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09:45 Feb 16, 2006 |
German to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Lancashireman United Kingdom Local time: 12:18 | ||||||
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4 +2 | hackneyed |
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4 +1 | those good old chestnuts of...... |
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4 | highly stressed |
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4 | over-worn cliché of ... |
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3 | too frequently mentioned |
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2 | over-used |
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over-used Explanation: suggestion |
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too frequently mentioned Explanation: Only in this context |
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highly stressed Explanation: . -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2006-02-16 09:57:52 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- stressing on something. |
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those good old chestnuts of...... Explanation: free translation but... it means "much flogged" characteristics -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2006-02-16 10:11:20 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- overworked? |
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over-worn cliché of ... Explanation: ... German punctuality and conscientiousness |
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hackneyed Explanation: Definitions of hackneyed on the Web: (also providing some good alternatives) banal: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn common or trite. pbsvideodb.pbs.org/resources/liberty/primary/gloss.html It is the words or expressions which are banal or over-used; perhaps the most familiar in marketing is ‘new’. www.indiainfoline.com/bisc/jmah.html -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 hrs (2006-02-16 18:43:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- CT's 'neutral' raises a valid point. Possible rephrase: "the hackneyed portrayal of the Germans as (being) conscientious and punctual" (Results 1 - 10 of about 280 for "hackneyed portrayal of") |
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