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Glossary entry

Deutsch term or phrase:

gute Tageskondition

Englisch translation:

yourself, on tiptop form / yourself, fit and ready to go

Added to glossary by Dr Andrew Read
Aug 12, 2014 21:16
9 yrs ago
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Deutsch term

gute Tageskondition

Deutsch > Englisch Wirtschaft/Finanzwesen Allgemeines/Konversation/Grußworte/Briefe Psychometric testing
I think I know what this is, and the context seems to make it clear - though there are very few if any hits for it in the usual places. So I thought I'd post it for easy points and to add it to glossary for future. Plus some of you might have nice ways to phrase it

It's in a letter to new employees about a forthcoming psychometric test they have to undergo:

"Was soll ich zum Verfahren mitbringen?

Einen Stift, einen Bleistift und eine gute *Tageskondition*.

Sie sollten gut ausgeschlafen, gesund und in guter Form zum Verfahren kommen. Bitte bringen Sie keine Notizzettel und Blöcke mit, Sie bekommen alles im Raum von uns, denn es dürfen nur speziell vorbereitete Materialien und Notizblöcke in diesem Verfahren verwendet werden. "
Proposed translations (Englisch)
3 (a pen, a pencil) and yourself, in top form and raring to go
4 +1 plenty of pizzazz
3 +1 good stamina and engergy for the day
3 +1 bags of vitality
3 +1 healthy frame of mind
3 +1 ready to go
4 Ready to face the day
4 fit for the challenge
4 and be raring to go
3 perspicacity
3 well-rested (to be tested)
3 Your best day form
3 (come in) game day shape

Discussion

Horst Huber (X) Aug 18, 2014:
With Johanna. It's not an attitude or an outlook. It is physical. "Mr. October" was in post-season form when it counted. It can change from day to day, when the athlete may or may not "have it".
Ramey Rieger (X) Aug 13, 2014:
@Alison and at peak performance - that's enough! Post it, post it, post it!
Alison MacG Aug 13, 2014:
A pen, a pencil and a/your peak performance state Another alliterative idea for the whole sentence, although this comes rather from external advice on how to handle these tests, such as here:

there are a number of things you can do to put yourself in peak performance condition
...
Get your brain in peak performance mode
Make sure you are well rested and nourished on the day of the test so that you are in the best mindset possible.
http://www.careerfaqs.com.au/careers/interview-questions-and...
Johanna Timm, PhD Aug 12, 2014:
Tageskondition: die Kondition an dem bestimmten Tag (otherwise it would just say „Kondition“)
(vgl “unterschiedliche Tageskonditionen”)
Nicht ausgesprochen, aber mitschwingend: es ist tunlichst dafür zu sorgen (durch entsprechendes Verhalten am Tag/Abend zuvor :-), dass man am fraglichen Tag gut ausgeruht und leistungsfähig ist.
philgoddard Aug 12, 2014:
Your wish is my command :-)
Dr Andrew Read (asker) Aug 12, 2014:
Any nice ideas for the whole sentence? That's the tricky thing: "Einen Stift, einen Bleistift & eine gute Tageskondition". Nice little challenge!

Proposed translations

11 Stunden
Selected

(a pen, a pencil) and yourself, in top form and raring to go

is there anything I need to bring with me ?

Just a pen, a pencil and yourself.....

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IN TIPTOP FORM
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Sorry for delayed selection - been busy- but thanks everyone for your suggestions. I liked this one best (the variant ending simply 'and yourself, in [OR on] tiptop form' in the end. An alternative would be a combination of this with David H's suggestion (and yourself, fit and ready to go). Here are my reasons: - It includes a noun phrase, required by the question, which some of the answers don't. - For me, it matches the level of 'gute Tageskondition' without overdoing it. This was important for two reasons: first, 'Tageskondition' reads to me as a fairly mild and sober term; and second, because the whole document is on the dry side and a very flamboyant rendering here would not work so well in context. - Although I agree that it implies that you should arrive well-rested, the following sentence states this explicitly and so some of the suggestions would make the translation repeat itself. - This has a nice idiomatic quality."
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28 Min.

good stamina and engergy for the day

That is an interesting one indeed. Perhaps the following would work: A pen, pencil and some good energy and stamina to get you through the day.
It definitely makes no sense as a literal translation.
Example sentence:

A pen, pencil and some good energy and stamina to get you through the day.

Peer comment(s):
agree mill2 : ...and plenty of stamina
11 Stunden
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+1
1 Stunde

bags of vitality

... but only because Martina Une has already bagged 'engergy'

It has allowed me to be free to experience and love life, with purpose, without baggage and with a whole different energy! Much more joyful, bouncy, vibrant and with bags of vitality.
http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/inspiration-love/2008/08/lov...

Canines too!
He is currently in a foster home with 3 other dogs, 5 cats and a 3 year old child and he really is no trouble at all. Theo is 11 years young and still has bags of vitality and many good years left in him.
http://doglinks-france.com/category/senior-dogs/
Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : Good idea.
35 Min.
Thanks, Phil. Still wondering how to squeeze 'day' in there somewhere.
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2 Stunden

plenty of pizzazz

A pen, a pencil, and plenty of pizzazz
Or "a profusion of"
Or "potloads of"
Peer comment(s):
agree Lancashireman : Or one giant pizza to be shared with everyone, including the assessors/diagnosticians? (How to win friends and influence people)
2 Min.
neutral polyglot45 : a little OTT !
9 Stunden
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2 Stunden

healthy frame of mind

does it for me, but would take ages to explain
Peer comment(s):
agree Trudy Peters : I like it!!
13 Stunden
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+1
4 Stunden

ready to go

to add to the fray

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you should come well-slept, healthy/fit and ready to go

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with pen and pencil and ready to go

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on your marks

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fun to play around with these ideas and so many ways to do it :)
Peer comment(s):
agree BrigitteHilgner
3 Stunden
neutral Armorel Young : The problem is that the question is "Was soll ich mitbringen?", so the answer has to be a noun.
5 Stunden
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8 Stunden

Ready to face the day

Lacks the oomp of some of the other suggestions, but fits in the word "day" if you want to do so.
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10 Stunden

perspicacity

(a) pen, (a) pencil and perspicacity - perhaps
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11 Stunden

well-rested (to be tested)

bring a pen, a pencil and be well-rested (to be tested)

alternative:

"Einen Stift, einen Bleistift & eine gute Tageskondition".
a pen, a pencil, and, oh, and get lots of sleep/a good night's sleep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBPtracGqTk


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corr: a pen, a pencil, and, oh, get lots of sleep/a good night's sleep
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13 Stunden

Your best day form

"Bring a pen, pencil and your best day form"

Even though 'day' is used in a slightly different way than in the German (which focuses more on stamina), it still gets as pretty close to the original without being wildly inaccurate. Compare with link below:

"Use your best day form.
Whenever possible, utilise your day form = the time/s of day when you are in better form to do your prioritised tasks."
http://www.thinkandheal.com/stressbusting_tips.htm
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16 Stunden

fit for the challenge

another for the already long list of proposals
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19 Stunden

(come in) game day shape

Sports people would use something like that.
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1 Tag 15 Stunden

and be raring to go

I think this is a good way of saying it.
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