Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
"Reizend - Gefahrgut"
English translation:
irritating substance - dangerous goods
Added to glossary by
Kathinka van de Griendt
Sep 9, 2004 13:25
19 yrs ago
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German term
"Reizend - Gefahrgut"
German to English
Marketing
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Hi,
Still working on my mail order catalogue. This one has me stumped! It's the logo to go with the following text:
Bügeleisen-Reinigungsset
Die besondere Pflege für Bügelsohle und Dampfkanäle. 1 Reinigungsstift macht Bügelsohlen blitzblank und verbessert die Gleitfähigkeit; 1 Spezialreinigungsbürste entfernt Kalkablagerungen in Dampfkanälen; 6 Ampullen Schnell-Entkalker entkalken Wasserbehälter und Dampfkanäle
Would you say that there is some sort of wordplay going on with both reizend (appealing vs irritant) and Gefahrgut (hazardous material vs possibly easy-glide ironing) or am I reading too much into it?
Thanks for your ideas.
Still working on my mail order catalogue. This one has me stumped! It's the logo to go with the following text:
Bügeleisen-Reinigungsset
Die besondere Pflege für Bügelsohle und Dampfkanäle. 1 Reinigungsstift macht Bügelsohlen blitzblank und verbessert die Gleitfähigkeit; 1 Spezialreinigungsbürste entfernt Kalkablagerungen in Dampfkanälen; 6 Ampullen Schnell-Entkalker entkalken Wasserbehälter und Dampfkanäle
Would you say that there is some sort of wordplay going on with both reizend (appealing vs irritant) and Gefahrgut (hazardous material vs possibly easy-glide ironing) or am I reading too much into it?
Thanks for your ideas.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | "irritating substance - dangerous goods" |
Kathinka van de Griendt
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| 3 +2 | corrosive - hazardous material |
Melanie Nassar
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Proposed translations
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Kathinka van de Griendt
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Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
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Works in: German to English, English to German, Afrikaans to English, and 3 more.
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"irritating substance - dangerous goods"
"irritating substance - dangerous goods"
I think it's simply the ingredient of the cleaning substance that's possibly irritating to skin or eyes.
I think it's simply the ingredient of the cleaning substance that's possibly irritating to skin or eyes.
Peer comment(s):
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Klaus Herrmann
: My MSDS glossary offers irritant/irritating for reizend - Unless there's underwear shown in the logo, I think there's no pun intended.
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:-)) - thanks, Herrmann
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| agree |
jccantrell
: I would use irritant--hazardous materials as we have HazMat teams here who swarm out every time a truck jackknifes on the freeway.
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thanks, JC
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| agree |
Meturgan
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thank you
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for helping me out. Points to the answer with the most agrees, I'm afraid."
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Melanie Nassar
United States
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Works in: German to English, English, English to German, and 1 more.
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German term (edited):
Reizend -Gefahrgut
corrosive - hazardous material
I don't think there is any word play here. I think it is a compulsory warning because of the schnell-entkalker.
Peer comment(s):
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Dr. Fred Thomson
6 mins
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| agree |
Klaus Herrmann
: Agree with hazmat but isn't corrosive a bit too strong ?
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caustic? irritant?
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