auf ein Potenzial verweisen

English translation: its proven strength / capabilities / tremendous assets

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German term or phrase:auf ein Potenzial verweisen
English translation:its proven strength / capabilities / tremendous assets
Entered by: Bernhard Sulzer

05:07 Jul 2, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Sports / Fitness / Recreation
German term or phrase: auf ein Potenzial verweisen
Describing the sporting facilities of a town: Der Sport nimmt eine herausgehobene Position im Bereich Freizeitgestaltung. Die Stadt kann auf ein Potenzial verweisen, das ihr auch überregional den Ruf einer Sportstadt eingetragen hat.

the town can point to its facilities, that have established its reputation as a sporting town??
Patricia Will
Australia
Local time: 23:52
its proven strength / capabilities
Explanation:
its proven strength / capabilities in this sector have established its reputation as a city of sports.

its tremendous assets
its great resources

would be other ways to describe that strength.
It's a sports powerhouse so to speak, a tremendous center for anything having to do with leisure and sports, a stronghold in this sector.
This strength has made it well-known as a "city of sports."
These are assets or maybe resources the city has and demonstrates, things, as Nicole pointed out, it has to offer a lot of.


http://www.esa.int/esaCP/Pr_19_2007_p_EN.html
asset

http://www.ci.carrboro.nc.us/Townwide/PDFs/ECDSurvey/Creativ...
the town's strengths/creative assets

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/cwp/SummaryImp.php
a community where racial, ethnic and social diversity is not simply tolerated but is embraced and celebrated in every neighborhood as one of Cleveland’s greatest assets

http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/city-budget/2004adopted/Sec1...

Create an environment that maximizes economic
development opportunities within Minneapolis by focusing on
the City’s physical and human assets.

http://www.ntihc.com/index.php?category=triumph&page=nti

Kansas City's capabilities extend into virtually every area of custom machining and finishing such as 4 & 5-axis vertical and horizontal milling, 4-axis wire EDM, production jig boring, gun drilling, and precision lathe work.

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Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 11:52
Grading comment
Yes, thanks to all of you for those suggestions, will use "tremendous assets", encompasses both the facilities and the human potential
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its proven strength / capabilities


Explanation:
its proven strength / capabilities in this sector have established its reputation as a city of sports.

its tremendous assets
its great resources

would be other ways to describe that strength.
It's a sports powerhouse so to speak, a tremendous center for anything having to do with leisure and sports, a stronghold in this sector.
This strength has made it well-known as a "city of sports."
These are assets or maybe resources the city has and demonstrates, things, as Nicole pointed out, it has to offer a lot of.


http://www.esa.int/esaCP/Pr_19_2007_p_EN.html
asset

http://www.ci.carrboro.nc.us/Townwide/PDFs/ECDSurvey/Creativ...
the town's strengths/creative assets

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/cwp/SummaryImp.php
a community where racial, ethnic and social diversity is not simply tolerated but is embraced and celebrated in every neighborhood as one of Cleveland’s greatest assets

http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/city-budget/2004adopted/Sec1...

Create an environment that maximizes economic
development opportunities within Minneapolis by focusing on
the City’s physical and human assets.

http://www.ntihc.com/index.php?category=triumph&page=nti

Kansas City's capabilities extend into virtually every area of custom machining and finishing such as 4 & 5-axis vertical and horizontal milling, 4-axis wire EDM, production jig boring, gun drilling, and precision lathe work.



Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 11:52
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Native speaker of: German
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Yes, thanks to all of you for those suggestions, will use "tremendous assets", encompasses both the facilities and the human potential
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