German: AusstrahlungEnglish translation: it holds an irresistible fascination and attraction 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | eine Ausstrahlung, der man sich nicht entziehen kann | | English translation: | it holds an irresistible fascination and attraction | | Entered by: | Aniello Scognamiglio |
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German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Media / Multimedia | | German term or phrase: Ausstrahlung | Es ist ein Standgerät wie eine Skulptur – mit einer Ausstrahlung, der man sich nicht entziehen kann.
We're still talking about TV sets. |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseCilian O'Tuama: 3:39pm Aug 19, 2004: do you need the wordplay in English too? -
Elvira Stoianov (asker): 3:40pm Aug 19, 2004: didn't say anythign about that, because I wanted to see if the wordplay might be only my imagination - :-(
ntext: 3:43pm Aug 19, 2004: I wonder whether the wordplay is intentional. -
Aniello Scognamiglio: 3:49pm Aug 19, 2004: I disagree with "aura" and the like: "aura" is normally used with people, isn't it? -
Elvira Stoianov (asker): 3:50pm Aug 19, 2004: well Aniello, with all that technology, maybe - TVs are becoming human
Klaus Herrmann: 3:54pm Aug 19, 2004: @Aniello: animal, plants and stones have an aura, why shouldn't TV sets have one? Just wondering why don't you disagree in the peer comments; sorry for creating meaningless traffic :-) -
Aniello Scognamiglio: 3:59pm Aug 19, 2004: I still have a different opinion, never mind! -
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Aniello Scognamiglio
Germany
| Note from asker to answererThank you. Also thank to Annelie, I liked that one, too, but I decided not to include anything "radiating" :)
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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| charisma / vibrancy / emanation
Explanation:
This almost sounds like a warning instead of a sales pitch. ;-)
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Note added at 7 mins (2004-08-19 15:38:28 GMT)
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You can really shorten this one: \"It is a stand alone TV, like a sculpture with inescapable charisma/vibrancy.\" :-)
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8 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4 |
| aura
Explanation:
maybe
with an aura you can't escape
Must be SOME TV :-)
|  Trudy Peters
United States
Native speaker of:  German, English
PRO pts in category: 4
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