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25 Jahre mit Opel gut gefahren

English translation: XX and Opel: still making tracks after 25 years

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German term or phrase:	25 Jahre mit Opel gut gefahren
English translation:	XX and Opel: still making tracks after 25 years
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14:30 Dec 10, 2007

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Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / Broschüre

German term or phrase: 25 Jahre mit Opel gut gefahren

Hallo, eine technische Broschüre mit kleinen Bonbons...

gut gefahren und "gut gefahren" - gibt es eine Chance, das zu transportieren? ICh habe zwar eine Idee, behalte es aber noch für mich ;-), um Einfälle nicht zu stören :-)

danilingua KudoZ activity Questions: 969 (none open) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 173 Germany
Local time: 14:06

XX and Opel: still making tracks after 25 years

Explanation:
Another shot at a slogan without much context! :-)

Selected response from:

Brigitte Albert
Local time: 08:06

Grading comment

Vielen DANK für die vielen guten Ideen mit der Bitte um Entschuldigung für die Verspätung ;-(

Daniela
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Summary of answers provided

25 years of successful cooperation with Opel/ 25 years of success for Opel.

Amira El-Sayed

XX and Opel: still making tracks after 25 years

Brigitte Albert

smooth ride/be in driver's seat ...

Sabine Voigt

Opel: 25 years of letting the good times roll

Caro Giese

Driven 25 years with Opel

Stephen Sadie

Discussion entries: 10

danilingua

Germany

ASKER

Hi Francis and colleagues

08:55 Dec 13, 2007

first of all, thank you for your input.
Francis: time is running out - so eilig, dass es das out nicht mehr geschafft hat. Dann haben sich die Termine gejagt - jetzt ist der Text wieder dran ;-) PC nicht angewachsen *g*
Kontext: das ist mir selbst nicht ganz klar, was genau Opel hiermit zu tun hat - Idee war, wenn es geht, das Wortspiel zu erhalten, "mit etwas gut fahren". Der Autor des Textes hat sich teilweise zu sehr angestrengt, kreativ zu sein. Eine Fragensammlung ist schon zum Abschicken bereit.
Vielen Dank füe die Vorschläge. :-)

xxxFrancis Lee

16:04 Dec 10, 2007

Any response to my 3rd question?

xxxFrancis Lee

15:59 Dec 10, 2007

"when time is running" meaning what??? Perhaps you were thinking: "wenn die Zeit läuft"?? Hmmm ...

Stephen Sadie

Germany

15:15 Dec 10, 2007

Is this just about a company using Opels as their fleet of vehicles or a company which actually corroborates with Opel? Or supplies Opel?

danilingua

Germany

ASKER

bitte nicht hauen ;-)

15:05 Dec 10, 2007

sorry, this is what happens when time is running... here is the text section:
25 Jahre mit Opel gut gefahren

Der schnelle Weg zu maßgeschneiderten Lösungen in der Rohrleitungstechnik läuft seit 30 Jahren über Opel – erfolgreich!

Ingeborg Gowans

Canada

14:51 Dec 10, 2007

w/ Francis: I find this rather confusing,too. First I was thinking it is an advertisement for Opel; this obviously is not the case. Please give more context

xxxFrancis Lee

14:47 Dec 10, 2007

So the phrase appears on its own with no further context? How would you personally explain the potential double-meaning of "gut gefahren"? And who/what is supposed to be the Publikumsjoker here??

danilingua

Germany

ASKER

Francis

14:45 Dec 10, 2007

so sorry, no, it is not for Opel. A company manufacturing enamel products. I guess Opel is a customer. Idea: it is like the "Publikumsjoker", I just did not want to distract ;-). I had sth with navigation

xxxFrancis Lee

14:41 Dec 10, 2007

Is this e.g. an Opel brochure for car-buyers or e.g. written by a company about their partnership with Opel? The context is crucial!

xxxFrancis Lee

14:40 Dec 10, 2007

General context. Readership/purpose of the translation? Why be shy? If you do have ideas of your own, surely it'd make sense to post them here ...

Answers

8 mins confidence:

Opel: 25 years of letting the good times roll

Explanation:
Als bescheidene Idee von einer Nicht-Muttersprachlerin...

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Note added at 17 mins (2007-12-10 14:48:28 GMT)
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Aaah ja. Wenn das keine Werbebroschüre von Opel ist, macht das natürlich wenig Sinn.

Caro Giese
Local time: 14:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 3

26 mins confidence:

Driven 25 years with Opel

Explanation:
a wild guess as context virtually non-existent

Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 14:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 116

31 mins confidence:

smooth ride/be in driver's seat ...

Explanation:
For 25 years, it has been as smooth ride (smooth riding) with Opel (as our client).
... we’ve been in the driver’s seat ...
... we’ve been driving for success ...

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Note added at 32 mins (2007-12-10 15:03:40 GMT)
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maybe one of those will fit the context.

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Note added at 33 mins (2007-12-10 15:04:26 GMT)
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... we've been cruising along ...

Sabine Voigt
United States
Local time: 08:06
Native speaker of:

German

36 mins confidence:

XX and Opel: still making tracks after 25 years

Explanation:
Another shot at a slogan without much context! :-)

Brigitte Albert
Local time: 08:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Vielen DANK für die vielen guten Ideen mit der Bitte um Entschuldigung für die Verspätung ;-(

Daniela

1 hr confidence:

25 years of successful cooperation with Opel/ 25 years of success for Opel.

Explanation:
May be, it is "25 years of successful cooperation with Opel" or 25 years of success for Opel.

Amira El-Sayed
Local time: 14:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic

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