German: AnpassungswunderEnglish translation: Customized assembly for any job - anywhere! 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | Anpassungswunder | | English translation: | Customized assembly for any job - anywhere! | | Entered by: | LittleBalu |
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Tech/Engineering - Advertising / Public Relations / (brochure) | | German term or phrase: Anpassungswunder | This is from a brochure praising the advantages of a mobile asphalt mixing plant. The full heading reads: "Dieses Anpassungswunder findet überall Platz", meaning that the thing is very flexible and can be assembled almost anywhere (except in my backyard). ;-)
Help, please! I'm at a complete loss here, and my brain refuses to come up with anything even remotely suitable. TYV,VMIA |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseJonathan MacKerron: 4:34pm Jan 23, 2007: so you think the Anpassung bit is more about the preparation than what the stuff can be used for?
LittleBalu: 4:43pm Jan 23, 2007: @Jonathan: - There are several ways of setting the plant up for operation on site. That's why it's an "Anpassungswunder". It's not about the stuff it produces.
xxxFrancis Lee: 5:00pm Jan 23, 2007: What purpose will the translation serve? Target readership?
LittleBalu: 5:08pm Jan 23, 2007: @Francis: - How come I knew you would ask these questions? ;-) As I said, it's a brochure. Target readership are potential (English speaking) customers worldwide.
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| | Easy assembly for any job - anywhere! | Explanation:
Another idea...
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Note added at 20 mins (2007-01-23 16:52:17 GMT)
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Assuming of course that it's made clear within the body of the text that this equipment is just for mixing asphalt - not mowing your lawn! ;-)) |
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 Paul Cohen
Greenland
| Note from asker to answererThanks everybody and in particular Paul for helping me with this. I went with "customized assembly for any job" in the end.
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| miracle of adaptability
Explanation:
to get things started
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Note added at 9 mins (2007-01-23 16:40:57 GMT)
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can be easily assembled anywhere
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| this "chamaelion" fits everywhere and can be easily assembled
Explanation:
o.k. maybe a bit too "umgangssprachlich" but would describe the feature of fitting everywhere
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| extremely versatile
Explanation:
This machine is extremely versatile...
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Note added at 19 mins (2007-01-23 16:51:07 GMT)
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Although on second thought, "versatile" might refer more to what it does than how it does it.
| Daina Jauntirans
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of:  English
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