ProZ.com translation contests »
33rd translation contest: "Back to the playground" » English to German

Competition in this pair is now closed, and the winning entries have been announced.

Discussion and feedback about the competition in this language pair may now be provided by visiting the "Discussion & feedback" page for this pair. Entries may also be individually discussed by clicking the "Discuss" link next to any listed entry.

Source text in English

[...] “I have a proposal.” It leaned forward like my friend April does when she wants to tell a secret, even though none of her secrets are any good. Or even really secrets. “If you don’t tell anyone I am here, I can fix your eyes.”
“Get out of town!”
It blinked a couple of times. “That is what I am attempting to do.”
“What I mean is you can’t do that!”
“Why not?”
“Well, no one else has been able to fix my eyes, besides with glasses.”
“I have certain abilities. You will see, provided…”
“…I don’t tell anyone about you?”
“That is the heart of it, that is the nub.”
“How do I know you won’t blind me? You could be like one of those telemarketers making promises but totally lying.”
It started waxing on, waxing off again. “I would not do such a thing to a creature who has done me no harm.”
“Meaning if I harmed you, you could make me go blind?”
“That’s on a need-to-know basis.”
“And if you fix my eyes, and I don’t tell anyone about you, you’ll leave our fields?”
“That’s the heart of it!” [...]

The winning entries have been announced in this pair.

There were 7 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase. The winning entries were determined based on finals round voting by peers.

Competition in this pair is now closed.


Entries (7 total) Expand all entries

Filter entries
Language variants:
Entry #38207 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Germany
Winner
Voting points1st2nd3rd
234 x42 x23 x1
Entry tagging:
  • 5 users entered 5 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
Es beugte sich vor, wie meine Freundin April es zu tun pflegt, wenn sie mir ein Geheimnis verraten will, wobei ihre Geheimnisse normalerweise weder interessant noch wirklich geheim sind.
Flows well
Dr. Matthias Schauen
-1
+2
2
Mach dich vom Acker!
Good term selection
Well chose​n, because​ at the en​d we learn​ that the ​thing is s​upposed to​ leave act​ual "field​s".
Sade Mielczarek
meine Sicht zu korrigieren
Flows well
Schön gelö​st.
Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.
Knackpunkt
Good term selection
Arendine Hoewe
das Blaue vom Himmel versprechen, dir aber in Wirklichkeit die Hucke volllügen
Good term selection
B&B FinTrans
Entry #38237 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Germany
Winner
Voting points1st2nd3rd
234 x43 x21 x1
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 2 "like" tags
„Ach geh!“
Good term selection
Dr. Matthias Schauen
die etwas versprechen, aber lügen wie gedruckt
Flows well
B&B FinTrans
Entry #38179 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Germany
Voting points1st2nd3rd
143 x402 x1
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 3 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (1 total agree)
+1
einem das Blaue vom Himmel
Flows well
Nadia Silva Castro
gestikulieren
Good term selection
The only s​olution in​ the final​s that wor​ks, IMO, f​or this re​ference to​ a hands m​ovement de​scribed in​ the conte​xt precedi​ng the exc​erpt: "All​ the hands​ came up a​t once and​ spiraled ​around, li​ke it was ​doing the ​‘wax on, w​ax off’ ma​neuver."
Dr. Matthias Schauen
„Ganz genau!“
Flows well
Nadia Silva Castro
Entry #38036 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Germany
Voting points1st2nd3rd
91 x42 x21 x1
Entry tagging:
  • 3 users entered 3 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
Ich mache Dir einen Vorschlag
Flows well
Anette Hilgendag
+1
"Mach Dich vom Acker!" Es blinzelte ein paar Mal. "Genau das versuche ich zu tun."
Flows well
Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.
+1
tut
Flows well
A nice opt​ion if one​ wants to ​stay away ​from the m​ore litera​l "vertrau​lich".
Dr. Matthias Schauen
Entry #37681 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Germany
Voting points1st2nd3rd
71 x41 x21 x1
Entry tagging:
  • 4 users entered 4 "like" tags
  • 2 users agreed with "likes" (2 total agrees)
  • 1 user disagreed with "likes" (1 total disagree)
+2
Und eigentlich auch keine echten Geheimnisse sind
Flows well
B&B FinTrans
„Echt jetzt? Ach komm!"
Flows well
Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.
Blaue vom Himmel versprechen
Flows well
Nadia Silva Castro
-1
„Das ist Verschlusssache."
Good term selection
Claudia Matt
Entry #37792 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Germany
Voting points1st2nd3rd
0000
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags
Entry #38053 — Discuss 0 — Variant: Not specified
Thomas Byrne
Thomas Byrne
United Kingdom
Voting points1st2nd3rd
0000
Entry tagging:
  • No "like" tags