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German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / Transport Company Brochure | | German term or phrase: Extras | "Wer mit ABC fährt, schätzt vor allem unsere Extras: Transport und Logistik aus einer Hand, mit eigenen Fahrzeugen und eigenem Personal."
This is a sort of recruitment brochure for a transport company (which seems to carry freight long distances). Strange as it may seem, I'm having trouble with the word "Extras". I'm not entirely happy with using "extras" in English here. TIA for some credible alternatives.
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|  Rowan MorrellKudoZ activityQuestions: 2321 (none open) ( 48 closed without grading) Answers: 2764
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| | the things that are special about us/the added value we can offer | Explanation:
I agree - extras doesn't work here (probably isn't quite right in Gmn, either).
Am also tempted, like Textclick by "unique" - you might get away with it, but it's difficult anyway to fit into the sentence here.
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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs 42 mins (2004-08-08 14:07:42 GMT)
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Although I\'ve just agreed with \"perks\" as I\'d missed the recruitment context, I\'m not sure now if that fits in with the bit immediately following - those things aren\'t perks or fringe benefits for the workers (I don\'t think) but are things that are special about the company. So consider carefully! |
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Andrew Read
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:11
| Grading comment I owe you all an apology, because now that I've done the whole text, I think it is a brochure for potential customers rather than potential employees. I was confused by the phrase, "Wer mit ABC fährt", which I thought was referring to the drivers (Those who drive with ABC ...). But I guess they mean the people who just "go with" ABC, in other words, the customers!
Anyway, with the context sorted out, "special features" wasn't bad, but I thought "the things that are special about us", or perhaps even better, "the things that make us special", had a slightly nicer ring. So it's the points to Andrew by a nose over Textklick. Thanks also to the others who offered an idea. Fringe benefits would have been brilliant if this had in fact been for prospective employees! Sorry again for the mixup there.
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1 hr confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 perquisites (otherwise known as "perks.")
Explanation:
Those little "extras" that go with certain jobs.
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Note added at 1 hr 56 mins (2004-08-07 12:21:44 GMT)
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Perks can be offered as extras in any context.
| Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 06:11
Native speaker of: English
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