Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
farblich gepowert
English translation:
colo(u)r makes a powerful (overall) statement
Added to glossary by
David Hollywood
May 28, 2004 21:48
20 yrs ago
German term
farblich gepowert
German to English
Marketing
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
"Insgesamt wird sowohl bei Baumwolle als auch bei Leinen farblich gepowert. Die Stoffe sind in diesem Bereich eher clean. Ebenso sind die Modelle in diesem Bereich fein und sophisticated."
This is part of the description of a fashion collection for next year. This particular section deals with this company's cotton/linen items.
There is no picture to refer to, unfortunately. The only reference to color up to this point in the text was at the very beginning of the entire text, where "die Explosion der Farbe" was mentioned as one of the general trends for this particular 2005 season.
I can't contact the customer until Tuesday (due to the long weekend in Germany)to find out what is meant here for sure. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions as to how I could render this in a snappy way in English?
TIA
This is part of the description of a fashion collection for next year. This particular section deals with this company's cotton/linen items.
There is no picture to refer to, unfortunately. The only reference to color up to this point in the text was at the very beginning of the entire text, where "die Explosion der Farbe" was mentioned as one of the general trends for this particular 2005 season.
I can't contact the customer until Tuesday (due to the long weekend in Germany)to find out what is meant here for sure. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions as to how I could render this in a snappy way in English?
TIA
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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1 hr
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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77
Selected
color makes a powerful (overall) statement etc.
Something like: Color makes a powerful overall statement in both cottons and linens.
(I'm using "cottons" and "linens" rather than the singular forms as we're dealing with the 2005 collection.)
(I'm using "cottons" and "linens" rather than the singular forms as we're dealing with the 2005 collection.)
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30 mins
to feature strong colors/powerfull colors
"As a whole, cottons and well as linens are featuring powerful colors" ... a suggestion
+1
1 hr
colors come on strong
In general, colors come on strong in both cottons and linens.
2 hrs
Bold and striking colours will be used for both cottons and linens
That's how I would put it, without any explicit reference to "power".
1 hr
Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
A lawyer, technician, nuclear power optr
Native in: English
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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9
color empowered
Everybody wants to be empowered nowadays. Why not "colored empowered materials"?
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Note added at 1 hr 20 mins (2004-05-28 23:08:58 GMT)
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Possibly even: dye empowered.
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Note added at 1 hr 23 mins (2004-05-28 23:11:13 GMT)
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How about: color potent or vibrant with color or color vibrant?
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Note added at 5 hrs 59 mins (2004-05-29 03:47:57 GMT)
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Well, I goofed again; I meant color empowered not colore empowered.
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Note added at 1 hr 20 mins (2004-05-28 23:08:58 GMT)
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Possibly even: dye empowered.
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Note added at 1 hr 23 mins (2004-05-28 23:11:13 GMT)
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How about: color potent or vibrant with color or color vibrant?
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Note added at 5 hrs 59 mins (2004-05-29 03:47:57 GMT)
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Well, I goofed again; I meant color empowered not colore empowered.
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