Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
"würde"-voll reden
English translation:
speaking suggestively
Added to glossary by
Christine Lam
Jan 13, 2007 16:37
17 yrs ago
German term
"würde"voll reden
German to English
Marketing
Marketing / Market Research
part of a presentation of a new software tool for negotiation techniques
Hypothesen-Technik - "würde"voll reden
Spielen Sie mit Annahmen. Durch Hypothesenfragen oder Konjuktiv-Aussagen betritt man neues Terrain und startet Versuchsballons.
Gesprächsumsetzung:
Angenommen, ich würde heute noch...
Vorausgesetzt, die Lieferung käme...
würdevoll in this context has nothing to do with gracefully or dignified. Thank you for creative suggestions on a Saturday!
Hypothesen-Technik - "würde"voll reden
Spielen Sie mit Annahmen. Durch Hypothesenfragen oder Konjuktiv-Aussagen betritt man neues Terrain und startet Versuchsballons.
Gesprächsumsetzung:
Angenommen, ich würde heute noch...
Vorausgesetzt, die Lieferung käme...
würdevoll in this context has nothing to do with gracefully or dignified. Thank you for creative suggestions on a Saturday!
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Jan 13, 2007 17:36: Marcus Malabad changed "Term asked" from "\"würde\"voll reden" to "würde voll reden"
Jan 15, 2007 10:31: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "würde voll reden" to "\"würde\"voll reden"
Proposed translations
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speaking suggestively
Maybe that has enough of a double entendre for your text.
Personally, I have a nearly pathological aversion to this sort of 'cute' language.
Personally, I have a nearly pathological aversion to this sort of 'cute' language.
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: once again is clear that marketing into a foreign language isn't just a question of 'translating' and doesn't just depend on having first hand knowledge of source language
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thank you all, that was a difficult choice!"
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Susan Zimmer
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Business management & linguistic quality
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, English to German, English
Related KudoZ points
:
18
"would-be" discourse
maybe....or "would-be" talking, or how about "talking "would" do the trick.....
+1
48 mins
lead with a best-case scenario
What it boils down to. This is OK in a business setting, so you could definitely use it if you don't get anything more creative.
2 hrs
BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Austria
Native in German
Austria
b2b/economics/marketing/market research/
Native in: German
Works in: German to English, French to German, English to German
Related KudoZ points
:
106
German term (edited):
würde voll reden
use "what if" scenarios
That's how I understand this.
3 hrs
to use subjunctive constructions
In the context
+1
3 hrs
German term (edited):
würde voll reden
talking assumptions
Maybe a bit colloquial, but I think this is a nice alternative...
examples:
Talking Assumptions and Predictions. Monday, 04 September 2006. By Randy Chambers. When you were a young child growing up did you ever get so disgusted at ...
www.theyareatthepost.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_p...
Honestly, if you don't know his record than we are only talking assumptions. ...
www.tfproject.org/tfp/archive/index.php/t-73956.html
So we're talking assumptions. Here's an example of one planned change. In SE we assume that travel must be done only between Warp Points. ...
blog.quantum-star.com/index.php?/archives/81-Quantum-Star-SE-3.1.0.html
examples:
Talking Assumptions and Predictions. Monday, 04 September 2006. By Randy Chambers. When you were a young child growing up did you ever get so disgusted at ...
www.theyareatthepost.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_p...
Honestly, if you don't know his record than we are only talking assumptions. ...
www.tfproject.org/tfp/archive/index.php/t-73956.html
So we're talking assumptions. Here's an example of one planned change. In SE we assume that travel must be done only between Warp Points. ...
blog.quantum-star.com/index.php?/archives/81-Quantum-Star-SE-3.1.0.html
1 day 1 hr
doctor_suz
United States
United States
Native in German
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
bilingual physician-scientist
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English, English to German
Related KudoZ points
:
4
German term (edited):
würde voll reden
"assuming" potentialities
my 2 cents
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