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Alles bleibt anders

English translation: Everything stays different

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11:25 Jun 12, 2007

German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations

German term or phrase: Alles bleibt anders

Our company has recently undergone restructuring. The new structure will be presented to our customers via a microsite on the internet. The title of this site is Alles bleibt anders.
Somebody stole this from Herbert Grönemeyer, I suppose... who had an album called Alles bleibt anders.

Tanja Kreutz KudoZ activity Questions: 414 (1 open) (14 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 6 Germany
Local time: 05:19

English translation:Everything stays different

Explanation:
Nothing wrong with a literal translation IMO.

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139 Google hits for "Everything stays different" (sure, some of them referring to the German song):

Everything stays different When you first take a seat in the E-class, you will be impressed by its spaciousness. The interior lighting package makes it ...
www.thonburi.com/car_e.htm

"Everything stays … different!" We might also say "Nothing is impossible" because as a subsidiary of British Airways, our Customer Contact Centre initially specialized in serving the travel business. But that has long since changed.
http://www.flyline.de/bran_free.asp?weblang=en&id=

Selected response from:

Nesrin
Local time: 04:19

Grading comment

Thanks! My British colleague first found this odd but the German is just as odd. I think that was our agency's intention - make the reader stop and re-read the phrase.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +4

same as it never was

Cilian O'Tuama

3 +3

Only change remains

Stephen Sadie

3 +3

Everything stays different

Nesrin

3 +1

The only constant is change

Steffen Walter

All change!

David Moore

the more it changes the more it stays the same

Ingeborg Gowans

The only thing that stays the same is change

René Laszlo

Everything stays different

anisco

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

5 mins confidence:

All change!

Explanation:
Let's get them started!

David Moore
Local time: 05:19
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 35

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Everything stays different

Nesrin
Local time: 04:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

Thanks! My British colleague first found this odd but the German is just as odd. I think that was our agency's intention - make the reader stop and re-read the phrase.

6 mins confidence:

Everything stays different

Explanation:
Das stammt nicht nur von Grönemeyer.

http://meems-alles-bleibt-anders.blogspot.com/

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"Everything remains changed" gibt es auch ;-)

http://www.playlust.net/playlog.php?cpi=41&cID=36

anisco
Germany
Local time: 05:19
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 39

18 mins confidence:

The only thing that stays the same is change

Explanation:
Ist im Vergleich zum Deutschen etwas länger, aber es gibt ein Lied von Melissa Etheridge, in der diese Zeile vorkommt.

http://www.tremolocowboys.com/Lyrics_M/Melissa_Etheridge_Lyr...

René Laszlo
Germany
Local time: 05:19
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Only change remains

Explanation:
Another viable option, some google hits

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or use alliteration: "Nothing not new"

Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 05:19
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 116

47 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

The only constant is change

Explanation:
... is a relatively common business/HR theme/headline/"buzzphrase".

Examples:

http://www.business-opportunities.biz/2005/10/21/the-only-co...
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/departments/columns/article_disp...
http://www.soa.org/library/newsletters/the-actuary-magazine/...
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/...

http://www.summit-events.com/pd_strategy_group.html
"The phrase 'the only constant is change' is even more applicable to businesses today than ever before. What varies – indeed increases – is the pace of change."

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 05:19
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 73

3 hrs confidence:

the more it changes the more it stays the same

Explanation:
it changes the term around but might be the same idea

Ingeborg Gowans
Canada
Local time: 00:19
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 12

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

same as it never was

Explanation:
Grönemeyer almost meets Talking Heads ?

Cilian O'Tuama
Local time: 05:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 100

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