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11:18 May 18, 2022 

Thanks everyone for your help with this. I had not come across the phrase before so I have learned something to pop into the glossary. Love all the suggestions but this particular brand of marketing is just a bit conservative!

10:11 May 18, 2022 

Nice that you said 'probably.'

06:34 May 18, 2022 

... something like "... easily/certainly hold its own against ...". The rest is fairly straightforward. Any translation that retains the image of "emerald" or "water" will probably sound contrived. I assume Michael's suggestion isn't a serious one.

05:44 May 18, 2022 

is racy? Oh dear! So, what about refreshing island? There's the water aspect. I have the same association with classy - classy broad, class act. Not so flattering or exclusive.

05:29 May 18, 2022 

I root for Allegro, but for some reason there's no peer comments window

20:22 May 17, 2022 

What do you think about "can (easily or more than) hold its own..." considering the, let's say, competitive environment?

E.g., "Dollywood, less crowded, less expensive, but can hold its own against Disney."
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g55270-d777246...

"One thing is abundantly clear about Zao Onsen - it is a ski resort that can hold its own against the better known resorts in terms of skiing and snow quality..."
https://stories.powderbyrne.com/stories/2021/4/28/a-tohoku-s...

"Lech may hold its own with chic destinations like Aspen, Whistler, St. Moritz and Gstaad, but it manages to feel homey."
nytimes.com/2008/12/07/travel/07explorer.html

As an aside, I agree with you and Allegro to ditch smaragdfarben, which seems to be a marketing ploy anyways.

Türkisfarben would be a more common way to describe the idea of clean, crystal-clear water, but that's not exactly luxurious, thus, emerald green.

Best wishes

12:34 May 17, 2022 

... but "classy" sounds a bit colloquial and makes me think of "classy broad" - a term I would never use. If I ever tried, there would be instant repercussions (SWMBO; I don't think I'm allowed to say that either).
"Can hold a candle to" doesn't do it for me ...
16 hits for "restful jewel", and you don't want your children to be looking at the second page of hits.

11:56 May 17, 2022 

Totally agree - I simply whizzed this through GT as I am busy translating today. I don't see anything particularly tricky here - just a matter of finding the register to suit the "high end" brochure. A Thesaurus is always useful and often yields better suggestions than contributors (including myself)

11:26 May 17, 2022 

LOL at "definitely bin the "emerald" idea"! =D I was actually wondering which waters are meant to be "emerald-green" the ones in the "Kurbädern" or the ones in the "Spa-Bereich"... =/

11:23 May 17, 2022 

... but just throwing in a couple of ideas for the more creative minds on here: "is absolutely on a par with", "need not fear comparison with" (neither is great, admittedly). "Noble" won't work with a spa area, maybe "wellness area", "stylish", and definitely bin the "emerald" idea. Perhaps "luxurious", "grand", "lavish" ...

10:49 May 17, 2022 

It's definitely a tricky one... It's playing on the phrase "jmd. kann jmdm. nicht das Wasser reichen". Comparable to the EN "so. can't hold a candle to so." Obviously candles won't work in this context ;) so you'll probably have to completely transcreate the sentence and build in a watery idiom in EN. I'll have a think and see if I can come up with something that I can propose as a proper answer ;)