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BIOFEST 2004

English translation: BioFestival 2004

16:25 Mar 3, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Furniture / Household Appliances / general
German term or phrase: BIOFEST 2004
Listed in a list of events.
I can't come up with any decent solution, sorry. Who can help?
silvia glatzhofer
Local time: 16:53
English translation:BioFestival 2004
Explanation:
from an Australian website

Selected response from:

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 16:53
Grading comment
As my client did not want to leave it German and insisted on a translation, I went for the BioFestival.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +5leave as is
Jonathan MacKerron
4BioFestival 2004
Edith Kelly
3GREENFEST 2004
NGK


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
BioFestival 2004


Explanation:
from an Australian website




    Reference: http://www.definitiveevents.com.au/BioFestival.html
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 16:53
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
As my client did not want to leave it German and insisted on a translation, I went for the BioFestival.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  NGK: Well, assuming it should be translated at all, I'm not sure that "bio" conveys the same message in English as it does in German. Bio in the link refers to biotechnology; in German it usually means environmentally friendly, organic, "non-chemical" etc.
6 mins
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
GREENFEST 2004


Explanation:
maybe? Although I would be hesitant to translate this at all since it's basically a proper name.


    Reference: http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=greenf...
NGK
United States
Local time: 09:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 20
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +5
leave as is


Explanation:
should be easily understood in English

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Note added at 2 mins (2004-03-03 16:27:39 GMT)
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perhaps a short description in parentheses (bio celebration) or some such like

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Note added at 3 mins (2004-03-03 16:28:44 GMT)
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(bio-festival)


Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  IanW (X)
2 mins
agree  Dr.G.MD (X)
4 mins
agree  jccantrell: I would also tend to leave it as it--if it is a name, then for sure.
17 mins
agree  Holly Hart
19 mins
agree  Mario Marcolin
5 hrs
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