Dec 5, 2006 11:45
17 yrs ago
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German term
Business and finance (annual reports)
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Swedish to English
Schönes greifbar fern
German to English
Marketing
Tourism & Travel
Heading from a visitors' brochure for outings from Basel, Switzerland.
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(English)
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Dec 5, 2006 13:02: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"
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Henry Schroeder
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
20 years of experience, certified, ATA
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, English
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Beauty (is) within grasping distance
Beauty is close at hand
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Note added at 12 mins (2006-12-05 11:58:32 GMT)
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Or striking distance (strike out - outings etc)
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Note added at 12 mins (2006-12-05 11:58:32 GMT)
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Or striking distance (strike out - outings etc)
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Hamza Gürdal
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Karin Seelhof
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monbuckland
: I quite like striking distance. Just curious - how does someone in Thailand come to be translating a brochure about Basel?
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: within striking distance is a good pun
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Beauty on the doorstep
It might be worth changing the metaphor a bit - personally I find things like "within arm's reach" a bit odd when used figuratively rather than literally.
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Gert Hirschfeld
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Works in field
Germany
Let's talk business ...
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English
Beauty...far away, so close!
This is obviously a variation of "Schönes greifbar nah" and it would be great if we could maintain the discrepancy in German.
It reminds me of Wim Wenders 1993 movie, so I've nicked his expression. Too corny?
It reminds me of Wim Wenders 1993 movie, so I've nicked his expression. Too corny?
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KARIN ISBELL
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Francis Lee (X)
: But what proportion of typical English-speaking tourists will have heard of that (embarrassingly self-indulgent) film? Not to mention non-native readers ...
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chkTranslations
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Specializes in field
Germany
good quality on time
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German
Distant beauty within reach.
There is a word play included: the normal phrase is "greifbar nah". I guess the implication is that though it is far away, it is accessible.
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