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German to English translations [PRO] Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / Trade journal | | German term or phrase: dreht ganz groß auf | This phrase appears in connection with the publication of a trade journal at a plastics industry fair. Can anyone explain what's meant here?
Zur (name of fair) 2008 dreht der (name of journal) ganz groß auf.
Mehr als 200 begeisternde Seiten Redaktion informieren in den Ausgaben September und Oktober über das gesamte Spektrum der Kunststoffverarbeitung. Zudem wird schon mal intensiv vorgeglüht und reichlich (name of fair)-Feeling übertragen. |
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| | pulling out all the stops | Explanation: Another option. It would be nice to maintain the pun of the original (literally they are printing a really fat issue), but I can't think of anything suitable. |
| Selected response from: Ken Cox Local time: 14:07
| Grading comment Difficult to choose between this and "making a big splash", but I just about prefer this. Thanks for your suggestions. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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6 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +3 making a big splash
Explanation: let it all hang out, is going full bore, is really putting on a show, no holds barred, is going all out
| gangels Local time: 06:07 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English, German PRO pts in category: 34
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