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English translation: dating site / matching service


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German term or phrase:Partnerbörse
English translation:dating site / matching service
Entered by: margarete
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04:11 Dec 18, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Internet, e-Commerce / Dating Site
German term or phrase: Partnerbörse
Es geht um eine online Partnerbörse.

Fällt jemandem dazu ein guter Ausdruck ein?

zur Not könnte ich ja "personals" nehmen...

Danke!
margarete
dating site
Explanation:
commonly used

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Note added at 28 mins (2004-12-18 04:40:53 GMT)
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online-matchmaking (site) perhaps?

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Note added at 7 hrs 40 mins (2004-12-18 11:52:42 GMT)
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online partner matching/partner matching service

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&safe=off&q="partner ma...
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Allesklar
Australia
Local time: 20:07
Grading comment
There really aren´t any great solutions for this or my favorite "Kontaktbörse".
I ended up alternating "Dating Site" and "matching service" and variations thereof.

Thanks to everyone for trying
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3online dating and chat serviceRowan Morrell
4connection forum, social forum
Hilary Davies Shelby
4online dating and friend-finding service/site
Annika Neudecker
3 +1dating site
Allesklar
3social site
ntext
4 -2rendezvous
Lys Nguyen


Discussion entries: 2





  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
rendezvous


Explanation:
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Lys Nguyen
Vietnam
Local time: 17:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in VietnameseVietnamese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Rowan Morrell: Rendezvous means meeting. A "Partnerbörse" is a site that makes meetings or rendezvous possible, but is not the rendezvous itself.
4 hrs
disagree  Kim Metzger: Please provide references for your translations.
10 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
social site


Explanation:
or: dating and social site

ntext
United States
Local time: 04:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 22
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
online dating and chat service


Explanation:
The site below has the slogan, "New Zealand Online Dating and Chat". It has sister sites in Australia, Canada and the UK that would presumably have much the same sort of slogan. If the "Partnerbörse" is about more than just dating, maybe you could try incorporating "chat" in there somewhere.


    Reference: http://www.findsomeone.co.nz
Rowan Morrell
Local time: 23:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steve Yates: If indeed it is online. Otherwise simply 'dating service'
44 mins
  -> The asker said "Es geht um eine online Partnerbörse" in her question, so yes it is online. Anyway, thanks SYates.
agree  Kim Metzger
5 hrs
agree  Bogdan Burghelea
22 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dating site


Explanation:
commonly used

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Note added at 28 mins (2004-12-18 04:40:53 GMT)
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online-matchmaking (site) perhaps?

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Note added at 7 hrs 40 mins (2004-12-18 11:52:42 GMT)
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online partner matching/partner matching service

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&safe=off&q="partner ma...

Allesklar
Australia
Local time: 20:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
There really aren´t any great solutions for this or my favorite "Kontaktbörse".
I ended up alternating "Dating Site" and "matching service" and variations thereof.

Thanks to everyone for trying

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rowan Morrell: Online matchmaking site is not bad.
4 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Partnerbörse
online dating and friend-finding service/site


Explanation:
One option...

Or: "online date and friend finder"

I also thought of using "matchmaking", but a matchmaker is someone who tries to arrange marriages for others. So, "matchmaking" would always have a romantic connotation (it could be used instead of "dating"), but since you said they match people for more than just dating (sports, travel, etc.) the non-romantic part of their service needs to be mentioned...

Hope this helps :-)

Annika

Annika Neudecker
Local time: 11:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
connection forum, social forum


Explanation:
"one of the oldest online connection forums now has a new look" or
"New Look for Oldest Online Social Forum"

or of course, for the really desperate, the "Find-A-Friend Forum" ;-)

Hilary Davies Shelby
Local time: 04:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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