English translation: these socks are made for walkin'
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German to English translations [PRO] Marketing - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
German term or phrase:auf die Socken machen
Dem Motto der Veranstaltung getreu überreichten sich die beiden Geschäftsführer bei der Begrüßung jene Socken,auf die sie sich nun gemeinsam machen wollen.
Ich bin für jede Idee und jeden Vorschlag dankbar, denn ein Engländer wird wohl kaum verstehen warum gerade Socken symbolisch überreicht werden. Außerdem ist in dem Artikel auch noch ein Photo mit den besagten Socken zu sehen.
Explanation: Reminiscence of "These boots are made for walkin'", Nancy Sinatra.
"When the single was first released, some thought it had to do with the subway strike in New York. That same year, Sinatra recorded an early music video for the song. It was produced by Color-Sonics, and played on Scorpitones video jukeboxes. In 1986, for the song's twentieth anniversary, cable station VH1 played this music video.
The song was adopted by troops in Vietnam when they marched. Sinatra traveled there in the mid- to late-60s to perform for the U.S. soldiers. Since it was a song with which GIs in Vietnam in the mid-to-late 1960s would be familiar, it was used for Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket soundtrack, to add to the film's atmosphere."
(Hey,) The socks fit. Everything else will be a hit.
Explanation: or: The socks fit. The rest will be a hit.
or: If the socks fit, this (venture) will be a hit.
or: The socks fit. Our venture will be a hit.
Enough....
113160 United States Local time: 12:20 Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 52
handed each other the socks as symbols that they were now to get going / to get started on their way
Explanation: 'sich auf die Socken machen' simply means 'to get going' (to leave now to go somewhere).
The problem is the symbolism, but any translation should refer (explain) that symbolism, I think.
Joern Gaedcke Local time: 01:20 Specializes in field Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 8
Explanation: Reminiscence of "These boots are made for walkin'", Nancy Sinatra.
"When the single was first released, some thought it had to do with the subway strike in New York. That same year, Sinatra recorded an early music video for the song. It was produced by Color-Sonics, and played on Scorpitones video jukeboxes. In 1986, for the song's twentieth anniversary, cable station VH1 played this music video.
The song was adopted by troops in Vietnam when they marched. Sinatra traveled there in the mid- to late-60s to perform for the U.S. soldiers. Since it was a song with which GIs in Vietnam in the mid-to-late 1960s would be familiar, it was used for Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket soundtrack, to add to the film's atmosphere."
Nicole Schnell United States Local time: 09:20 Specializes in field Native speaker of: German PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Vielen Dank
1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
on which they both intend to "shit"
Explanation: Translation of last part:
the actual socks , on which they now both intend to "shit" (colloquially, Germans say "shit on your socks" for "get a move on").
I know it's coarse but so is the German and Germans who use this expression are not ashamed of doing so, obviously regarding defecation merely as a natural body function. (I remember a German schoolteacher explaining the origin of this expression to me when I stayed with him).
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Looks like the bloke was pulling my leg!
It makes more sense in a clean way in the form "ich mache mich auf die Socken".
Robin Salmon Australia Local time: 03:20 Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
18 hrs confidence:
knock those socks off
Explanation: True to the motto of the event, both managers handed each other socks, fully prepared to knock those socks off!
How's that?
From the phrase "knock your socks off", not exaclty the term of getting up and moving, but meaning more making quite an impact in the process, but making use of the socks they're using as a symbol...
SusieZ United States Local time: 12:20 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 4
The translation workplace 
