danilingua (asker) Dec 13, 2007:

Hi Francis and colleagues first of all, thank you for your input.
Francis: time is running out - so eilig, dass es das out nicht mehr geschafft hat. Dann haben sich die Termine gejagt - jetzt ist der Text wieder dran ;-) PC nicht angewachsen *g*
Kontext: das ist mir selbst nicht ganz klar, was genau Opel hiermit zu tun hat - Idee war, wenn es geht, das Wortspiel zu erhalten, "mit etwas gut fahren". Der Autor des Textes hat sich teilweise zu sehr angestrengt, kreativ zu sein. Eine Fragensammlung ist schon zum Abschicken bereit.
Vielen Dank füe die Vorschläge. :-)

Francis Lee (X) Dec 10, 2007:

Any response to my 3rd question?

Francis Lee (X) Dec 10, 2007:

"when time is running" meaning what??? Perhaps you were thinking: "wenn die Zeit läuft"?? Hmmm ...

Stephen Sadie Dec 10, 2007:

Is this just about a company using Opels as their fleet of vehicles or a company which actually corroborates with Opel? Or supplies Opel?

danilingua (asker) Dec 10, 2007:

bitte nicht hauen ;-) sorry, this is what happens when time is running... here is the text section:
25 Jahre mit Opel gut gefahren

Der schnelle Weg zu maßgeschneiderten Lösungen in der Rohrleitungstechnik läuft seit 30 Jahren über Opel – erfolgreich!

Ingeborg Gowans (X) Dec 10, 2007:

w/ Francis: I find this rather confusing,too. First I was thinking it is an advertisement for Opel; this obviously is not the case. Please give more context

Francis Lee (X) Dec 10, 2007:

So the phrase appears on its own with no further context? How would you personally explain the potential double-meaning of "gut gefahren"? And who/what is supposed to be the Publikumsjoker here??

danilingua (asker) Dec 10, 2007:

Francis so sorry, no, it is not for Opel. A company manufacturing enamel products. I guess Opel is a customer. Idea: it is like the "Publikumsjoker", I just did not want to distract ;-). I had sth with navigation

Francis Lee (X) Dec 10, 2007:

Is this e.g. an Opel brochure for car-buyers or e.g. written by a company about their partnership with Opel? The context is crucial!

Francis Lee (X) Dec 10, 2007:

General context. Readership/purpose of the translation? Why be shy? If you do have ideas of your own, surely it'd make sense to post them here ...