Gewinnspielaktion

English translation: prize draw / sweepstakes

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German term or phrase:Gewinnspielaktion
English translation:prize draw / sweepstakes
Entered by: Christine Lam

16:04 Sep 30, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Marketing / Market Research
German term or phrase: Gewinnspielaktion
An beiden Gewinnspielaktionen beteiligten sich über 1.100 Landwirte

something to do with lottery or raffle, but what about the "aktion" part
Christine Lam
Local time: 06:57
forget about the "aktion"
Explanation:
More than 1,100 farmers participated in the prize draw. Or something like that. We don't have to make it into an "action" in English.

HTH

ALison
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Alison Schwitzgebel
France
Local time: 11:57
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5forget about the "aktion"
Alison Schwitzgebel
3 +2forget the "Aktion"
Melanie Nassar
4competition
Cilian O'Tuama


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
forget about the "aktion"


Explanation:
More than 1,100 farmers participated in the prize draw. Or something like that. We don't have to make it into an "action" in English.

HTH

ALison

Alison Schwitzgebel
France
Local time: 11:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: yipp, -aktion can often be ignored
3 mins

agree  Frosty
4 mins

agree  Melanie Nassar: I would have been as confident as you if I knew whether farmers was still a politically correct term.
4 mins
  -> .... hence my qualified of "or something like that" ;-)

agree  Steffen Walter: Yup, probably just a "prize draw".
1 hr

agree  Michael Bailey
3 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
competition


Explanation:
should do it

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 11:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 94
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
forget the "Aktion"


Explanation:
Once you've decided whether it is a lottery, raffle, sweepstakes, or whatever, just use that.
Over 1,100 farmers participated in the two sweepstakes. (PC???)

Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 12:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Heidi Stone-Schaller: was about to post the same sentence
0 min
  -> :-)

agree  Annika Neudecker: Yes, I think the important thing is to find out if it's a raffle, lottery, sweepstakes etc. - no "Aktion". Nothing wrong with "farmers".
48 mins
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