Das ist wirklich ein fettes Teil!

English translation: That is one hell of a box!

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German term or phrase:Das ist wirklich ein fettes Teil!
English translation:That is one hell of a box!
Entered by: Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET

08:13 Dec 2, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Das ist wirklich ein fettes Teil!
Speaker is referring to a BIG boom box he sees for the first time.

How would you say "fettes Teil" (in particular "Teil") in American English? It shouldn't be too slangy, so I suppose "No that's a big bugger!" would be too much (is it AE at all?)

By the way: I only have today for this...
Jutta Scherer
Germany
Local time: 18:44
That is one hell of a box!
Explanation:
maybe?
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Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Austria
Local time: 18:44
Grading comment
Thanks, Lesley! This was the perfect solution.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2That is one humongous boomer!
Lonnie Legg
4 +1Now that's what I call a boom box !
nikki demol
3it's quite a whopper!
Nicole Schnell
3That is one hell of a box!
Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
it's quite a whopper!


Explanation:
Suggestion.

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-12-02 08:19:10 GMT)
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Or:

"Now, that is one whopper!"

Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 09:44
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
That is one hell of a box!


Explanation:
maybe?

Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Austria
Local time: 18:44
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PRO pts in category: 4
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Thanks, Lesley! This was the perfect solution.
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
That is one humongous boomer!


Explanation:
humongous (Urban Dictionary)
1. Enormous, gigantic.
a term used for something extremly cool



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Note added at 1 hr (2008-12-02 09:27:57 GMT)
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Correction: ...humongous box!
(Don't know where my mind was--boomers are something else... ;-))

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-12-02 10:12:37 GMT)
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In light of clarification on tone involved, you could alter that to:
That really/sure is one humongous box.

"awesome" in the classical sense could also be used ironically here, to refer to size:
That sure is an awesome box.



    Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=humongous
Lonnie Legg
Germany
Local time: 18:44
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara Wiebking: 'Humongous' sounds good in this context.
29 mins
  -> Thanks, kriddl.

agree  Inge Meinzer: box
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Inge.

neutral  Nicole Schnell: I don't like "boomer" very much. Never heard it in the US, except in "baby boomers". Other than that it's a male kangaroo. // Box is good! :-)
12 hrs
  -> How about "box"? Boomer was a mistake--see my correction added at 1 hr.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Now that's what I call a boom box !


Explanation:
just an idea :-)

nikki demol
Local time: 17:44
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Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters
6 hrs
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