May 23, 2013 07:12
10 yrs ago
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German term
Germany
Practical business experience, reliable
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German
König Fußball regiert die (Um)welt!
German to English
Marketing
Marketing / Market Research
A heading in a marketing text pertaining to the environmental activities of a football club, any help very welcome.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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18 mins
Heather McCrae
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Works in field
Germany
Professional and reliable translations
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English
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8
Selected
Football rules the "environmental" world!
looking at the article in question, found it on google ;), I would say this sounds good and carries the right "intonation"
anyway, hope that helps :)
or maybe:
Football goes green
Football clubs see green
anyway, hope that helps :)
or maybe:
Football goes green
Football clubs see green
Peer comment(s):
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Thayenga
: It does. :)
18 mins
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Davina Hepworth
: I like 'Football goes green'. It's a bit snappier and, I think, more suited to the headline of an article.
1 hr
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Phoebe Indetzki
: Also like "Football goes green" best
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writeaway
: best to stick close to what they already have/like. Goes green works nicely. Because in the social environment, football can be poisonous
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Alison MacG
: Football goes green/Football's going green (but ref to "Fußball ist unser Leben…denn König Fußball regiert die Welt." is lost. (Wer kennt nicht das König-Fußball-Lied, das die Nationalmannschaft von 1974 zum WM-Sieg aufgenommen hat.) YouTube videos avail!
4 hrs
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Lancashireman
: goes green
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Melanie Meyer
: with 'goes green'
7 hrs
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Cilian O'Tuama
: anything with king/majesty is way wide of the post, at least in the English I'm familiar with.// Am changing to neutral as I now reckon this too is too forced. Not to worry. :-)
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Bernhard Sulzer
: don't agree with your main sugg. - too literal and "environmental world" doesn't work for me; I believe we need a typically English saying and vary it like the original; "football is King" is one; "goes green" is a bit weak.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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11 mins
freekfluweel
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
M.Sc. in Architecture, B.A.
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: Dutch to German, German to Dutch, English to Dutch, and 5 more.
Football kings the green world!
... to get things going...
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or:
the world environment!
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or:
the world environment!
+1
20 mins
His majesty Football wields/holds (reigns/rules with) a green sceptor
na ja, I've had better ideas, but maybe someone can work with this.
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Eleanore Strauss
: Actually the idea is good. I would change it to simply King Football reigns with a green scepter (correct spelling) - or even rules the Environment (capitalized)
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Thanks ElliCom, however you spell that thing the big guy holds - my spelling is obviously passé, but was once correct, believe me. I was once an Anglophile of the worst, queen adoring sort!
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Cilian O'Tuama
: his majesty football?
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Whatever
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Lancashireman
: Dearest Dame Ramey, least dogmatic and therefore most favoured of all American contributors to this site! The USA abjures monarchy, hence the correct spelling is 'sceptre'.
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Sir Andrew, she's your Queen, I'm just an 'umble servant, sceptre/scepter/sceptor, 'cept her.
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Michael Martin, MA
: You probably ARE the least dogmatic of us all. And yet, it's funny this should be brought up at all considering the myriads of objections to US English I've seen on this site compared with the mere trickle of complaints in the other direction//Good reply!
2 days 3 hrs
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The trickles tickle and the torrents flash by: language is my joy, I skip the jostling wherever possible. I'm a very small woman, so I fight with very special weapons - laughter being my favo(u)rite as I can also wield it against myself.
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polyglot45
Native in English
Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
Eco football rules (the world)
titles must be short and snappy, even if it means taking liberties in the translation
2 hrs
King Soccer rules the (eco)world!
It's King Soccer if the audience for the translation is American; change to King Football if the audience is British.
Peer comment(s):
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freekfluweel
: That's just about as literal as it can get! Not so sure about "King S/F" but since you're American...
19 mins
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writeaway
: it's football over here (not soccer) and 100% confidence means you are 100% sure this is the correct answer. A bit OTT in the context imo
26 mins
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Lancashireman
: "Soccer" is a massive turn-off to a non-USA readership.
33 mins
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Heather McCrae
: King football means zilch to non USA's :)
1 hr
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Cilian O'Tuama
: "König Fussball" is a feststehender Begriff in German. It can't just be translated literally as you've suggested.
13 hrs
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1 day 7 hrs
Michael Martin, MA
United States
United States
Native in German
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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116
A Green World through Football
Even though my source talks about the other type of football, this could be adapted to the real thing as well. This wants to get the same message across as the original, in my opinion. Solutions that keep close to the original may run the risk of sounding a little contrived.
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Not sure what Andrew's concern is here. There are millions of examples for slogans using the same structure. Just google "a better world through"...
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Not sure what Andrew's concern is here. There are millions of examples for slogans using the same structure. Just google "a better world through"...
Reference:
http://blogs.uoregon.edu/environmentalliterature230/2012/10/04/a-green-world-through-football/
Peer comment(s):
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Lancashireman
: Eine grüne Welt durch Fussball? 'Durch' rarely translates straightforwardly as 'through'. In fact, I usually turn the construction round: Football for a green world. Though as you suggest, this does sound a little contrived.
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I came up with the English phrase as is, not your German phrase. Any comparisons between "durch" and "through" are yours, not mine. They had no bearing on how I came up with this solution.
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2 days 22 hrs
Bernhard Sulzer
United States
United States
Native in German
Specializes in field
United States
High quality at a reasonable price
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, German, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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45
football is king (in the green world)
late thoughts .....
football clubs score big being green
or with a similar approach as the German original:
football is king (in the green world/in the environment)
football clubs score huge (green) goal
http://www.bloomberg.com/article/2013-03-04/a_u6dMIkWgWA.htm...
Delta Vacations is scoring big with soccer fans throughout the U.S. and Canada with an unforgettable tour with one the world’s most famous soccer teams. Now, travelers visiting London can schedule an interactive tour of the Chelsea Football Club’s stadium and museum.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-grayson/eco-etiquette...
being black in the green world
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Note added at 2 days23 hrs (2013-05-26 06:21:45 GMT)
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one more variation:
football is king in the (green) world
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instead of "green" world, "eco-friendly" world would also be possible.
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Note added at 3 days18 hrs (2013-05-27 02:08:09 GMT)
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here is one more suggestion from a colleague:
football reigns supreme in the eco world
football clubs score big being green
or with a similar approach as the German original:
football is king (in the green world/in the environment)
football clubs score huge (green) goal
http://www.bloomberg.com/article/2013-03-04/a_u6dMIkWgWA.htm...
Delta Vacations is scoring big with soccer fans throughout the U.S. and Canada with an unforgettable tour with one the world’s most famous soccer teams. Now, travelers visiting London can schedule an interactive tour of the Chelsea Football Club’s stadium and museum.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-grayson/eco-etiquette...
being black in the green world
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Note added at 2 days23 hrs (2013-05-26 06:21:45 GMT)
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one more variation:
football is king in the (green) world
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Note added at 2 days23 hrs (2013-05-26 06:24:24 GMT)
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instead of "green" world, "eco-friendly" world would also be possible.
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Note added at 3 days18 hrs (2013-05-27 02:08:09 GMT)
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here is one more suggestion from a colleague:
football reigns supreme in the eco world
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