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lockt kleine und große Wasserratten ins kühle Nass

English translation: X is now an inviting place, attracting swimmers of all ages to enjoy a pleasant dip

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German term or phrase:X lockt kleine und große Wasserratten ins kühle Nass
English translation:X is now an inviting place, attracting swimmers of all ages to enjoy a pleasant dip
Entered by: Sebastian Witte

10:44 Jul 19, 2019
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research / Garden joys - Germany/Switzerland
German term or phrase: lockt kleine und große Wasserratten ins kühle Nass
Hello again,

DE:
Ein herrschaftlicher Wohnsitz, eingebettet in eine abwechslungsreiche Parklandschaft, die mit dem atemberaubenden Panorama aus Berg- und Seeblick eine schwelgerische Liaison eingeht.
Weyhe, ein Meister der Alleen, schuf mit einem Ensemble aus heimischen und exotischen Bäumen,  verschlungenen Wegen und imposanten Blicken ein bis heute beglückendes Gesamtkunstwerk.
Auf den Rasenflächen ruhen Badende, die unter dem Dach der mächtigen Bäume Schatten finden.
Im heutigen Hofbad ***lockt*** einer der ehemaligen kleinen Häfen ***kleine und große Wasserratten ins kühle Nass***

EN - very rough draft:
In the present-day Courtyard Spa, one of the former small harbours ***entices bathing lovers, [...] and [...], to step into the cool water.***

Cheers,
Sebastian Witte
Germany
Local time: 21:58
attracting swimmers of all ages to enjoy a pleasant dip
Explanation:
The Courtyard Spa in one of the former harbours is now an inviting place, attracting swimmers of all ages to enjoy a pleasant dip.
Selected response from:

Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
Germany
Local time: 21:58
Grading comment
Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4attracting swimmers of all ages to enjoy a pleasant dip
Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
3 +2... tempts waterbabies of all ages to take a refreshing dip ...
Mair A-W (PhD)
4lures water enthusiasts of all ages to cool off in its waters
Michael Martin, MA
2draws keen bathers, big and small, into the pool to take the plunge and keep cool
Adrian MM.


Discussion entries: 9





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
... tempts waterbabies of all ages to take a refreshing dip ...


Explanation:
a suggestion

Mair A-W (PhD)
Germany
Local time: 21:58
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: This is nice because it preserves the German idea.
1 hr
agree  Michele Fauble
5 hrs
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
attracting swimmers of all ages to enjoy a pleasant dip


Explanation:
The Courtyard Spa in one of the former harbours is now an inviting place, attracting swimmers of all ages to enjoy a pleasant dip.

Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
Germany
Local time: 21:58
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  TonyTK: Perhaps "people" instead of "swimmers" (which, to me at least, implies a certain level of skill)
23 mins
  -> Thanks, TonyTK, I considered that option as well, I think it works, too.
agree  writeaway
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, writeaway.
agree  Mack Tillman: You could also say: inviting people...
3 hrs
agree  Thomas Pfann: I like the pleasant dip which nicely conveys the idea of the kühle Nass (which, of course, has nothing to do with cold water!).
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Thomas.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
lures water enthusiasts of all ages to cool off in its waters


Explanation:
My take

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Note added at 7 hrs (2019-07-19 18:16:36 GMT)
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Or "young and old water enthusiasts"

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 15:58
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Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 116
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
draws keen bathers, big and small, into the pool to take the plunge and keep cool


Explanation:
Unless I am mistaken, groß - rather than klein - is double-edged: 'er/ ist ist eine große Wasserratte' meaning not necessarily a full-size adult, but a great lover of swimming.

PS keen bathers rather than lovers of bathing or non-plumbing 'plungers'.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2019-07-19 19:43:36 GMT)
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Michael M. has reminded me: I had, on second thoughts, been about to delete the words 'take the plunge and' so would have read 'draws...into the pool and to keep cool'.


    Reference: http://ttp://www.werratal-tourismus.de/de/freizeittipps/tipp...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Michael Martin, MA: "Take the plunge" sounds much more ominous than it needs to be even though this seems perhaps more "refreshing" than the grandmotherly "pleasant dip"
55 mins
  -> You're right, Michael, to pour literally cold water over that part of my answer and that I, truth to tell, had been going to delete until I inadvertently hit the post-and-send button instead, wondering whither my answer had disappeared!
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