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German term or phrase:
Abheben
English translation:
take wing for
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2016-07-08 08:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Jul 4, 2016 16:57
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German term
Ireland
Abheben
German to English
Marketing
Human Resources
Hi guys,
Here we have a list of job opportunities. The company is using a trendy, adventurous angle with words like "Aufbrecher", "Neuland erforschen/aufbrechen" etc. Just wondering about the sentence "Nach Neuland hebt bei uns jede Minute einer ab" (set off for?).
d. Kreativität + Kultur:
Nach Neuland hebt bei uns jede Minute einer ab.
Vereinen Sie bei uns Kreativität und Aufbruchstimmung:
als Laborleiter (w/m) Grenzflächenchemie
Exploring opportunities. Growing together.
Thanks,
Gavin
Here we have a list of job opportunities. The company is using a trendy, adventurous angle with words like "Aufbrecher", "Neuland erforschen/aufbrechen" etc. Just wondering about the sentence "Nach Neuland hebt bei uns jede Minute einer ab" (set off for?).
d. Kreativität + Kultur:
Nach Neuland hebt bei uns jede Minute einer ab.
Vereinen Sie bei uns Kreativität und Aufbruchstimmung:
als Laborleiter (w/m) Grenzflächenchemie
Exploring opportunities. Growing together.
Thanks,
Gavin
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German term (edited):
abheben nach
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take wing for
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/take-wi...
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OR heads off to
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"The company is using a trendy, adventurous angle"
To expand on Mack Tillman's contribution below.
abheben > to boldly go
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Re offering elsewhere on this page:
“Unchartered” means “lacking a charter,” and is a word most people have little use for. “Uncharted” means “unmapped” or “unexplored,” so the expression meaning “to explore a new subject or area” is “enter uncharted territory.” Similarly, it’s uncharted regions, waters, and paths.
http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/unchartered.html
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OR heads off to
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Note added at 5 hrs (2016-07-04 22:06:57 GMT)
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"The company is using a trendy, adventurous angle"
To expand on Mack Tillman's contribution below.
abheben > to boldly go
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Note added at 7 hrs (2016-07-05 00:30:23 GMT)
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Re offering elsewhere on this page:
“Unchartered” means “lacking a charter,” and is a word most people have little use for. “Uncharted” means “unmapped” or “unexplored,” so the expression meaning “to explore a new subject or area” is “enter uncharted territory.” Similarly, it’s uncharted regions, waters, and paths.
http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/unchartered.html
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Wendy Streitparth
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BrigitteHilgner
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Ramey Rieger (X)
: to make it clear
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Björn Vrooman
: Like quoting from that Paul Brian book. It's an enjoyable read.
1 day 2 hrs
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Michael Martin, MA
: ‘Take wing’ works only for the literal, but not the figurative meaning of abheben. Very strange that this has to be pointed out.
3 days 17 hrs
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It was your duty to report this earlier. Unfortunately, I appear to have launched the asker into "unchartered (sic) territory".
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Ellen Kraus
Austria
Austria
Native in German
Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German 
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
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sets out to explore, to discover.......,
"We will set out for a creative adventure,.
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Discovery. President Thomas Jefferson, eager to trade with the Far East, wants to know if ... Clark, and thirty hired men—sets out to explore unknown territory.
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Discovery. President Thomas Jefferson, eager to trade with the Far East, wants to know if ... Clark, and thirty hired men—sets out to explore unknown territory.
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lift off/ventures into
Every minute, one of us lifts off/ventures into realms undiscovered.
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British Diana
: Sorry I just got out of the habit for a while, I'm back!
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HEY! Where have you been????// Good to see you, you have been missed.
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Mack Tillman
Germany
Germany
Native in German
&
English
Germany
Always striving to meet perfection!
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English, English to German
embark on
YAPS: Yet another possible solution! ;-)
Every minute, one of our employees embarks on a journey/adventure into uncharted/unknown territory.
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or... embarks on a journey to go where no (wo)man has gone before.
Every minute, one of our employees embarks on a journey/adventure into uncharted/unknown territory.
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or... embarks on a journey to go where no (wo)man has gone before.
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Michael Martin, MA
United States
United States
Native in German
&
English
Works in field
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
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launch
"Entrepreneurs are extremely resourceful and yet are launching themselves into unchartered territory."
http://strengtheningbrandamerica.com/blog/2014/04/the-keys-t...
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I also like 'taking off for unchartered territory'
http://strengtheningbrandamerica.com/blog/2014/04/the-keys-t...
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I also like 'taking off for unchartered territory'
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David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
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one of us breaks/takes off into new territory every minute
to add to the fray
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keeps the "abheben" metaphor alive
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or: "somebody" as an alternative to "one of us" but to keep it in the "family" I would stick with "one of us"
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keeps the "abheben" metaphor alive
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or: "somebody" as an alternative to "one of us" but to keep it in the "family" I would stick with "one of us"
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