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English translation: giving their best

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05:39 Feb 19, 2011

German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama

German term or phrase: anpacken

"Stehen vierzehn Stunden an der Kamera und packen alle ordentlich an." I know a few meanings for this word, but there's not enough context here for me to figure out something that fits idiomatically. It's recounting a film shoot (in fairly colloquial tone), does this word have a particular meaning in that context?

Kurt Beals KudoZ activity Questions: 124 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 63
Local time: 15:31

English translation:giving their best

Explanation:
They stand behind the camera for 14 hours, giving their best the entire time.

Selected response from:

Ramey Rieger
Local time: 00:31

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

and they all pull their weight

David Hollywood

giving their best

Ramey Rieger

3 +1

to put one's back into something

Lonnie Legg

and they all put in 110%.

Edwin Miles

and they all went that extra mile...

Thayenga

and all did pretty good

Danila Moro

3 -1

give it their all

phillee

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

and they all pull their weight

Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 8 mins (2011-02-19 05:47:30 GMT)
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or: they all get stuck in

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Note added at 10 mins (2011-02-19 05:49:45 GMT)
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or: get to it

David Hollywood
Local time: 19:31
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

4 hrs confidence:

and they all put in 110%.

Explanation:
or 100%, if that kind of exaggeration leaves you cold! I would read the sense of anpacken here as along the same lines as "mithelfen."

Edwin Miles
Germany
Local time: 00:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

give it their all

Explanation:
anpacken + ordentlich

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/japan/784588...

phillee
Local time: 23:31
Native speaker of:

English

9 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to put one's back into something

Explanation:
"...and they really put their backs into the job (or work)."

Example sentence(s):

By really putting their backs into the work, they had the railway line mended by midnight.

Reference: http://www.idiomdictionary.com/definition/put-ones-back-into...

Lonnie Legg
Germany
Local time: 00:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in category: 34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

neutral

phillee: Why don't you just have the confidence to let your answer do the work? (added) I am referring to the practice of submitting an answer then disagreeing with the others in order to promote one's own answer. Not against the rules but a bit dubious IMO.

4 mins

-> (If this is re my comment, it'd be better to attach yours there.) Dubious? I find commenting answers constructive, whether stand-alone or as a supplement to my own entry. Here, in fact, I commented your answer first--&then came up with one of my own.;-)

agree

Bernhard Sulzer: in the sense of "and they are working pretty hard (physically)" although they might not be working like absolutely crazy. (110%)

1 hr

-> Thanks, Bernhard.

neutral

Cilian O'Tuama: (nothing wrong with submitting own answer and peer commenting on others)

1 day22 hrs

-> Thanks for the affirmation, Cillian. It's all about thoughts shared, for the sake of discourse.

9 hrs confidence:

giving their best

Explanation:
They stand behind the camera for 14 hours, giving their best the entire time.

Ramey Rieger
Local time: 00:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

11 hrs confidence:

and all did pretty good

Explanation:
....

Danila Moro
Italy
Local time: 00:31
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

1 day3 hrs confidence:

and they all went that extra mile...

Explanation:
e. g. ... to get the job done.

Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 00:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German

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