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Frisch auf

English translation: go ahead - give it a try!

19:53 Jun 24, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing / Market Research
German term or phrase: Frisch auf
Wie viele verschiedene Kräuter können Sie riechen?
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Frisch auf – finden Sie es heraus!

This text is from an advertising brochure for a "discovery tour" in the Alps. What does the saying "Frisch auf" mean? Just something like "Come on!", or is there more to it?
babbelbekkie
Local time: 09:45
English translation:go ahead - give it a try!
Explanation:
will take care of the entire sentence: "Frisch auf - finden Sie es heraus"
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swisstell
Italy
Local time: 09:45
Grading comment
Thanks to everybody for your input and explanations!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8go ahead - give it a try!
swisstell
4 +6Let's get going!
Susan Welsh
3 +6Come on [and discover nature's secrets]!
Helen Shiner
1 -3freshly picked fragrant herbs and Swiss pine cones - find out
andres-larsen
Summary of reference entries provided
"Frisch auf"
Johanna Timm, PhD
Bernhard Sulzer

  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): -3
freshly picked fragrant herbs and Swiss pine cones - find out


Explanation:
freshly picked fragrant herbs and Swiss pine cones - find out

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-06-24 20:02:56 GMT)
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DESCRIPTION OF SCENTS-4OREGANO-A FRAGRANT HERB SCENT, VERY DIFFERENT, AND NICE. ..... PINE CONE SPICED POMANDER-VERY SPICY NOTES OF CINNAMON, CLOVE, GINGER AND NUTMEG ROUNDED OUT ..... ALTOGETHER THE SCENT IS REMINISCENT OF A FRESH PINE FOREST. ..... SUMMER BOUQUET-A FRESH PICKED, WILD FLOWER SUMMER BOUQUET WITH NOTES OF BOUGAINVILLEA, ...
www.soapssaltsetc.com/id75.html -

PCA Food Education - BasicsChives - A fragrant herb with slender, hollow green stems and a mild onion flavor. ... As soon as it is picked, the corn's sugar begins to convert into starch. .... Fresh goat's milk is sometimes available in health food stores. ..... Pine Nut - An high-fat nut from inside the pine cones of several pine trees. ...
www.professionalchef.com/.../Volume/.../BasicMethods.htm -

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 03:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: "Frisch auf" is the queried term and it's an idiomatic phrase meaning let's go, etc. Once again your refs fail to show a link between the source term and your proposal.
41 mins
disagree  Olaf (X): with Kim. Your answer doesn't make sense
1 hr
disagree  Textklick: Kim says it
2 hrs
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Let's get going!


Explanation:
Apparently this is an old German expression--see link below.


    Reference: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/germanlanguageclub/message/394...
Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 03:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: Or Off we go!
21 mins
agree  Anne-Marie Grant (X): Or 'Let's go!'
33 mins
agree  maja.freelan (X)
48 mins
agree  Textklick
2 hrs
agree  Marianna Tucci
9 hrs
agree  Trudy Peters: Let's go!
17 hrs
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
go ahead - give it a try!


Explanation:
will take care of the entire sentence: "Frisch auf - finden Sie es heraus"

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 09:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 59
Grading comment
Thanks to everybody for your input and explanations!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne-Marie Grant (X)
22 mins
  -> thanks a lot!
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): or: let's have a go at it maybe?
30 mins
  -> thanks a lot - many such variations are possible
agree  Trudy Peters: I like that!
40 mins
  -> thanks, Trudy!
agree  maja.freelan (X)
48 mins
  -> many thanks, Maja
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: but it is missing the "fresh" aspect of the original which IMnon-nativeO they want to draw attention to, otherwise they'd have said sth. like "leg los" oder "mach doch" - maybe sth. with "refresh"?
48 mins
  -> go RIGHT ahead ... might take care of your point
agree  Bernhard Sulzer: go right ahead - find out for yourself ...
2 hrs
  -> thanks, Bernhard!
agree  robin25
7 hrs
  -> thanks, Robin!
agree  Marianna Tucci
9 hrs
  -> many thanks, Marianna!
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
2 days 14 hrs
  -> danke bestens, Harald!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Come on [and discover nature's secrets]!


Explanation:
Not a translation of the phrase as such, just an attempt to get all the relevant bits in line and put together something that sounds appealing in a marketing context.

or 'Join us in discovering nature's delights!'

Sticking too close to 'Frisch auf' seems to be leading to rather wooden options....

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 27

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nicole Schnell
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Nicole
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: nice!
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Johanna
agree  Audrey Foster (X): 'Join us in discovering nature's delights!'
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Audrey
agree  Marianna Tucci
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marianna
agree  Bernhard Sulzer: good approach!:)
16 hrs
  -> Thanks, Bernhard
agree  Kim Metzger: Another good one.
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Thanks, Kim
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Reference comments


1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: "Frisch auf"

Reference information:
ist leicht altertümelnd und stammt ursprgl. aus den Liedern der Wandervogelbewegung z.B. "Frisch auf, frisch auf mit frohem Mut im Moregnsonnenstrahl!..." Wohl aus dieser Tradition heraus wurde "Frisch auf" dann später als Titel von Sportvereinen beliebt.

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Textklick: It has little to do with 'fresh' as stated above. cf www.ott-malinao.de/baden/d/lied.html I think Susan has it.
1 hr
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3 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference

Reference information:
it is similar to "frisch auf etwas losgehen - to start something enthusiastically, with will

http://books.google.com/books?id=Ve-Q4qZ1ycoC&pg=PA456&lpg=P...
frisch auf etwas losgehen

in other words, don't be shy about it, go right ahead, come on, get going ...

Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 45

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Jutta Wappel
7 hrs
  -> danke, Jutta!
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