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English translation: make your life gilt-edged

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Swedish term or phrase:	slipad guldkant på tillvaron
English translation:	make your life gilt-edged
Entered by:	Peter Linton

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07:36 Dec 8, 2004

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Advertising / Public Relations / Skiing

Swedish term or phrase: slipad guldkant på tillvaron

From advertising for a ski-hire outlet - it's a large heading on a small piece of paper. Inspiration needed! (On a bit of a tight deadline).

Clare Barnes KudoZ activity Questions: 39 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 542 Sweden
Local time: 21:20

make your life gilt-edged

Explanation:
Another suggestion. 'Gilt-edged' is quite a common term for something special, derived from ther finance industry - Government stocks used to have a gilt edge on the paper, to make them look impressive.

Selected response from:

Peter Linton
Local time: 20:20

Grading comment

Thank you everyone. I actually went for something along the lines of putting a gilt-edge on your skiing (no holidays involved in this text, though Sven's picked out the right context)!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

cutting edge vaccation

Sven Petersson

gilded holiday opportuity

George Hopkins

make your life gilt-edged

Peter Linton

the frosting on life's cake

Christine Andersen

Holiday with a sharp gilt edge

Anette Herbert

live life on the (sharpened) edge

EKM

Answers

17 mins confidence:

slipad guldkant på tillvaron live life on the (sharpened) edge

Explanation:
Not so much a suggestion as thinking aloud.

EKM
Local time: 21:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Swedish

26 mins confidence:

slipad guldkant på tillvaron the frosting on life's cake

Explanation:
I don't know if this is too much of a good thing, but it was the first thing that came into my head.

'frosting on the cookie' ?

Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 21:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

35 mins confidence:

slipad guldkant på tillvaron gilded holiday opportuity

Explanation:
Or: golden holiday chance, or something in that vein.

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Note added at 35 mins (2004-12-08 08:12:25 GMT)
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Sorry: opportunity

George Hopkins
Local time: 21:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

2 hrs confidence:

slipad guldkant på tillvaron Holiday with a sharp gilt edge

Explanation:
Gilt edged life säger man på engelska för en guldkantad tillvaro, sharp som i slipade skidor och holiday kan ju bli vacation eller break, eller experience (experience the sharp guilt edge here)
Lycka till!

Anette Herbert
Local time: 20:20
Native speaker of:

Swedish
PRO pts in category: 2

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

slipad guldkant på tillvaron cutting edge vaccation

Explanation:
Assuming you are talking about http://salen.skistar.com/parser.php?did=4:70501

:o)

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Note added at 4 hrs 29 mins (2004-12-08 12:06:18 GMT)
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OOPS!
Plese read: \"cutting edge vacation\"

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 21:20
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English
PRO pts in category: 21

6 hrs confidence:

slipad guldkant på tillvaron

make your life gilt-edged

Peter Linton
Local time: 20:20
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you everyone. I actually went for something along the lines of putting a gilt-edge on your skiing (no holidays involved in this text, though Sven's picked out the right context)!

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