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ab 0 Euro

English translation: starting from 0 euros


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German term or phrase:ab 0 Euro
English translation:starting from 0 euros
Entered by: Lingua.Franca
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20:46 Aug 23, 2009
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
German term or phrase: ab 0 Euro
Werbetext des Handybetreibers A1

Neues BlackBerry® Curve ™ 8520 mit 1. September ab 0 Euro bei A1 erhältlich

Ich kriege den Satz nicht schön hin, kann mir jemand helfen?
Eszter Bokor
Austria
Local time: 18:24
starting from 0 euros
Explanation:
New Blackberry Curve 8520 available at A1 from 1 September starting from 0 euros.

or starting at 0 euros.
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Lingua.Franca
Local time: 18:24
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7starting from 0 euros
Lingua.Franca
4free version upwards
Robin Salmon
4for free with contract/subscription [ or: also available at no cost]lirka
3starting at 0 Euro/ from 0 EuroCary Cooper


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
starting from 0 euros


Explanation:
New Blackberry Curve 8520 available at A1 from 1 September starting from 0 euros.

or starting at 0 euros.

Lingua.Franca
Local time: 18:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Funny, I had written exactly this sentence in the beginning, but it sounded awkward to me too - this is why I wanted to ask native speakers for a suggestion. It is very reassuring that a native somes up with the same sentence ;-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  lirka: yeah, that's the idea, but I feel it sounds rather awkward
1 min
agree  Alice Inman-Morgan: You just need to make the slightest adjustments on the prepositions - without changing the meaning. - New Blackberry Curve 8520 available at A1 on September 1st starting at 0 euros. But basically you've got it.
1 hr
agree  Blaess: with Alice
1 hr
agree  yyyzzz: Most prices in the UK are now quoted "from around". I think this would look great (i.e. a starting price of somewhere between minus one and plus one euros).
2 hrs
agree  Cary Cooper: either starting at or from, but not starting from
7 hrs
agree  Sangeeta Joshi
11 hrs
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
12 hrs
agree  Goldcoaster
14 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
for free with contract/subscription [ or: also available at no cost]


Explanation:
I think you need to specify under what circumstances the cell phone is given for free; i.e. with a contract/subscription. That is why they say "ab", meaning it could cost nothing with a subscription and up to teh full price with pre-paid card.

An alternative ( if you do not want to specify the conditions) is to say "also available for free/at no cost".

lirka
Local time: 12:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SlovenianSlovenian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
3 hrs
neutral  Dr Lofthouse: They have said 'starting at 0 Euro' in the advertisment, but there is usually some hidden charge in the actual contract (there always is:), so I think your translation is not the way they want it to read!
4 hrs
disagree  Cary Cooper: so bekommt man den Satz nicht schoen hin
7 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
starting at 0 Euro/ from 0 Euro


Explanation:
Brand new BlackBerry Curve 8529 starting at 0 Euro with A1 after September 1st



Cary Cooper
Local time: 12:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  lirka: I feel that the literal translation sounds rather awkward in English
0 min
neutral  yyyzzz: Do you write '0 Dollar' (großgeschrieben) in the UdotSdotAdot?
2 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
free version upwards


Explanation:
"From free version upwards available at....". I think this covers it.

Robin Salmon
Australia
Local time: 03:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alice Inman-Morgan: I worked in the mobile industry for years and I've never heard this expression before.
3 hrs
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Voters for reclassification
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PRO / non-PRO		Non-PRO (3): writeaway, Harald Moelzer (medical-translator), sylvie malich


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Changes made by editors
Sep 20, 2009 - Changes made by Lingua.Franca:
Edited KOG entryEszter Bokor's old entry - "ab 0 Euro" => "starting from 0 euros"
Sep 17, 2009 - Changes made by Eszter Bokor:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Aug 24, 2009 - Changes made by sylvie malich:
LevelPRO => Non-PRO


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