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Der Kampf um den ersten Platz

English translation: Fighting for the win


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German term or phrase:Der Kampf um den ersten Platz
English translation:Fighting for the win
Entered by: LittleBalu
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12:04 Sep 22, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / Slogan
German term or phrase: Der Kampf um den ersten Platz
This is the slogan of an international marketing conference staged by company XXX. They are the world market leader in a particular branch of the construction equipment industry, and the slogan is designed to motivate employees, dealers, agents, etc. by saying, "Wir sind ganz VORNE (oder ganz OBEN), und da wollen wir auch bleiben, und deshalb müssen wir was dafür tun".

Any creative suggestions are highly welcome!
TYVMIAFYH :-)
LittleBalu
Germany
Local time: 00:20
Going/Fighting for the win
Explanation:
going for the win/fighting for the win - going for the first place
Short and straight to the point - that's what a slogan is about!
Selected response from:

Emilie
Grading comment
And the winner is: Fighting for the win!

I forwarded all of your suggestions to my customer, and they just came back to tell me that they have decided in favour of Emilie's proposal.
Personally, I wish I could split points or give points to more than one answer because there are so many good suggestions, and your response was just overwhelming.
A big THANK YOU to all of you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +8Keeping the competitive edge
Klaus Herrmann
5 +1Fighting to stay on top of the game
Marcus Malabad
4 +1Only the tough stay at the topxxxIanW
4Fighting to stay at the top
Nicole Y. Adams, M.A.
3 +1Cementing our leadership positionxxx------
3 +1Lets Stay Number 1E Perret
4Going/Fighting for the winEmilie
3Being at all times King of the Castle!
Frosty
3reaching the top
Terence Ajbro
3Lets be top dog !xxxmuitoprazer
3Vying to stay ahead
Nesrin
3Fight to be winners
Stephen Sadie


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Fight to be winners


Explanation:
or
Fight to be a winner

just ides

Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 00:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 116
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Only the tough stay at the top


Explanation:
Perhaps "Only the tough stay at the top"?

xxxIanW
Local time: 00:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 174

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Caro Giese: I like this one!
23 mins
neutral  Terence Ajbro: I like the album "seventh son of a seventh son"
1 hr
  -> Or the evil that corporations do lives on and on ...
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Being at all times King of the Castle!


Explanation:
Just an idea.

Frosty
Local time: 00:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  xxxmuitoprazer: should have stayed as one.
1 hr
  -> What are you trying to say?
agree  Andrew Swift: There is nothing more irritating than an ill-informed or incoherent 'disagree'. Here, I'll cancel it out.
3 hrs
  -> Thankyou, Andrew. I`m still waiting for an answer to my question - and assuming of course that muitoprazer knows how to formulate one!
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
reaching the top


Explanation:
you could show a picture of a mountaineer climbing a summit with the company flag/logo.

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Note added at 24 mins (2005-09-22 12:28:18 GMT)
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another variation: Staying at the top (again the same mountain image)

Terence Ajbro
Local time: 00:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 21
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Vying to stay ahead


Explanation:
Vying to stay ahead
or
Vying to stay in the lead
or
Vying for the top spot

Nesrin
Local time: 23:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 16
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Going/Fighting for the win


Explanation:
going for the win/fighting for the win - going for the first place
Short and straight to the point - that's what a slogan is about!

Emilie
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
And the winner is: Fighting for the win!

I forwarded all of your suggestions to my customer, and they just came back to tell me that they have decided in favour of Emilie's proposal.
Personally, I wish I could split points or give points to more than one answer because there are so many good suggestions, and your response was just overwhelming.
A big THANK YOU to all of you.
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Fighting to stay on top of the game


Explanation:
or fighting to be on top of the game

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Note added at 38 mins (2005-09-22 12:42:37 GMT)
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oops, sorry, confidence level should've been 3 or 4! My mistake.

Marcus Malabad
Canada
Local time: 18:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TagalogTagalog
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MMUlr: maybe omitting "of the game" (?) --> see "fighting to stay on top" http://www.newscientistjobs.com/insider/article.action?artic...
53 mins
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Fighting to stay at the top


Explanation:
or fighting to get to the top

Nicole Y. Adams, M.A.
Australia
Local time: 07:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Keeping the competitive edge


Explanation:
More choices :)

Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 00:20
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxIanW: Yep, but "retaining" would be better, in my none-too-humble opinion
31 mins
agree  Ian M-H: keeping or retaining - and maybe "our" instead of "the" would emphasize the same point: we're already market leaders
37 mins
agree  Stephen Sadie: i like retaining our competitive edge
44 mins
agree  xxxmuitoprazer: with Ian x 2.
46 mins
agree  Robert Kleemaier: luvly
1 hr
agree  MandyT
2 hrs
agree  roneill: Great idea
2 hrs
agree  Textklick: Nice hint of understatement, while putting the idea across. (Wouldn't want to be 'edge-retentive' though). I like it as it is. Whose site did you 'nick' that from - Gillette? :)
3 hrs
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Lets be top dog !


Explanation:
gets round the need to use struggle,which would be pejorative in a slogan of this nature.

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Note added at 1 hr 36 mins (2005-09-22 13:40:49 GMT)
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yes.Ian is right.! Let's stay top dog ! is the way to phrase it.

xxxmuitoprazer
Local time: 23:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  xxxIanW: That would imply that they're not top dog at the moment (and "let's")
1 hr
  -> o.k.,then add stay after let's !
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Lets Stay Number 1


Explanation:
just an idea

E Perret
Local time: 00:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrew Swift: "One" as a word since "ersten" is also written as a word. Plus the apostrophe in "Let's"
1 hr
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Cementing our leadership position


Explanation:
Oder build upon. Ich dachte, das könnte zum Bausektor passen.

xxx------
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jenniclair: good idea as it's for the construction industry
3 hrs
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