heiße Öfen

English translation: Motorcycles

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German term or phrase:heiße Öfen
English translation:Motorcycles
Entered by: Chinmayi Sripada

10:13 Mar 28, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism
German term or phrase: heiße Öfen
Motorrad für Monument: Die US-Schauspieler Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck und Laurence Fishburne haben ihr gutes Herz entdeckt. Sie wollen ihre heißen Öfen verkaufen, damit Martin Luther King ein Denkmal erhält

What dose "heiße Öfen" mean here?

Thank you in advance!
Jianming Sun
Local time: 01:33
Motorcycles
Explanation:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/artandlife/1404AP_Celeb_Motorc...

I found this News article in English

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Note added at 11 mins (2006-03-28 10:24:39 GMT)
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I am guessing it must be Journalism speech to call the Motorcycles heiße Öfen

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Note added at 14 mins (2006-03-28 10:28:14 GMT)
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Another note: I googled heiße Öfen some more and found that its pretty common to refer to Motorcyles that way.
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Chinmayi Sripada
Local time: 23:03
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Thank you all for kind help!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Motorcycles
Chinmayi Sripada
4 +2s.u.
kk ll (X)
3 +2wheels
Francis Lee (X)


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Motorcycles


Explanation:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/artandlife/1404AP_Celeb_Motorc...

I found this News article in English

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Note added at 11 mins (2006-03-28 10:24:39 GMT)
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I am guessing it must be Journalism speech to call the Motorcycles heiße Öfen

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Note added at 14 mins (2006-03-28 10:28:14 GMT)
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Another note: I googled heiße Öfen some more and found that its pretty common to refer to Motorcyles that way.


Chinmayi Sripada
Local time: 23:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you all for kind help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francis Lee (X): strictly speaking, of course, the Asker will need a synonym because "Motorrad" appears at the start, but Jianming only asked for an explanation, so ...
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
s.u.


Explanation:
heißer Ofen {m} (Motorrad)
slang: mean machine [Am.]
slang: ton-up machine [Br.]

zum aussuchen :-))

kk ll (X)
Germany
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nicole Schnell
12 mins
  -> Danke sehr Nicole :-))

neutral  Ian M-H (X): Not much evidence for "ton-up machine" being BE, apart from DE-EN online dictionaries, and it sounds a little quaint to me
1 hr

agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): mean machine seems to be more commonly usedm
2 hrs

neutral  Francis Lee (X): w/ Ian; can you justify/explain your CL4, please?
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
wheels


Explanation:
Given that "Motorrad" is in the intro, this would be a perfectly clear synonym.

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or, should you have "motorcycles" for "Motorrad":
- bikes

Francis Lee (X)
Local time: 18:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 39

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ian M-H (X)
23 mins

agree  JSolis: hot wheels, definitely
7 hrs
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