sampeln

English translation: distribute samples

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German term or phrase:sampeln
English translation:distribute samples
Entered by: Jon Fedler

08:54 Nov 2, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: sampeln
From an internal newsletter for employees of an Austrian company:
Am 26.Oktober feierte Österreich am Heldenplatz den Nationalfeiertag – und wir feierten mit!
Trotz Regen und kaltem Wetter kamen die Menschen in Massen, dennoch fanden wir Zeit und Energie kräftig zu *sampeln*.
Jon Fedler
Local time: 01:08
distribute samples
Explanation:
What kind of company is this? It sounds to me like they have people that go around and distribute samples to the crowd at public events. But without knowing a bit more, I'm not positive.
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Susan Zimmer
United States
Local time: 18:08
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Summary of answers provided
3try
Klaus Petzel
2 +1distribute samples
Susan Zimmer


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
try


Explanation:
If we take a sample of something, we try it, don't we?

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Note added at 19 mins (2007-11-02 09:13:38 GMT)
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In the sentence, you could use "we found time and energy to try..." or "we found time and energy to sample..." or if whatever is being sampled does not appear in the same sentence "we found time and energy to do a lot of sampling/trying out...."

Klaus Petzel
Germany
Local time: 00:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
distribute samples


Explanation:
What kind of company is this? It sounds to me like they have people that go around and distribute samples to the crowd at public events. But without knowing a bit more, I'm not positive.

Susan Zimmer
United States
Local time: 18:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, in this context (free cups of coffee being handed out) it was correct.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anja Neudert: or distribute anything for promotional purposes, see http://www.promofinder.de/bplusd/tui-lexikon.jsc
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