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im biologischen Alter punkten

English translation: you score points / defy your biological age/ you beat your age

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German term or phrase:im biologischen Alter punkten
English translation:you score points / defy your biological age/ you beat your age
Entered by: Ingeborg Gowans (X)

16:53 May 15, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel / Hotel spa / heath & wellbeing
German term or phrase: im biologischen Alter punkten
Mit einer kosmetischen Gesichtsbehandlung punkten Sie sicherlich im biologischen Alter.

From a website for a hotel dedicated to the over 50s.

Is this basically saying that a cosmetic facial treatment will make you look younger?
Alexandra Duckitt
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:18
you score points / defy your biological age/ you beat your age
Explanation:
a typical way of avoiding anything to do with age and suggesting that a facial does wonders/ this is how I would understand this bit of advertising...
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
Canada
Local time: 01:18
Grading comment
Thank you for your suggestion - it was a great help!
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3 +9you score points / defy your biological age/ you beat your age
Ingeborg Gowans (X)


  

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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
you score points / defy your biological age/ you beat your age


Explanation:
a typical way of avoiding anything to do with age and suggesting that a facial does wonders/ this is how I would understand this bit of advertising...

Ingeborg Gowans (X)
Canada
Local time: 01:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you for your suggestion - it was a great help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Döring: beat your age
9 mins
  -> thanks, Christine
agree  Bernhard Sulzer: maybe also: score points against the (biological) age factor: http://www.nzbms.co.nz/site/handlers/display.cfm/8,199,30,ht... well. give me a few years and we'll see! maybe also "score pts. in terms of biol. age"
13 mins
  -> yes, good point, thanks, Bernhard, though guys normally don't worry too much about the appearance of wrinkles and such things, do they??
agree  Sheila Owens: Not wishing to be controversial but I actually thnk "defy your biological age" sounds the best option.
21 mins
  -> you got a point there, Sheila, let's see what the asker does with it; thanks
agree  Courtney Sliwinski: agree with Sheila
41 mins
  -> thanks, Courtney
agree  Alison Jenner: with Sheila and Courtney - "defy your biological age" sounds more natural
59 mins
  -> yes, I see that,too, actually, thanks, Alison
agree  Lancashireman: With Sheila, Courtney, Alison and doubtless various others to follow. But primarily with the person who actually posted the idea.
1 hr
  -> thank you, Andrew
agree  Julia Lipeles
1 hr
  -> thanks, Julia
agree  Edith Kelly
1 hr
  -> thank you, Edith
agree  Wolf Kux
5 hrs
  -> thank you, Wolf
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