Prämie

English translation: bonus gift

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German term or phrase:	Prämie
English translation:	bonus gift
Entered by:	Karin Walker (X)

11:26 May 22, 2002

German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Printing & Publishing / Publishing

German term or phrase: Prämie

I have checked the glossary, but there is nothing for this context.

What is the common English term for the gifts you get e.g. when you get a friend to take out a subscription to a magazine, say? Or gifts you get yourself when taking out a sub for the first time, like vouchers, coffee machines etc.?

Can they be called incentives?

Karin Walker (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 165 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 136 Germany
Local time: 21:39

giveaways / (bonus) gifts

Explanation:
Not sure incentives would work, although that may be what they are called in a more marketing based texts.

Subscription gifts ... subscription bonues ...

Not sure

HTH

Mary

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Note added at 2002-05-22 11:42:55 (GMT)
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Found quite a few hits for subcription gifts, as below:

http://www.outlookindia.com/gift.htm

Selected response from:

Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:39

Grading comment

Thank you, I immediately thought of bonus gifts as well and found my confirmation here. Thanks to all of you, I think most options could have used had the context been a little different.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

giveaways / (bonus) gifts

Mary Worby

4 +1

incentives

jerrie

cash (signup) bonus

William Stein

4 +1

promotional gifts

Jeannie Graham

4 +1

free gift

Jonathan MacKerron

Option-Bonus

brute (X)

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

incentives

Explanation:
incentives is good.
It usually goes, if you introduce a friend we will give you £10 off your next order, etc

or you could just call them 'promotional offers'
'promotional incentives'
'free gifts'

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Note added at 2002-05-22 11:32:20 (GMT)
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bonus award

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:39
Native speaker of:

English

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

giveaways / (bonus) gifts

Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:39
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 10

Grading comment

Thank you, I immediately thought of bonus gifts as well and found my confirmation here. Thanks to all of you, I think most options could have used had the context been a little different.

22 mins confidence:

cash (signup) bonus

Explanation:
The World Famous Players Only Refer A Friend Program
If your friend deposits $500, you earn $50. Your friend still receives
his/her 10% free cash signup bonus! You're one step closer to one of our ...
www.playersonly.com/misc/refer.html

William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 13:39
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

57 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

promotional gifts

Explanation:
my suggestion

Jeannie Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

Option-Bonus

Explanation:
US term!

brute (X)

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

free gift

Explanation:
The ultimate oxymoron with over 400K hits in the Internet!
As in: "If you order now you'll receive as a free gift this nifty iron lung."

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 29

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