Abheben

English translation: take wing for

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German term or phrase:Abheben
English translation:take wing for

16:57 Jul 4, 2016
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German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Human Resources
German term or phrase: Abheben
Hi guys,

Here we have a list of job opportunities. The company is using a trendy, adventurous angle with words like "Aufbrecher", "Neuland erforschen/aufbrechen" etc. Just wondering about the sentence "Nach Neuland hebt bei uns jede Minute einer ab" (set off for?).


d. Kreativität + Kultur:
Nach Neuland hebt bei uns jede Minute einer ab.
Vereinen Sie bei uns Kreativität und Aufbruchstimmung:
als Laborleiter (w/m) Grenzflächenchemie
Exploring opportunities. Growing together.

Thanks,

Gavin
Gavin O'Leary
Ireland
Local time: 09:41
take wing for
Explanation:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/take-wi...

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OR heads off to

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"The company is using a trendy, adventurous angle"
To expand on Mack Tillman's contribution below.

abheben > to boldly go

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Re offering elsewhere on this page:
“Unchartered” means “lacking a charter,” and is a word most people have little use for. “Uncharted” means “unmapped” or “unexplored,” so the expression meaning “to explore a new subject or area” is “enter uncharted territory.” Similarly, it’s uncharted regions, waters, and paths.
http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/unchartered.html
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Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:41
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3take wing for
Lancashireman
3 +1lift off/ventures into
Ramey Rieger (X)
3 +1launch
Michael Martin, MA
3sets out to explore, to discover.......,
Ellen Kraus
3embark on
Mack Tillman
3one of us breaks/takes off into new territory every minute
David Hollywood


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sets out to explore, to discover.......,


Explanation:
"We will set out for a creative adventure,.
Reader's Theater Theme Collections: Westward Expansion: Grades 3-

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Discovery. President Thomas Jefferson, eager to trade with the Far East, wants to know if ... Clark, and thirty hired men—sets out to explore unknown territory.

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 10:41
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 41
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lift off/ventures into


Explanation:
Every minute, one of us lifts off/ventures into realms undiscovered.

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 10:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 54

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  British Diana: Sorry I just got out of the habit for a while, I'm back!
1 day 16 hrs
  -> HEY! Where have you been????// Good to see you, you have been missed.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
embark on


Explanation:
YAPS: Yet another possible solution! ;-)
Every minute, one of our employees embarks on a journey/adventure into uncharted/unknown territory.


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or... embarks on a journey to go where no (wo)man has gone before.

Mack Tillman
Germany
Local time: 10:41
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
launch


Explanation:
"Entrepreneurs are extremely resourceful and yet are launching themselves into unchartered territory."
http://strengtheningbrandamerica.com/blog/2014/04/the-keys-t...



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I also like 'taking off for unchartered territory'

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 04:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 113

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agree  franglish
1 hr
  -> Thanks, franglish.
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
abheben nach
take wing for


Explanation:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/take-wi...

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OR heads off to

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Note added at 5 hrs (2016-07-04 22:06:57 GMT)
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"The company is using a trendy, adventurous angle"
To expand on Mack Tillman's contribution below.

abheben > to boldly go

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Note added at 7 hrs (2016-07-05 00:30:23 GMT)
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Re offering elsewhere on this page:
“Unchartered” means “lacking a charter,” and is a word most people have little use for. “Uncharted” means “unmapped” or “unexplored,” so the expression meaning “to explore a new subject or area” is “enter uncharted territory.” Similarly, it’s uncharted regions, waters, and paths.
http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/unchartered.html

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 207
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wendy Streitparth
1 hr

agree  BrigitteHilgner
12 hrs

agree  Ramey Rieger (X): to make it clear
1 day 50 mins

agree  Björn Vrooman: Like quoting from that Paul Brian book. It's an enjoyable read.
1 day 2 hrs

disagree  Michael Martin, MA: ‘Take wing’ works only for the literal, but not the figurative meaning of abheben. Very strange that this has to be pointed out.
3 days 17 hrs
  -> It was your duty to report this earlier. Unfortunately, I appear to have launched the asker into "unchartered (sic) territory".
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
one of us breaks/takes off into new territory every minute


Explanation:
to add to the fray

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keeps the "abheben" metaphor alive

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or: "somebody" as an alternative to "one of us" but to keep it in the "family" I would stick with "one of us"

David Hollywood
Local time: 05:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 70
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