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Wenn einer eine Reise tut, dann kann er was erzählen

English translation: Travelling give you something to talk about

14:21 Jul 23, 2002
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
German term or phrase: Wenn einer eine Reise tut, dann kann er was erzählen
Überschrift in einem Werbebrief; aber an sich eigenständige Redewendung
Stefanie
English translation:Travelling give you something to talk about
Explanation:
Travelling gives you plenty of stories to tell ...

The only idiomatic equivalent I can think of in English is \'Travel broadens the mind\' - but the meaning is not the same )-:

HTH

Mary
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Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:44
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Danke für den Alternativvorschlag, wenn's schon keine entsprechende Redewendung gibt!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1One/(S/he) who travels has always a story to tell
Сергей Лузан
5Travelling is always eventful
Bob Kerns (X)
3 +2he who travels has a story to tell
Cilian O'Tuama
3 +1Travelling give you something to talk about
Mary Worby
4When someone does a journey he has a story to tell
Eckhard Boehle


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Travelling is always eventful


Explanation:
From Oxford/Duden!!

Bob Kerns (X)
Germany
Local time: 14:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
he who travels has a story to tell


Explanation:
literal

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Note added at 2002-07-23 14:33:14 (GMT)
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A common denominator for Jan Svensen\'s varieties of figurative art, which springs easily to mind, is the Journey. The familiar expression \"he who travels has a story to tell\" is applicable to Svensen. In his art, \'the story\' is told by way of personal signs, elements and fragments whose meaning is somewhat unfinished. Accordingly, his works have something in common with the nature of the journey itself, the journey into the unknown: we watch, discern, believe and interpret.
http://www.jansvensen.com/NewFiles/infoe.html

The cited \"familiar\" expression can\'t be that familiar though, as it only gets a single google hit.

Maybe this\'ll help anyway :-)


Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 14:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: Like it.
49 mins
agree  stefana
2 days 5 hrs
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Travelling give you something to talk about


Explanation:
Travelling gives you plenty of stories to tell ...

The only idiomatic equivalent I can think of in English is \'Travel broadens the mind\' - but the meaning is not the same )-:

HTH

Mary

Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Danke für den Alternativvorschlag, wenn's schon keine entsprechende Redewendung gibt!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Сергей Лузан: Travelling gives/ Travelling gives. "s" is required in some place anyway, don't you find (excepting AE colloquial speech surely)? Thanx for help with French again.
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Yes - just a slip of the fingers missing out that 's' ....
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
When someone does a journey he has a story to tell


Explanation:
I like this one very much!

Here\'s some (more) translations I found by way of google:

\"Wenn einer eine Reise tut, dann kann er was erzählen!\"
Trying to translate: \"If someone travels, he is able to tell stories.\"
Or simply said: \"Traveling is always eventful.\"

iPeople | Art
... [20-Dec-2000]. ... When someone does a journey he has a story to tell. \"Wenn einer
eine Reise tut, dann kann er was erzählen.\" [Send this post to a friend] ...
forums.iagora.com/posts.html::message_id=54426 - 29k - Cached - Similar pages

iPeople | Art
... When someone does a journey he has a story to tell. \"Wenn einer eine Reise tut,
dann kann er was erzählen.\" [Send this post to a friend], Re: Why not? ...
forums.iagora.com/posts.html::message_id=54688 - 29k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from forums.iagora.com ]



Eckhard Boehle
Germany
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of: German
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
One/(S/he) who travels has always a story to tell


Explanation:
Experience.

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 15:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cornelia Godwin: One who travels always has a story to tell...
3 hrs
  -> Thanx. Everyone does...
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