Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Qualität trifft auf Qualität

English translation:

Excellence inspires excellence

Added to glossary by Wendy Streitparth
Aug 15, 2010 18:00
13 yrs ago
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German term

Qualität trifft auf Qualität

German to English Marketing Marketing
This is a motto of a company overseeing clinical trials ( =monitor).

I am looking for a catchy and succinct phrase... Any ideas?
Change log

Aug 22, 2010 14:31: Wendy Streitparth Created KOG entry

Aug 22, 2010 14:31: Wendy Streitparth changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1219907">Wendy Streitparth's</a> old entry - "Qualität trifft auf Qualität"" to ""Excellence inspires excellence""

Discussion

Lirka (asker) Aug 22, 2010:
Dear All, Thanks so much for your valuable contributions. Many great ideas have been provided, and I decided to go with "When quality meets quality (combining Stefani's and Andrew's suggestions) and offer "Excellence inspires excellence" as an alternative-- for the client to decide. Since Stefani did not post her answer, I am awarding points to Wendy for her equally excellent suggestion. Thanks again!
ArnoTranslat (X) Aug 16, 2010:
Wow! I actually agree with Andrew on something :)
When..., or Where... . It depends a bit on what follows in the piece.
Wendy Streitparth Aug 16, 2010:
@ Andrew: yes that does sound better.
Lancashireman Aug 16, 2010:
When quality meets quality “Quality meets quality” works better as a title/slogan when preceded by “When…”. Some examples here: http://tinyurl.com/33v5ouq
Daniel House Aug 15, 2010:
'Bringing the experts together' - a bit of a leap from the original but sounds more like a potential company motto

Lirka (asker) Aug 15, 2010:
@ B;I am not sure. I think the 'first' quality is their company, and the 'second' quality are the partners...
Bernhard Sulzer Aug 15, 2010:
what does the first quality stands for (quality control?) and the second one (quality trials?) Thx.;)
Lirka (asker) Aug 15, 2010:
@Stefani: Perhaps this piece of info helps: This company acts as s a link/liaison between the sponsor (pharmaceutical company) and the study doctor. They monitor clinical trials.
Stefanie Reinhold Aug 15, 2010:
Is there any more context that would make it easier to answer this question?
How about "quality meets quality"

Proposed translations

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Excellence inspires excellence

Inspired by Daniel's discussion entry!
Peer comment(s):

agree Johanna Timm, PhD : simply excellent :-)
22 mins
Zu viel der Ehre! Danke, Johanna.
agree Nicole Schnell : Nice!
2 hrs
Vielen Dank Nicole
agree Nicole Backhaus
7 hrs
Danke schön Nicole
agree Rolf Keiser : great!
12 hrs
Thanks Goldcoaster
agree Melanie Meyer
17 hrs
Vielen Dank Melanie
agree Craig Meulen
18 hrs
Thanks Craig
agree Bernhard Sulzer : good one, albeit the context is rather vague.
19 hrs
Thanks Bernhard
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
20 hrs
Thank you Harald
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Wendy :)"
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Quality encounters quality

Just a suggestion.
Stefani Harper's suggestion is fine too. I could support too.
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Quality spurs quality

(Trying to stay within the medical/pharmaceutical genre.)

alternatively:

Quality compounds quality

Quality joins quality

Finally:
instead of Quality, one could substitute Expertise in English. Qualität appears to be a very German term in this context.



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quality begets quality

over 200,000 google hits with this one, so could be used even if a little archaic in tone
Note from asker:
Thanks, mbrodie, also a good one :)
Peer comment(s):

agree athena22 : Or: Quality breeds quality
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agree Bernhard Sulzer : or with Andrew's suggestion, when quality inspires/begets quality.
19 hrs
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Excellence from the specialists

Wandering a bit further from the literal translation to try and convey a possible meaning is a more natural way, though it is not particular clear what the context is here.
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