16:36 Jan 17, 2011 

I quite agree re. the variety & repetition. The problem is partly Trados. Translating one term differently is too much for Trados to cope with, even though it does have an option of allowing multiple translations for the same term. Trados doesn't have any qualms about "Wiederholungsfehler" though, unlike real German speakers, but rather aims to eradicate inconsistency.

@Mary: I believe it is the clothes that are being referred to here:
"Lieblingsstücke ... die selbstverständlich, praktikabel und tragbar daher kommen".

14:18 Jan 17, 2011 

interesting question is how to deal with "daher kommen."

13:44 Jan 17, 2011 

practical. It's practicable. It's the Ausdruck that is praktikabel, not the clothes. And I'm not crazy about fashionable freedom. The freedom is not fashionable - it's a freedom concerning fashion. You might think about changing the wording a little. Grüße!

10:53 Jan 17, 2011 

Your proofreaders obviously did not have the same English teachers as I did! Ours positively encouraged us to vary our use of words; using the same word too often was discouraged.

09:55 Jan 17, 2011 

but I don't think it's possible to use the same word in both contexts.

09:54 Jan 17, 2011 

in this case

09:33 Jan 17, 2011 

in the same document, but entirely separate:

"Leder und Textilien von weichem Wohlgefühl und langlebigem Selbstverständnis bestimmen das Bild."

I suspect this may call for a different translation, although that would definitely not go down too well, as consistency is my proof readers' holy grail.

07:18 Jan 17, 2011 

This expression of fashionable freedom is best reflected by favourites that are matter of fact, practical and wearable.