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löffelfertig

English translation: furnished right down to the last teaspoon

17:07 Jul 21, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Real Estate / UK English
German term or phrase: löffelfertig
Die Wohnungen werden schlüsselfertig produziert, auf Wunsch auch möbliert "löffelfertig".

Basically fully furnished and equipped, but I was trying to think of something snappier to say. "Ready to move in with only a suitcase" seems a popular translation but too cumbersome - is there something more catchy than that?

Not sure what field to put this request in.....

Thanks
Wendy
Wendy Lewin
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:10
English translation:furnished right down to the last teaspoon
Explanation:
There's humour in the German, and I think that should be reflected in the English.
Selected response from:

philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
like it!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8furnished right down to the last teaspoon
philgoddard
4 +2fully furnished and move-in ready
Michele Fauble
5fully furnished and equipped all the way down to the silverware!
Cillie Swart
5fully furnished with all the bells and whistles
metranslations
3 +2down to the last bits and bobs
Wendy Streitparth
4ready for use // ready for occupancy
Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
3 +1for carefree occupancy
Chris Pr
4Fully-stocked
Karin Redclift
3down to the last detail/tee
David Hollywood
3plug & play
Ramey Rieger (X)
2ready to serve up /down to a tea/
Adrian MM.


  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ready for use // ready for occupancy


Explanation:
I assume you've already googled for 'bezugsfertig'

Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
Germany
Local time: 08:10
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: That is not enough, it is not just furnished and ready to move in, absolutely everything is provided, including spoons!

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
for carefree occupancy


Explanation:
I's rewrite this to something more descriptive of the benefits...
Where 'carefree' or even 'immediate' might fit the bill...

Chris Pr
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Klaus Beyer: The least convoluted and to the point
52 mins
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fully furnished and move-in ready


Explanation:
One way of expressing it.

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Note added at 23 mins (2020-07-21 17:31:30 GMT)
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fully furnished and move-in ready with everything provided

Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 23:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks, but I don't think that tells me that absolutely everything is provided, right down to the cutlery! Somehow it needs to be one step more

Asker: thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: This would be my choice as this is a marketing text. Fully furnished says it all. maybe asker could add the word equipped. or fully furnished, including cutlery
10 mins
  -> thanks - yes, marketing text, no need to be literal
agree  jccantrell: Agree with writeaway, see: https://www.proptiger.com/guide/post/semi-versus-fully-furni...
12 mins
  -> thanks
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
furnished right down to the last teaspoon


Explanation:
There's humour in the German, and I think that should be reflected in the English.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 59
Grading comment
like it!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Catriona C.
2 mins
agree  Lirka
50 mins
agree  Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
1 hr
agree  Katrin Braams
3 hrs
neutral  writeaway: well, this seems to be what asker is looking for but sleek marketing it ain't /this is just cutesy. and of course exactly what asker wants
6 hrs
  -> If by slick you mean bland and po-faced, then no,it isn't.
agree  David Hollywood: I like the "down to" and poached it in my suggestions I confess but there are so many ways to render this and a combination of our suggestions might fo it
10 hrs
agree  Thomas Pfann: Also agree with your note about the humour in the German which should be kept.
14 hrs
agree  AllegroTrans: This certainly reflects the German if that is what the Asker wants
18 hrs
agree  Cillie Swart: yeah i like this...
1 day 23 hrs
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
fully furnished and equipped all the way down to the silverware!


Explanation:
I would just add a little something after the normal and usual "fully furnished and quipped."


    https://www.google.com/search?q=fully+furnished+and+equipped&oq=fully+furnished+and&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.7547j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 08:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Fully-stocked


Explanation:
(of a pantry, bar, store, etc) Containing a full assortment of relevant goods

Example sentence(s):
  • The rental property has a fully-stocked kitchen.

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fully-stocked
Karin Redclift
United States
Local time: 23:10
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
ready to serve up /down to a tea/


Explanation:
to keep the metaphor .. and maybe even with an un-nicked copy of 'Das Löffelchen' by Albrecht Goes nestling on the coffee table. Some of us may remember from German A-level literature: das Brandopfer being his set-reading novella.

Example sentence(s):
  • nB Bereich bedeutet dies, das das gebuchte Objekte komplett ausgestattet ist, die Küche auch mit Geschirr, Teller und Besteck, also auch mit Löffel. Daher kommt der Begriff. Dazu gehört dann auch, das Handtücher und Bettwäsche vorhanden sind
  • You can use to a T or to a tee to mean perfectly or exactly right.

    Reference: http://bedbreakfaststuttgart.blogspot.com/2017/08/was-bedeut...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: "Serve up" to describe a house or flat? I don't think so, maybe OK for a coffee shop though
17 hrs
  -> It's always an idea to 'rustle up' something original when the asker is after a 'non-cumbersome' turn of phrase.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
fully furnished with all the bells and whistles


Explanation:
That's how they would sell the apartment here in Canada. :-)

metranslations
Canada
Local time: 00:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks

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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
down to the last detail/tee


Explanation:
Die Wohnungen werden schlüsselfertig produziert, auf Wunsch auch möbliert "löffelfertig".

The apartments are constructed on a turnkey basis and can be delivered fully furnished down to the last detail on request.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2020-07-22 03:53:20 GMT)
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or "down to the last cup in the cupboard" for something snappier

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Note added at 10 hrs (2020-07-22 03:54:49 GMT)
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as it's marketing we can ditch the spoon but keep the cup lol

David Hollywood
Local time: 03:10
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 59
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks

Asker: thanks

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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
down to the last bits and bobs


Explanation:
Variation on a theme

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 08:10
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 34
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway
4 hrs
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): very english, my dear
11 hrs
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
plug & play


Explanation:
Couldn't resist.

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 08:10
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 18
Notes to answerer
Asker: haha! like it

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