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Get on with it!

German translation: mach' mal weiter

19:17 Jul 6, 2002
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: Get on with it!
get back to the subject at hand
Felix
German translation:mach' mal weiter
Explanation:
machen Sie bitte weiter (in polite form)
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swisstell
Italy
Local time: 14:18
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5mach' mal weiter
swisstell
4 +4Zurück zum Thema or zurück zum eigentlichen Thema
UteM
4 +4Mach schon!
Cilian O'Tuama
4 +4Zur Sache!
NGK
4 +2Nun mach schon!
Sibyl Marquardt
5Bleib' (or bleibe) bitte beim Thema!
Karin Walker (X)
4 +1Komm auf den Punkt !
TService (X)
4Mach dir darueber keine Gedanken mehr
Ingrid Richter
4"Mach doch weiter (damit)!"
Сергей Лузан
4Zack, zack! Zurueck zum Thema
allemande


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Zurück zum Thema or zurück zum eigentlichen Thema


Explanation:
hope that helps

UteM

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathi Stock
10 mins
agree  Kralicky
16 mins
disagree  John Kinory (X): Far too polite (and I think the asker's explanation is not part of the actual phrase). Get on with it! is quite brusque.
5 hrs
  -> If you don't want to be too polite, you can put this into a phrase as well. Like e-rich said "Mach weiter bitte"
agree  Geneviève von Levetzow
13 hrs
agree  TService (X): Just add an exclamation mark to get rid of the politeness and to snarl at John. ;)
1 day 1 hr
agree  Сергей Лузан
2 days 10 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
mach' mal weiter


Explanation:
machen Sie bitte weiter (in polite form)

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 14:18
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 1813
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathi Stock
6 mins
  -> danke, Kathi!
agree  jerrie
1 hr
  -> thanks, jerrie
agree  stefana
2 hrs
  -> thanks, stefana
neutral  John Kinory (X): Too polite? Get on with it! is quite brusque
4 hrs
  -> I guess I am a polite person .... so no thanks to you.
agree  Geneviève von Levetzow
13 hrs
agree  Сергей Лузан
2 days 10 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Bleib' (or bleibe) bitte beim Thema!


Explanation:
as it is an imperative. Sounds like something a teacher might say to a student.

Karin Walker (X)
Germany
Local time: 14:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 64
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Mach schon!


Explanation:
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Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 14:18
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1751

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Kinory (X): Captures the essence perfectly!
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, John
agree  Beate Lutzebaeck
4 hrs
agree  Susan Geiblinger
9 hrs
agree  Gerhard Hofmann: Yes! Or 'nun mach schon'
10 hrs
agree  Ahmad Maher Sandouk
11 hrs
neutral  Geneviève von Levetzow: "Mach'schon" impliziert eine Richtung nach vorne (zukunftsorientiert), was nicht gefragt war "get back". Zeitlich also dabei bleiben oder zurückgehen.
11 hrs
  -> don't understand what you mean
disagree  TService (X): Nee... ;) - Das kann auf alles mögliche passen, könnte z. B. auch "Schlag zu !", bedeuten; aber es geht ja darum, auf ein THEMA zurückzukommen.
1 day 12 mins
  -> the subject in "subject at hand" does not necessarily mean "Thema". It can also be a job/task etc.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Mach dir darueber keine Gedanken mehr


Explanation:
..zurueck zum eigentlichen Thema
agree that it is an imperative

Ingrid Richter
New Zealand
Local time: 00:18
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 20
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Zur Sache!


Explanation:
another option

NGK
United States
Local time: 07:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 1890

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elvira Stoianov
7 hrs
agree  Caro Maucher
12 hrs
agree  TService (X): Ja ! ;)
21 hrs
agree  Сергей Лузан: Zurück zur Sache.
2 days 6 hrs
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Nun mach schon!


Explanation:
Even though you explain that you want someone to return to the original topic, the sentence "get on with it" is, in my opinion, a) colloquial and b) could refer to anything, not just this situation.

that's why I thought "nun mach schon (hin)" would be good because it is also colloquial and can be used in a variety of contexts.

HTH
Sibyl

Sibyl Marquardt
Italy
Local time: 14:18
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  gangels (X): oder "mach los"
9 hrs
neutral  TService (X): Oder, im Ruhrgebiet: "Ey, ma fättich!" :o)
1 day 4 hrs
agree  Сергей Лузан: "mach los"
2 days 2 hrs
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Komm auf den Punkt !


Explanation:
Nicht besser als die anderen Vorschläge - nur Geschmackssache. ;)

TService (X)
Local time: 14:18
PRO pts in pair: 481

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Сергей Лузан: Geschmackssache. Meine Antwort ist unten.
1 day 9 hrs
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2 days 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"Mach doch weiter (damit)!"


Explanation:
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Note added at 2002-07-09 06:06:56 (GMT)
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\"Komm doch weiter (damit)!\"

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 15:18
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 181
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Zack, zack! Zurueck zum Thema


Explanation:
"Get on with it" ist nicht allzu hoeflich, mit einen definitiven Kommandoton.

Alternativen:

Marsch!
Vorwaerts!
Auf Trab!
Hopp, hopp!





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Note added at 2002-07-11 14:19:11 (GMT)
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Oder:

Bleib bei der Sache!

allemande
United States
Local time: 08:18
PRO pts in pair: 25
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