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ratz-fatz

English translation: short and sweet

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German term or phrase:ratz-fatz
English translation:short and sweet
Entered by: Dawn Montague

13:41 Feb 24, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
German term or phrase: ratz-fatz
"Der Luther, der war ganz anders, seine Predigt war immer ratz-fatz."
Dawn Montague
United States
Local time: 06:10
short and sweet
Explanation:
In your context dealing with Luther and Bugenhagen this is clearly referring to the length of the homily. Ratz-fatz, an onomatopoieia and alliteration of sorts, indicates the shortness of Luther's homily, contrary to Bugenhagen's homily which used to be rather long. In keeping with an alliteration, I think short and sweet fits rather well, but see how you like it.

Cheerio,
Dierk
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Dierk Seeburg
Local time: 04:10
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Thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided
navery fast / with lightening speed
Gunther Wolf
nashort and sweet
Dierk Seeburg
naconcisely
IngeR.


  

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10 mins
very fast / with lightening speed


Explanation:

ratz fatz , es geht ratz fatz -- es geht rasend schnell

Hope this helps.

See this link:

http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/loeh/jargon/jarlR.html


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Gunther Wolf
Local time: 06:10
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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19 mins
short and sweet


Explanation:
In your context dealing with Luther and Bugenhagen this is clearly referring to the length of the homily. Ratz-fatz, an onomatopoieia and alliteration of sorts, indicates the shortness of Luther's homily, contrary to Bugenhagen's homily which used to be rather long. In keeping with an alliteration, I think short and sweet fits rather well, but see how you like it.

Cheerio,
Dierk


    Reference: http://www.luther.de/bugenha.html
    Reference: http://www.f11.parsimony.net/forum16448/messages/843.htm
Dierk Seeburg
Local time: 04:10
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PRO pts in pair: 404
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54 mins
concisely


Explanation:
ratz-fatz im Sinne von kurz und knapp could be concisely.

short and sweet would be more: kurz und schmerzlos

It just depends what you like more in the context.

IngeR.
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