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Das bringt's!

English translation: s.u.

08:05 Aug 4, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
German term or phrase: Das bringt's!
A heading in a marketing folder for an e-Procurement solution.

Ihre Vorteile - Das bring's!

Could you say:

Your Benefits - That cuts it! ????????
heimo
Local time: 07:13
English translation:s.u.
Explanation:
Given that "Was bringt's?" can mean "what's in it for for me, is it worthwhile", I'd go for poetic licence if poss.

Something like: "Benefits that really make it worthwhile for you".

(Depending on whether it's the main header or a sub-header)
Selected response from:

Textklick
Local time: 06:13
Grading comment
I ended up using "worthwile", even though there were several other good suggestions. Thanks, everybody!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5xxx does the trick!
Heidi Stone-Schaller
4 +2What's in it for you?
Dr Andrew Read
3 +2that's it
Alex Tims
3 +1s.u.
Textklick
3 +1The advantages are at hand
Michele Johnson
3Your benefits - Get hold of them!
Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
3Your benefits - That's your pay-off!
Neil Gouw
3Your Benefits! That's what's in it for you!
Dr. Fred Thomson


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
that's it


Explanation:
So würde ich es übersetzen.

Alex Tims
Local time: 07:13
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Siegfried Armbruster
4 mins
agree  Eleonore Ladwig
4 mins
neutral  Aniello Scognamiglio (X): ja, in diesem Kontext "e-Procurement" fehlt mir das Wortspiel.
8 mins
neutral  Michele Johnson: I could accept the lack of the pun, but I feel one needs to compensate/reword somehow. "That's it", alone, as a title, is IMO too literal and sounds weak to me.
18 mins
neutral  Christian: I agree with Michele.
55 mins
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
s.u.


Explanation:
Given that "Was bringt's?" can mean "what's in it for for me, is it worthwhile", I'd go for poetic licence if poss.

Something like: "Benefits that really make it worthwhile for you".

(Depending on whether it's the main header or a sub-header)


    Reference: http://www.manager-magazin.de/netmanager/0,2828,175360,00.ht...
Textklick
Local time: 06:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 105
Grading comment
I ended up using "worthwile", even though there were several other good suggestions. Thanks, everybody!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr Andrew Read: Yep, this is getting closer - all the others trying to do wordplay just sound a bit weak. Unless somoeone can think of a truly snappy heading that doesing sound flat, best to have a different style, but decent English instead. ;-)
36 mins
  -> Cheers Andrew. I always try to play down these "folksy" lines simply because they sound naff and make what could well be a decent product sound cheap.
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
xxx does the trick!


Explanation:
The juxtaposition of "Ihre Vorteile" and "das bringts" sounds awkward in German and I would avoid repeating the same sentence structure in English. Maybe you could do it more elegantly using a colon. Your benefit: x-brand does the trick!

Heidi Stone-Schaller
Local time: 07:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aniello Scognamiglio (X): nice one!
3 mins
  -> thank you Aniello
agree  KirstyMacC (X)
2 hrs
  -> thanks Counsel
agree  Susan Geiblinger
3 hrs
  -> thanks Sueg
agree  Dr.G.MD (X)
5 hrs
  -> thanks Gerhard
agree  Arianna Tremayne
9 hrs
  -> thanks
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Your benefits - Get hold of them!


Explanation:
It's Marketing, there should be some kind of wordplay...
After all, "Das bringt's" means that you should buy the product to benefit from the solution.

Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
Germany
Local time: 07:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Heidi Stone-Schaller: I would just forget about the pun. I didn't realize there even was a pun until you pointed it out in your comment to Alex. It's not a very funny pun.
23 mins
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The advantages are at hand


Explanation:
Agree with Heidrun: dump the sentence structure. I would recommend "advantage(s)" instead of "benefit(s)". Perhaps a word play with "at hand" (meaning the advantages are "obvious" and in the sense of procurement, acquisition).



Michele Johnson
Germany
Local time: 07:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christian: I would also use another sentence structure in English.
35 mins
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Your benefits - That's your pay-off!


Explanation:
and then if possible "That's" in italics!

Neil Gouw
Netherlands
Local time: 07:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Ihre Vorteile: Das bringt's!
What's in it for you?


Explanation:
Although I said you don't have to have a snappy slogan in my agreement with Textclick, if you do there's no reason not to change the structure of the original, especially since they're tautological, and just have one snappy a phase.

An idea, anyway.

Dr Andrew Read
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Johnson: This may be a bit informal (hey baby, waz' in it for ME?!), but then so is the original, isn't it? I prefer this to any of the "____ benefits - ____" approaches.
37 mins
  -> Thanx! Your answer makes me think of that song: "Hey Lady, you lady, cursin' at your life"... See http://users.cis.net/sammy/charln.htm ;-)
agree  Textklick: Yep - I think we got there ;-)
52 mins
  -> Merci vielmals!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Your Benefits! That's what's in it for you!


Explanation:
I guess you needed at least one more option.

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 23:13
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
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