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guter Sound

English translation: cool sounds/good tunes

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German term or phrase:guter Sound
English translation:cool sounds/good tunes
Entered by: margarete

05:14 Feb 7, 2005
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Slang
German term or phrase: guter Sound
I know exactly what is meant here and "good sound" isn´t it. (Makes me think of audio equipment...)

This too is from a list of favorites under the heading Interests, sandwiched between cats and good food.

Essentially "good music" might do, but it is a bit bland and not quite the same thing.

I guess I am looking for something slightly slangy and "cool sounding" :-)

Thanks!!
margarete
United States
Local time: 08:29
cool sounds
Explanation:
Richard appears to have zapped himself, so I'll put back his suggestion (in a slightly modified version), which I still think is the best.
Selected response from:

Nick Somers (X)
Local time: 14:29
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone for the lively discussion. I hope other people will be able to benefit from it.

Special thanks to Nick (and Richard :-) and Ellen. In the end it was a tie for me between their answers. Others may also apply depending on the context....

Thanks!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5music
Marcus Malabad
4 +1good tunes
Ellen Zittinger
4 +1good/great listening
Robert Schlarb
4 +1great music
CMJ_Trans (X)
3 +2cool sounds
Nick Somers (X)
3 +2good music/muzak
Francis Lee (X)
4enjoyable/agreeable/nice sound/music
frentur
3powerful/cool rhythm
Wenjer Leuschel (X)
2 +1cool vibes
Ute Bartsch
1 -1great acoustics
writeaway


Discussion entries: 9





  

Answers


15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
enjoyable/agreeable/nice sound/music


Explanation:
choose whatever you like

frentur
Türkiye
Local time: 15:29
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
music


Explanation:
I think you can't write anything else in English without sounding corny. The German author probably though of the same thing so he resorted to Denglish which he probably thinks makes it sound cool. If you want to say that you like listening to 'good music' under a list of your interests, wouldn't you just write 'music'? Who listens to bad music? Have a look at online dating profiles: "I like long walks on the beach, candlelit dinners, listening to Nine Inch Nails...oh, yes, almost forgot, I also like knitting and fly-fishing".


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Note added at 22 mins (2005-02-07 05:36:51 GMT)
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to asker\'s added note: then it\'s probably delving into the technicalities of audio technology. Excellent audio? Cool-sounding audio?

Marcus Malabad
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TagalogTagalog
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): -1
great acoustics


Explanation:
sound is sound. hard to see where to go with this.

writeaway
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Nick Somers (X): I don't think the quality is the issue in this list of favourites// Agreed, but guess or not I still don't think a person would say "I like cats, good food and good acoustics" That's my guess (!) :-)//Nice one :-))
2 hrs
  -> who knows-see my confidence level-hard to reinvent the word sound....//sound system freaks? ;-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
good tunes


Explanation:
used commonly around here (California)

Ellen Zittinger
Local time: 05:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  frentur
4 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
good/great listening


Explanation:
Another alternative, not to be confused with "easy listening"

Robert Schlarb
Local time: 14:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathinka van de Griendt: this answer strikes a chord! :-) Best so far!
1 hr
neutral  Nick Somers (X): Effectively, all the items on the list are prefaced by "I like". I like good music, I like good sounds OK. I like great listening. I don't think so. Sorry.
1 hr
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
great music


Explanation:
KIS

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 14:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francis Lee (X): that's right, CMJ - some people would even rate Jethro Tull as such 8-)
2 hrs
neutral  Lancashireman: Of course! Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms...
5 hrs
  -> that's classical in my book - any type of music can be great
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
powerful/cool rhythm


Explanation:
"Guter Sound" bedeutet mir "geile Musik", "toller Rhythmus", "echter Klang".

Wie wäre es mit "coll rhythm" oder "powerful rhythm" im Englischen?

Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Taiwan
Local time: 20:29
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cool sounds


Explanation:
Richard appears to have zapped himself, so I'll put back his suggestion (in a slightly modified version), which I still think is the best.

Nick Somers (X)
Local time: 14:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone for the lively discussion. I hope other people will be able to benefit from it.

Special thanks to Nick (and Richard :-) and Ellen. In the end it was a tie for me between their answers. Others may also apply depending on the context....

Thanks!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Caroline Bentley: I think this fits the bill nicely
4 hrs
agree  Marcus Malabad: this gets my vote
14 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cool vibes


Explanation:
If you are looking for something slangy, this might be OK. The problem is that "Vibes" does not necessarily refer to music but is a rather general feeling about something- but "music with cool vibes" or "I like the cool vibes of music" is imo a bit clumsy again. So take it just as another idea. Or maybe "cool sound vibes"...(sorry, I'm just "brainstorming" my concert experiences...)

Ute Bartsch
Germany
Local time: 14:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: I asked my son who's into Yngvie Malmsteen these days and this is exactly what he said: 'cool vibes'
8 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
good music/muzak


Explanation:
I see nothing wrong with "good music", but if you want something "less bland", then perhaps "muzak" (i.e. the low-case slang form)

Francis Lee (X)
Local time: 14:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Nick Somers (X): Isn't good muzak a contradiction in terms. I've never heard anything piped in a supermarket that deserves the epithet "good". ;-)//I beg to differ http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A497856
1 hr
  -> "muzak" is a commonly used term and does not just refer to elevator music
agree  Nesrin: "good music" sounds most natural in this context, I think.
2 hrs
agree  mstkwasa: with Nesrin.
3 hrs
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