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stark umworben

English translation: much sought after

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German term or phrase:stark umworben
English translation:much sought after
Entered by: Kim Metzger

13:37 Aug 7, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
German term or phrase: stark umworben
Umwerben is to court, woo or solicit. The idea expressed in "zu der stark umworbenen Klientel der internationalen Kunststoffmaschinenindustrie gehören" is clear, but after wrestling with it I haven't been able to find an elegant way to express it in English. Help would be appreciated.

Da sind einmal die lokalen Großunternehmen, die sich anschicken international zu operieren. Und zum anderen gibt es die großen Multinationalen Konzerne, die sich in China angesiedelt haben und mittlerweile zu der stark umworbenen Klientel der internationalen Kunststoffmaschinenindustrie gehören.
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 20:23
much sought after
Explanation:
might suit the purpose
Selected response from:

Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 05:23
Grading comment
Thank you armaat and everybody else. That will do nicely here.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7much sought after
Melanie Nassar
4to be highly in demand/ to be in (great) demand
Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
4strongly pursued
Ted Wozniak
4belong to the most attractive clientele
Nancy Arrowsmith
3assiduously courted
Lancashireman
3highly targeted clientele
Nicole Schnell
3most preferred
Raghunathan Rajagopalan


  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
much sought after


Explanation:
might suit the purpose

Melanie Nassar
United States
Local time: 05:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you armaat and everybody else. That will do nicely here.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood: how about "highly" sought after
40 mins
  -> thanks, that's very nice also
agree  Jonathan MacKerron: my take as well
43 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Brie Vernier
51 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Claire Langhard: sounds good to me
1 hr
  -> thanks
agree  Steffen Walter
1 hr
agree  Jan Vano
6 hrs
agree  Sabine Tietge
16 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to be highly in demand/ to be in (great) demand


Explanation:
Im Sinne von "sehr gefragt sein".

Katharina Wawrzon-Stewart
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in PolishPolish
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
strongly pursued


Explanation:
other alternatives -
wooed, pandered to, fawned over

Ted Wozniak
United States
Local time: 21:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 91
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
assiduously courted


Explanation:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q="assiduously courted"...

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Note added at 45 mins (2005-08-07 14:23:36 GMT)
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For \'umwerben\' how about something with \'curry favour\'?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q="curry favour with"&m...

e.g. \"...are among those clients with whom the international KSMI most seek to curry favour.\"

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Note added at 2 hrs 3 mins (2005-08-07 15:41:30 GMT)
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Another past participle that collocates happily with \'clientele\' is \'prized\'
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q="prized clientele"&me...

(Re other possible translations of ‘umworben’: the choice of this verb suggests that the KSMI have already identified their clientele, i.e. they are past the point of having to search them out)


Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 305
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
belong to the most attractive clientele


Explanation:
turn the whole thing around from the point of view of those seeking out these customers, and it's fairly simple


wined and dined is another possibility, but it's hard to fit into context.

Nancy Arrowsmith
Local time: 20:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
highly targeted clientele


Explanation:
please google this term - it's pretty common in marketing

Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 19:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 112
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
most preferred


Explanation:
is another possibility

Raghunathan Rajagopalan
Local time: 07:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 34
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