Alle hoffen alles von ihm
English translation: although it carries great expectations
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| 02:10 Jun 21, 2016 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Music / General Situation in Classical Music | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Kristina Cosumano (X) Germany Local time: 21:26 | ||||||
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6 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1everyone expects it to be all things to all men [PC version: people] Explanation: Set phrase in English: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/be-all-... BTW, it's erhoffen, not hoffen: http://dict.leo.org/ende/index_de.html#/search=erhoffen&sear... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2016-06-21 02:18:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- i.e. even though it has divided opinion |
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although everybody expects it to be the be all and end all/best there is Explanation: couple of ideas -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2016-06-21 02:33:52 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- work wonders -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2016-06-21 02:35:44 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- but opinions are divided on this (as per source text) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 27 mins (2016-06-21 02:38:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- seems everybody wishes it the best but.... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 32 mins (2016-06-21 02:43:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- although everybody hopes it turns out tops -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 34 mins (2016-06-21 02:45:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- more idiomatic |
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They are pinning all their hopes/their every hope on it Explanation: To fit into that sentence, you need a short, not too ponderous phrase. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2016-06-21 03:37:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- That a concert hall can be likened to the building of the tower of Babylon and divide a whole city in the process - even though everybody’s hopes are pinned on it - is shown by the example of the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie. |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3although it carries great expectations Explanation: This is just another, less bulky way of saying what's already been submitted. |
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