Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Ein Spiel der besonderen Art.
English translation:
a exceptional/unique game
Added to glossary by
Hilary Davies Shelby
Sep 2, 2006 13:43
17 yrs ago
German term
United States
German and "Geek" to English!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English
Ein Spiel der besonderen Art.
German to English
Social Sciences
Gaming/Video-games/E-sports
Hello everyone,
I'm not quite sure what to do with this simple-looking sentence. It's part of a press release about a video game (not a particuarly unusual one) and I'm not sure if it means "A game of the highest quality" or "A highly-sophisticated game" or "A game with a difference" (which is isn't, really).
All insights much appreciated!
I'm not quite sure what to do with this simple-looking sentence. It's part of a press release about a video game (not a particuarly unusual one) and I'm not sure if it means "A game of the highest quality" or "A highly-sophisticated game" or "A game with a difference" (which is isn't, really).
All insights much appreciated!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | an exceptional/extraordinary game |
David Hollywood
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| 4 +4 | A very special game! |
Andrea Black
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Proposed translations
14 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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12
Selected
an exceptional/extraordinary game
maybe something along these lines ... I also thought about "unique" in the sense of "nothing else like it on the market" but that might be stretching it .....
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I liked both "exceptional" and "unique" in this context - many thanks!"
+4
1 hr
A very special game!
It is a catch phrase, supposed to make you curious. ..."der besonderen Art" includes a bit of a wink of the eye, something unexpected.
Peer comment(s):
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BrigitteHilgner
: I think this gets the idea across - it makes you curious because it doesn't really tell you anything. That's advertising! ;-)
37 mins
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| agree |
David Hollywood
: very nice Andrea, a great improvement on my offerings :)
2 hrs
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Thanks! :-)
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| agree |
Anglo-German (X)
11 hrs
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| agree |
Rebecca Garber
1 day 1 hr
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