come directly to us |
Savita Bhalla
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| 4 | (Why not) Make a bee line for us (?) |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 3 | Find us here |
Terence Ajbro
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| 3 | Make us your first stop |
Trudy Peters
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| 3 | two options |
severn (X)
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| 3 -1 | Come and and meet us first |
Nicole Schnell
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Proposed translations
+1
3 mins
Selected
All roads lead to us
As a take on "All roads lead to Rome" (which isn't true, by the way - my parents' street in Dublin doesn't)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Olaf Reibedanz
: I think this fits perfectly here!
2 hrs
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| neutral |
Marnen Laibow-Koser
: I like the idiom, but I wonder if it's too "cocky" for the context.
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Ian. This fits nicely for my context.
Many thanks also to all the others for your suggestions and sorry for grading so late."
2 mins
Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Sweden
Native in English
Sweden
A multilingual Englishman
Native in: English 
Works in: English to German, English to Danish, Danish to English, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
16
Find us here
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+3
5 mins
Come directly to us
As in "avoid middlemen"
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
stahat (X)
24 mins
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| agree |
Sabine Odinga
: or straigth instead of directly
55 mins
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| agree |
Meturgan
: Come straight to us. Our advice to tenants who are thinking of buying their council house is to contact the Housing Services Home ... UK Online - DirectGov ... www.sheffield.gov.uk/in-your-area/ housing-services/the-right-to-buy - 28k
1 day 46 mins
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-1
17 mins
Nicole Schnell
United States
United States
Native in German
Works in field
United States
Award winning Advertising/Marketing
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
58
Come and and meet us first
Suggestion.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Dan McCrosky (X)
: Please see Q&A above. Sorry, I didn't know I was required to check any timing before politely disagreeing with an answer. It might have been better if you had checked the meaning before answering. :-)
1 hr
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I know. Those Q&As weren't up yet by the time I posted my suggestion. Would have been helpful, isn't it? Please check the timing before you smash answers./It's okay. Best, Nicole :-)
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+4
37 mins
How to get here
This is what it typically says at the top of a page with travel directions. For example: http://www.springfair.co.uk/visitor/travel_how_to.html
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Olaf Reibedanz
: Or: How to get to us
1 hr
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| agree |
Trudy Peters
2 hrs
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| agree |
Meturgan
1 day 21 mins
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| agree |
Erik Macki
: I think this is a pretty good option; the headline here is meant to offer help, so obscuring it with a turn of phrase defeats the purpose.
1 day 18 hrs
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37 mins
Make us your first stop
to throw another one into the mix
But I'm still not sure what exactly is meant by the German phrase. Does is have to do with finding them at the site or do they want to attract attention, get ahead of their competitors?
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Note added at 38 mins (2005-12-22 13:45:14 GMT)
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I see Dan just asked the same question :-)
But I'm still not sure what exactly is meant by the German phrase. Does is have to do with finding them at the site or do they want to attract attention, get ahead of their competitors?
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Note added at 38 mins (2005-12-22 13:45:14 GMT)
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I see Dan just asked the same question :-)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Kathi Stock
52 mins
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| disagree |
Dan McCrosky (X)
: Please see Q&A above. Sorry girls, the point is not whether you had seen the Q&A or not, the point is why didn't you ask the questions? It's nearly Christmas though, how 'bout we put away the daggers, and get on with the celebrating?
1 hr
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Like Nicole, I hadn't seen the Q&A when I posted
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1 hr
two options
Two suggestions, depending on what they're saying in the original:
Come straight to us
or
It's easy to reach us
Come straight to us
or
It's easy to reach us
5 hrs
(Why not) Make a bee line for us (?)
....
Discussion
1. Is this the site for the entire trade fair or a site of one of the exhibitors at the fair?
2. Is there a map at this site section or written directions to the location or neither?