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English to German translations [PRO] Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / jewelry
English term or phrase:evolving
a recurring adjective that should work with "emotions", "ambitions", "character" (but it also refers to something physical, because it's about a jewel that can "evolve" into a different jewel, it can be reduced or lengthened at will).
Explanation: A rather difficult word to translate into German, as it is multifaceted in English. Clearly grounded in the idea of evolution we don't have an equivalent in German. I might go with "entfalten"... as it has the slight suggestion of the change a butterfly would undergo and hence might work for especially jewelry and feminine ideas.
Context: a picture with a ring that can turn into a bracelet.
Slogan: "evolving emotions."
This jewel is not just a ring, it's more than that. It evolves into a different jewel. Actually, I said it right away: it's a slogan. I explained what it is for. I didn't mean to make anyone angry!
Ich habe halt nur die leise Hoffnung, dass man die Bedeutung von Kontext deutlich macht, indem man eben nicht antwortet. Muss letztendlich jeder selbst wissen... seufz
Ich kann nur für mich reden. Irgendwann wird man es einfach müde, dauernd um mehr Kontext zu bitten. So beziehen sich denn die Antworten auch nur auf die Frage, welche Übersetzung von "evolving" auf "emotions", "ambitions", "character", "something physical" gleichermaßen passen könnte. Ob's für einen Slogan taugt, steht auf einem anderen Blatt.
Warum ist es Dir nicht möglich, einige ganze Beispielsätze anzugeben, in denen der Begriff vorkommt??
Und ich verstehe ehrlich gesagt nicht, warum die Kollegen hier antworten, und dann auch noch mit Confidence Level 3...
You're so right... but what can I do?? It also entails references to Futurism... go figure! What I am afraid of is that, trying to convey the copywriter's idea, German women will not understand a thing!
I already gave the context: "evolving emotions" for instance
Silvia, if translating were that easy, we would all be out of work ;-)
One translation with so many different combinations, leave alone the prepositions ...
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7 mins confidence:
verändern
Explanation: würde m.E. zu allen Begriffen passen. Ist aber schwierig ohne genauen Kontext
Susanne Schiewe Germany Local time: 17:39 Works in field Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 24
Explanation: It could also be "entwickeln"...but without knowing the whole text, I'm just assuming
xxxmaja.freelan Local time: 17:39 Native speaker of: German, Macedonian
24 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
verwandeln
Explanation: Wie die Kollegen schon sagen, ist es sehr schwierig, da ohne den Ausgangstext mehr zu sagen, aber eventuell könnte das auch passen (z. B. "Der Schmuck, der sich verwandelt!" etc. bla bla). Adjektiv fällt mir aber auch keins ein, vermutlich wird das auch schwierig, weil die naheliegenden Verben alle reflexiv sind...
Jan Neersoe Germany Local time: 17:39 Works in field Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 4
Explanation: ...sehr schwierig ohne weiteren (Satz-)Kontext, aber vielleicht passt's...?
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resp. "sich wandelnd(e) xxx" oder "xxx in neuer/anderer/veränderter Gestalt/Form/Erscheinung"
Tal Anja Cohen Local time: 17:39 Specializes in field Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 36 1 corroborated select project in this pair and field
Explanation: That's what comes into my mind. However, there is no such single adjective that is equally expressive in conjunction with ambitions, emotions, character ...
If you put a sentence for each instance of 'evolving' plus a different substantive we might get a better idea.
Explanation: A rather difficult word to translate into German, as it is multifaceted in English. Clearly grounded in the idea of evolution we don't have an equivalent in German. I might go with "entfalten"... as it has the slight suggestion of the change a butterfly would undergo and hence might work for especially jewelry and feminine ideas.
Example sentence(s):
Die Wandlung vom Ring zum Armreif symbolisiert die Entfaltung weiblicher Emotionen / Ambitionen / des weiblichen Characters... something like that?
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +2
