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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Flotter Flitzer hilft beim Flirten

English translation:

a cool car captures the chicks\' imagination

Added to glossary by Jon Reynolds
Dec 2, 2009 16:48
14 yrs ago
German term

Flotter Flitzer hilft beim Flirten

German to English Marketing Automotive / Cars & Trucks
This is a headline for an article about how Germans like to have a neat and tidy car on a first date as it is more likely to lead to the date being a success (!). Unfortunately my brain has stalled and I can't think of a concise English equivalent that somehow captures the alliteration of the original.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 a cool car captures the chicks' imagination
4 +3 Wicked Wheels Win Women
3 +3 Snazzy wheels can seal the deal
3 +1 A man should look after his body[work]
3 hot wheels offer more pulling power

Discussion

Jon Reynolds (asker) Dec 7, 2009:
Thanks for all the help, sorry I haven't contributed much, have been in a non-wifi zone!
Cilan Dec 2, 2009:
Flott = not only fast in this context at least I understand it as clean, spiffy, perhaps even stylish since most young Germans tend to rather clutter their cars, and leave it dirty; esp. the ashtray is quite often forgotten - and the cars usually smells just as the pubescent shower-deniers! ;-D
franglish Dec 2, 2009:
@Inge thank you, but the guys have been zooming past in the fast lane, they're the specialists!
Paul Cohen Dec 2, 2009:
A neat and tidy car? Jon, I'm wondering what you mean by "neat and tidy". To my American ears that sounds to me like a reference to the interior of the car -- or is that British understatement for a snazzy car?
Inge Meinzer Dec 2, 2009:
@ franglish I like your use of spiffy! How about "get more traction with spiffy wheels" ?
franglish Dec 2, 2009:
a beginning a spiffy racer... have to think about the ending though...
to charm the ladies?

Proposed translations

+3
9 mins
Selected

a cool car captures the chicks' imagination

alliteration..... I assume the this is meant to be the man's car
If not

funky four-wheels facilitates flirting :)

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-12-02 16:58:16 GMT)
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i meant four wheeler
Peer comment(s):
agree Richard Stephen : WOW, I'm impressed!
6 mins
why thankyou kind sir! :)
agree Andrea Black : Me too! I like the funky version. :-)
18 mins
thankyou Andrea!
agree Rolf Keiser : Way to go, Chick!!
47 mins
Thanks Goldcoaster!
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37 mins

hot wheels offer more pulling power

This is a gritty story of men and steel. ... their darlings happy, and men have believed that cars increase their pulling power. ... And then the cars came. ...
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+1
48 mins

A man should look after his body[work]

or, if it's just the inside - you say 'neat and tidy' - Interiors impress
/What your upholstery says about you
or
When she takes a shine to your car
or
Reflections in a bonnet
Buffed, polished, scented - and that's just the car
Peer comment(s):
agree Cilan : IMHO this gets the original idea of a CLEAN car better, and I especially like the last bit about "buffed" etc.
2 hrs
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+3
1 hr

Wicked Wheels Win Women

I'm still working on this.
Peer comment(s):
agree Paul Cohen : Still working on this? You mean there are even more wicked ideas on the way? ;-)
30 mins
agree franglish : I like it, Tom. Does it actually work?
1 hr
neutral philgoddard : I think this is the best suggestion in terms of wit, rhythm and alliteration, but I also think it's sexist unless the article is for a men's magazine. Is it?
5 hrs
neutral British Diana : Does "wicked" convey the "neat and tidy" sufficiently?
12 hrs
agree Steve Poynter : I like it! You're a wicked wordsmith working well! :o)
16 hrs
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+3
2 hrs

Snazzy wheels can seal the deal

OK, just to give you something completely different.
Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : This is clever, and it's not gender specific.
4 hrs
agree Cilan : come to think of it, this one sounds better und sums it up quite snazzily ;-)
17 hrs
agree Paul Cohen : Clever, but couldn't we work in something terribly un-PC here about (hot) chicks and (wild) women? ;-)
1 day 1 hr
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