verkaufsstark

English translation: best-selling

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German term or phrase:verkaufsstark
English translation:best-selling
Entered by: Poornima Iyengar

08:50 Apr 3, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial
German term or phrase: verkaufsstark
Unsere Verkaufstärksten Serien sind PIU und JOY –HOCHVOLTSTRAHLER sowie unsere BURN-LINE HOCHVOLTSCHIENE und die SERIE RIVA mit Glühbirne und Glasreflektor.
Poornima Iyengar
Local time: 01:45
best-selling
Explanation:
Our best-selling ranges are ...

HTH

Mary
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Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:15
Grading comment
thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7best-selling
Mary Worby
5sales-boosting
S M Gotiwalee
3 +2most successful
Rebecca Holmes
4I'd say
gangels (X)
4hottest selling item
Ellen Zittinger


  

Answers


0 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
sales-boosting


Explanation:
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S M Gotiwalee
Local time: 16:15
Native speaker of: Native in GujaratiGujarati, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 40
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
most successful


Explanation:
This is what I would use in the context of your particular sentence, I think any attempt at a direct translation would only end up sounding stilted in English.

Rebecca Holmes
United States
Local time: 16:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 476

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  TonyTK: Or "top sellers"
1 hr

agree  Norbert Hermann
1 hr
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
best-selling


Explanation:
Our best-selling ranges are ...

HTH

Mary

Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:15
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2770
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  TonyTK: or perhaps “highest-selling” – “best-selling” could be bestsellers in the market rather than from the point of view of the company – IYSWIM.
53 mins

agree  Steffen Walter: IMNSHO, you could also say "our biggest hits/sellers", Tony. OTOH this might be a wee bit too colloquial, methinks. LTCBYG (let the context be your guide :-))
1 hr

agree  Norbert Hermann
1 hr

agree  Abigail Dahlberg (X)
1 hr

agree  Trudy Peters: I wouldn't use ranges here, though. In the US that's a stove!
3 hrs

agree  David Moore (X)
9 hrs

agree  Tanya Fox
13 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I'd say


Explanation:
Our strongest sellers are series...

or


The series contributing most to our sales are ...

gangels (X)
Local time: 14:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 5559
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hottest selling item


Explanation:
or

top selling product (item)

Ellen Zittinger
Local time: 13:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 287
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