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Marketing - Marketing / Market Research | | Dutch term or phrase: schwung | Can anyone suggest a suitable translation for schwung? This relates to a newsletter for marketing purposes;
Sinds 15 april geeft hij leiding aan het salesteam en de schwung zit er al meteen in
Thanks,
Julia. |
| | | high energy/momentum/flourishing (borrowing from DE) | Explanation:
many possibilities here, but i'll suggest "He took over management of the high-energy sales team on April 15."
See examples of some of the idiomatic uses of 'Schwung'below from Oxford Superlex DE-EN dict:
o. Pl. (Geschwindigkeit) momentum; Schwung holen build or get up
momentum; (auf einer Schaukel usw.) work up a swing; Schwung in etw.
(Akk.) bringen, etw. in Schwung bringen (fig. ugs.) get sth. going; jmdn. in
Schwung bringen, jmdm. Schwung geben (fig. ugs.) put some life into sb.;
get sb. going; in Schwung sein (fig. ugs.) (in guter Stimmung) have livened
up; (wütend) be worked up; (gut laufen) ‹ business, practice › do a lively
trade; (gut vorankommen) be getting on well; be right in the swing [of it]; in
Schwung kommen (fig. ugs.) (in gute Stimmung kommen) get going; liven
up; (wütend werden) get worked up; (gut vorankommen) get right in the
swing [of it]; ‹ business › pick up; jmdn./einen Betrieb in Schwung haben
od. halten (ugs.) keep sb. on his/her toes/keep a firm doing a flourishing or
good trade; in die Sache kommt Schwung (ugs.) things are picking up;
d o. Pl. (Antrieb) drive; energy;
e o. Pl. (mitreißende Wirkung) sparkle; vitality; |
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  Patrick Yancey
Canada
Local time: 00:42
| Grading comment Thanks for the additional info - momentum it is!
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12 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +3 high energy/momentum/flourishing (borrowing from DE)
Explanation:
many possibilities here, but i'll suggest "He took over management of the high-energy sales team on April 15."
See examples of some of the idiomatic uses of 'Schwung'below from Oxford Superlex DE-EN dict:
o. Pl. (Geschwindigkeit) momentum; Schwung holen build or get up
momentum; (auf einer Schaukel usw.) work up a swing; Schwung in etw.
(Akk.) bringen, etw. in Schwung bringen (fig. ugs.) get sth. going; jmdn. in
Schwung bringen, jmdm. Schwung geben (fig. ugs.) put some life into sb.;
get sb. going; in Schwung sein (fig. ugs.) (in guter Stimmung) have livened
up; (wütend) be worked up; (gut laufen) ‹ business, practice › do a lively
trade; (gut vorankommen) be getting on well; be right in the swing [of it]; in
Schwung kommen (fig. ugs.) (in gute Stimmung kommen) get going; liven
up; (wütend werden) get worked up; (gut vorankommen) get right in the
swing [of it]; ‹ business › pick up; jmdn./einen Betrieb in Schwung haben
od. halten (ugs.) keep sb. on his/her toes/keep a firm doing a flourishing or
good trade; in die Sache kommt Schwung (ugs.) things are picking up;
d o. Pl. (Antrieb) drive; energy;
e o. Pl. (mitreißende Wirkung) sparkle; vitality;
| Patrick Yancey
Canada
Local time: 00:42
Works in field
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 4
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| | Grading comment | Thanks for the additional info - momentum it is! |
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