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werbewirksam

English translation: advertising appeal

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German term or phrase:werbewirksam
English translation:advertising appeal
Entered by: Beth Kantus

07:05 Aug 30, 2001
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial
German term or phrase: werbewirksam
context: redesign of company packaging

"...wurde die heutige braune (Firmen-)Schachtel werbewirksam und kundenfreundlicher gestaltet."

"Hintergrund für diese Aktion waren Hinweise aus unserem Marktbereich, daß primär bei unseren Händlern die braunen (Firmen-)Schachteln weit hinten in den Lagerfächern gelagert werden und in den Regalfronten die werbewirksamen Schachteln unserer Mitwettbewerber zu finden sind."

My rendering of the first sentence was that the brown(company) boxes had been redesigned to have a greater promotional impact and to be more customer-oriented, which I am moderately satisfied with.
But now I'm stuck - don't want to use the exact same phrase for the second sentence, and can't think of an alternate way to put it.
Anyone have any ideas?
TIA, Beth
Beth Kantus
United States
Local time: 05:05
a few suggestions...
Explanation:
appealing to the eye, eye-catching.

'having advertising appeal' came up when I entered 'werbewirksam' at the website below, but their suggestion doesn't sound quite peppy enough. The term 'werbewirksam' is so general and bland anyway that it could mean a million different things. Perhaps the author intentionally wanted to be vague.

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shaun samson
Germany
Local time: 11:05
Grading comment
Perfect - I replaced "greater promotional impact" with "greater advertising appeal" and used "more eye-catching" in the second.
Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
na +1a few suggestions...
shaun samson
nahaving advertising appeal
pschmitt
nain good PR manner
Poornima Iyengar


  

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8 mins
having advertising appeal


Explanation:
having advertising appeal, promotional value

pschmitt
Local time: 10:05
PRO pts in pair: 406
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16 mins peer agreement (net): +1
a few suggestions...


Explanation:
appealing to the eye, eye-catching.

'having advertising appeal' came up when I entered 'werbewirksam' at the website below, but their suggestion doesn't sound quite peppy enough. The term 'werbewirksam' is so general and bland anyway that it could mean a million different things. Perhaps the author intentionally wanted to be vague.




    Reference: http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/
shaun samson
Germany
Local time: 11:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 7
Grading comment
Perfect - I replaced "greater promotional impact" with "greater advertising appeal" and used "more eye-catching" in the second.
Thanks!

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agree  Roland Grefer
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20 mins
in good PR manner


Explanation:
HTH
-Poornima


    Reference: http://www.vdws.pl/verbschu.htm
Poornima Iyengar
Local time: 14:35
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 162
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