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German: Loesungen mit Hand und Fuss

English translation: Sound Solutions



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German term or phrase:Loesungen mit Hand und Fuss
English translation:Sound Solutions
Entered by:Hilary Davies
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IT (Information Technology)
German term or phrase: Loesungen mit Hand und Fuss
Hello all!

I'm all out of creativity today! Any good ideas for this? It's a heading.

Thanks a lot!
Hilary Davies
United Kingdom
Clarification request(s) and response
Hilary Davies: 2:04pm Sep 11, 2005: Hello! Unfortunately nothing to do with hands or feet - it's an IT company. I think its a "random cliche" heading rather than any kind of clever pun.

Sound Solutions
Explanation:
or possibly
Solutions with Ryhyme and Reason (which I like less)

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Note added at 17 mins (2005-09-11 13:54:40 GMT)
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i do actually know how to spell "rhyme"!
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Stephen Sadie
Germany
Note from asker to answerer
I went with this one in the end as it seemed to fit the paragraph best - it was more to do with "all-round"/end-to-end/we've thought of everything solutions that I'd realised at first glance. Thanks very much, everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4Sound Solutions
Stephen Sadie
3 +2Solutions that work
Frosty
3 -1Practical Solutions
Michaela Blaha


  

Answers

16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Sound Solutions


Explanation:
or possibly
Solutions with Ryhyme and Reason (which I like less)

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Note added at 17 mins (2005-09-11 13:54:40 GMT)
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i do actually know how to spell "rhyme"!

Stephen Sadie
Germany
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 72
Note from asker to answerer
I went with this one in the end as it seemed to fit the paragraph best - it was more to do with "all-round"/end-to-end/we've thought of everything solutions that I'd realised at first glance. Thanks very much, everyone!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Aniello Scognamiglio
30 mins
  -> thanks aniello, hope you are keeping well

agree Ian M-H
48 mins
  -> thanks ian

agree Balázs Gorka
1 hr
  -> thanks balázs

agree Nicole Schnell
4 hrs
  -> how agreeable everybody is today, thanks nicole
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Practical Solutions


Explanation:
or "realistic" - Admittedly not highly idiomatic ...

Do you have more context - for instance, is the business the headline refers to a business that actually has to do with hands and feet (company producing nailpolish ...?)


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Note added at 49 mins (2005-09-11 14:27:20 GMT)
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Okay then, how about
"useful/smart/clever solutions"

Since it's an IT company, perhaps even in combination with "engineering":

"Engineering smart/clever/practical/etc. solutions"


Michaela Blaha
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree xxxFrancis Lee: all of these would be a major turn-off; English PR-speak requires more imagination/subtlety ...
5 hrs

neutral Teresa Reinhardt: So much for people being agreeable! Sorry, but "mit Hand und Fuss" is idiomatic, not literal; your later suggestions might fit
6 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Solutions that work


Explanation:
Just an idea.

Frosty
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Textklick: You can go on forever fantasising about solutions in PR speak. This is a good workmanlike suggestion, and not too far off the source IMHO.
15 hrs
  -> Thanks, Chris

agree Martina Heintke
15 hrs
  -> Thankyou, Martina
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