Wiederholungstäter

English translation: People who\'ll come back for more (of the same)

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German term or phrase:	Wiederholungstäter
English translation:	People who\'ll come back for more (of the same)
Entered by:	gangels (X)

15:39 Nov 5, 2010

German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Printing & Publishing / cross-media

German term or phrase: Wiederholungstäter

Das entlastet Kunden wie Agenturen, minimiert Missverständnisse und garantiert Top-Ergebnisse—und *Wiederholungstäter*.

The 'repeat offenders' is of course meant tongue-in-cheek in this instance. How to best get the irony without sounding too crude? I thought of 'the wicked persisting in their ways'. "Returning to scene of the crime" etc. is too much over the top. Same with offenders, malefactors, transgressors and what have you.

Everybody please call on their criminal talents to get me out of the slammer.

gangels (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 97 (2 open) (4 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 8553
Local time: 20:49

People who'll come back for more (of the same)

Explanation:
Just an idea...

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Note added at 49 mins (2010-11-05 16:29:19 GMT)
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It just crossed my mind: people who can't keep their hands off the cookie jar (or something to that effect...) if you want to make it sound a bit more "forceful"

Selected response from:

Cilan
Local time: 04:49

Grading comment

I decided on '...recidivists, as it were', but all answers have merit. Thank you all.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +4

People who'll come back for more (of the same)

Cilan

3 +2

chronic buyers

Annie and Rolf Reiser (X)

Repeater

Cilan

repeat customer

Anna Grynfeld Smith

People who are addicted to the service/addicts

Thayenga

repeat the mistake

Gertraud K.

appetite for more

Gert Sass (M.A.)

serial addicts

phillee

regular's

HanulaPaul

Discussion entries: 10

hazmatgerman (X)

@gangels:

10:53 Nov 6, 2010

just out of curiousity, what exactly is it that "entlastet Kunden..", and is your text about the media or about advertising s.th. in these media? You know, with context it is possible to relate word to meaning.

Helen Shiner

United Kingdom

@ philgoddard

21:33 Nov 5, 2010

I'd be interested to know what our esteemed colleagues believe they are translating....

philgoddard

United States

Kim

21:32 Nov 5, 2010

Sorry, I've only just noticed that you asked this question too, and got no reply.

philgoddard

United States

21:31 Nov 5, 2010

I'm glad I'm not the only one, Helen! Maybe the reason why there are so many completely different answers is because no one is quite sure of the context.

Helen Shiner

United Kingdom

With philgoddard

21:19 Nov 5, 2010

Surely we need more context so we can find something fitting. Otherwise it is just stabbing in the dark. Please help us out gangels. What is being repeated?

philgoddard

United States

21:14 Nov 5, 2010

Is it just me, or is the context completely inadequate? I have no idea what the text is about because we don't know what "das entlastet" means.

Cilan

17:07 Nov 5, 2010

I'd say go for it, Gangels. Recidivist translates exactly as repeat offender, but most people won't feel immediately offended because they will have to look it up first... ;-)))

gangels (X)

ASKER

Wiederholungstäter

16:46 Nov 5, 2010

Didn't think of 'addicts' per Thayenga, our 'culprits' which is a notch down from offender, I guess.

Ideally, it should be to the point. Suspects returning...etc is long.

I also thought of "recidivists", some of their readers may not be familiar with it, but then one could add the little teaser "if you get the drift", to sort of nonchalant it.

Any thoughts?

Colin Rowe

Germany

To be honest (out of place, given the context!)

16:21 Nov 5, 2010

I think I would go for the more literal "repeat offenders" or "persistent offenders", myself. Or somehow rephrase it to work in something like "the usual suspects". I don't think it sounds any ruder in English than in the original.

Kim Metzger

Mexico

What

15:58 Nov 5, 2010

is it that "entlastet Kunden"?

Answers

10 mins confidence:

People who are addicted to the service/addicts

Explanation:
Addicts or being addicted to...does keep the irony without going overboard, since addict can also have a "positive" meaning.

Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 04:49
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

15 mins confidence:

repeat the mistake

Explanation:
???....

Gertraud K.
Japan
Local time: 11:49
Native speaker of: German

23 mins confidence:

appetite for more

Explanation:
...

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Note added at 25 mins (2010-11-05 16:05:20 GMT)
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(resulting in follow-up requests)

Gert Sass (M.A.)
Germany
Local time: 04:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4

32 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

chronic buyers

Explanation:
German humor

Annie and Rolf Reiser (X)
Local time: 20:49
Native speaker of:

German,

English

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

People who'll come back for more (of the same)

Cilan
Local time: 04:49
Native speaker of:

German,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 3

Grading comment

I decided on '...recidivists, as it were', but all answers have merit. Thank you all.

1 hr confidence:

Repeater

Explanation:
It won't get any shorter than that, I'm afraid... ;-)

Cilan
Local time: 04:49
Native speaker of:

German,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 3

1 hr confidence:

repeat customer

Explanation:
Google "repeat customer" : 2,900,000 hits

Anna Grynfeld Smith
Switzerland
Local time: 04:49
Native speaker of:

Swedish
PRO pts in category: 4

1 day 2 hrs confidence:

serial addicts

Explanation:
serial (as in repeat offenders) addicts (can't stay away)

phillee
Local time: 03:49
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

4 days confidence:

regular's

Explanation:
...a common term in the Canadian hospitality industry,something like a "Stammgast"...just a suggestion

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Note added at 4 days (2010-11-09 19:41:33 GMT)
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sorry,i meant "the regulars",the crime jargon leads me to another suggestion:partners in crime,but i guess, this is a bit to expressive

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Note added at 4 days (2010-11-09 21:16:10 GMT)
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sorry again,...too expressive...of course

HanulaPaul
Canada
Local time: 22:49

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