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Oct 5, 2004 08:48
22 yrs ago
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German term

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Non-ProZ.com Oct 7, 2004:
great answers! thanks a lot to all you wine lovers out there :-)

Proposed translations

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German term (edited): unkompliziertes Trinkvergn�gen
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simple enjoyment

How about "youthful charm and simple enjoyment" (The "Trink-" part is implicit, presuming that you drink the wine rather than wash your socks with it!)
Peer comment(s):

agree Textklick : Agree. "It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption."
1 min
This wine has good legs, but its buttocks are somewhat rumpled
neutral Terence Ajbro : too early in the day to be discussing wine!
4 mins
agree Louise Pendery - formerly Mawbey
5 mins
agree Steffen Walter : Good (sober?) idea ;-)
11 mins
agree jerrie : downright delicious ...
37 mins
agree Valentina Balšić
50 mins
agree Derek Gill Franßen
1 hr
agree writeaway : are you from county Cork? :-)
2 hrs
agree Klaus Herrmann : Some good thinking outside the bottle here...
2 hrs
agree Alison Schwitzgebel : oh darn, you mean I've been getting it wrong all these years! Keeps yer socks smelling sweet tho!
3 hrs
Justifies the existence of British wine, though ...
agree Gareth McMillan : We talking Irish potato wine here?
6 hrs
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German term (edited): unkompliziertes Trinkvergn�gen

an uncomplicated drinking pleasure

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Peer comment(s):

neutral IanW (X) : You really can't use such a literal translation here, IMO
2 mins
I was also a bit in doubt and also thought of "no nonsense" or "just plain" etc.
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11 mins
German term (edited): unkompliziertes Trinkvergn�gen

relaxed savouring

relaxed savouring

or relaxed drinking
















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11 mins
German term (edited): unkompliziertes Trinkvergn�gen

unadulterated pleasure

as in unverfälscht, genuine

unkompliziert can mean plain/not sophisticated
Peer comment(s):

neutral Textklick : Shades of "watered-down"?
17 mins
stimmt - (un)gepanscht
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2 mins
German term (edited): unkompliziertes Trinkvergn�gen

no-frills drinking experience

as a first rough shot

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Note added at 11 mins (2004-10-05 09:00:16 GMT)
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\"drinking *pleasure*\", as suggested by Terence, seems even more appropriate.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Textklick : Makes it sound a bit rough?
5 mins
Perhaps ...
neutral Cilian O'Tuama : also makes it sound cheap
5 mins
... your are both right.
neutral IanW (X) : Hope you're not organising the booze in Düsseldorf :-)
7 mins
No, actually I'm not (ask Klaus for further details or the complete wine list ;-)) // Your idea is better indeed.
neutral Michele Johnson : Rot-gut red from Chateau Screwtop?
1 hr
Possibly Chateau Reibach / Billigfusel zu Mondpreisen ;-) (but I digress...)
neutral writeaway : no frills? ie you have to stand up and drink straight out of the bottle? :-)
2 hrs
Perhaps this is what that wine deserves ;-)
agree Klaus Herrmann : There you go: http://www.local-language.com/test/powwoww-karte.pdf
3 hrs
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48 mins
German term (edited): unkompliziertes Trinkvergn�gen

youthful, charming and uncomplicated - a joy to drink

Merely a suggestion - depends on the style of the rest of the text, I suppose
Peer comment(s):

agree Steffen Walter : good one as well
26 mins
agree Eckhard Boehle
3 hrs
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49 mins

easy-drinking

Another option
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11 hrs
German term (edited): unkompliziertes Trinkvergn�gen

an uncomplicated wine...

full of youthful charm/bursting with youthful exuberance
Peer comment(s):

agree Steffen Walter : Aha - the connoisseur has spoken :-)
1 hr
ooh...thank you! ;-)
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20 hrs
German term (edited): unkompliziertes Trinkvergn�gen

one of life's simple pleasures

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