Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

blüht sehr üppig

English translation:

is positively laden with blooms

Added to glossary by Sebastian Witte
Jul 18, 2019 17:08
4 yrs ago
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German term

blüht sehr üppig

German to English Marketing Marketing / Market Research Garden joys
Hi,

Translating copy about special people for museum gardens and such like in Germany and Switzerland.

Famous gardeners, they were in their lifetime, if you will. Most of them, however, are famed for other activities, not as much for their gardens.

DE:
Vor Peter Pans ehemaligem Wohnhaus in Z, das zum Museum gehört und in dem die Dauerausstellung „Umwege in Z. Peter Pan und sein erstes Haus“ zu sehen ist, ***blüht sehr üppig*** die Peter-Pan-Rose, eine Züchtung der Firma G aus dem Jahr 2006.

I understand that the word lush can be used to express the concept of this type of exuberant bloom in English.

What we have, however, reads:

EN:
In front of Peter Pan’s former residence in Z, which belongs to the museum, and where the permanent exhibition “Z Detours. Peter Pan and his First Residence” can be seen, the Peter Pan Rose - a variety of the company G dating from the year 2006 - ***is blossoming very abundantly***.

How can I improve on such translation?

Cheers,

Sebastian Witte
Change log

Jul 19, 2019 17:10: Sebastian Witte changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/60654">Sebastian Witte's</a> old entry - "blüht sehr üppig"" to ""positively laden with blooms""

Discussion

Thomas Pfann Jul 19, 2019:
@Sebastian But please stop adding these text fragments to the glossary! They are fine in the KudoZ archive but not at all suitable for the glossary.
Mair A-W (PhD) Jul 19, 2019:
trees blossom. flowers bloom. Personally I would be inclined to reverse the sentence and have the PP rose blooming luxuriantly [or whatever] in front of the residence, which [etc].
philgoddard Jul 18, 2019:
That's good to know. Maybe you shouldn't show us your translations, and then you won't get people like me making comments about them :-)

You might need to add a few words explaining that Peter Pan is not the Peter Pan most of us have heard of!
Sebastian Witte (asker) Jul 18, 2019:
All English will be proofread by a native speaker of British English. However, American English is welcome. That said, I have corrected the three (small) mistakes spotted by Phil.
philgoddard Jul 18, 2019:
Sebastian Again, this needs quite a bit of work. Most importantly, the sentence is long and difficult to read - you should break it down into shorter ones. We wouldn't say "of the company G" - how about "bred by G"? "The year" is redundant, and "Rose" should have a lowercase R.
Jennifer Caisley Jul 18, 2019:
Another suggestion -"flower" rather than "blossom" Personally, I'd tend to use "flower" as a verb with roses, rather than "blossom" - I can't quite put my finger on why (possibly because roses are single flowers, rather than the multiple small flowers that make up blossom?)

Incidentally, "They flower abundantly" is the phrase used by the RHS (UK's gardening society) in their description of roses, although I'm not 100% keen on this! (https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/popular/roses)
Sebastian Witte (asker) Jul 18, 2019:
Well, "is blossoming most abundantly", basically.

Proposed translations

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positively laden with blooms

There are lots of different ways this could be expressed a little smoother than the suggested rendering - here's a suggestion to get the ball rolling!

(inspired by "The lavenders along the path were laden with blooms", https://www.finegardening.com/article/memories-of-spring)
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : This is good!
17 mins
Thanks, Phil!
agree Ramey Rieger (X) : hi there!
22 mins
Thanks, Ramey - and hello! :)
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shows off its blooming splendor

or its "magnificent bloom", or simply: The Peter Pan rose "is on prominent display"..
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blooms/flowers generously/exuberantly/enthusiastically

Cultivated by G in 2006, the Peter Pan rose blooms/flowers generously/exuberantly/enthusiastically at its namesake's former home in Z. The residence belongs to the museum and is listed in "Meandering through Z, Peter Pan's birthplace."
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is blooming profusely

“...but my attention was attracted to a little plantation of damask roses blooming profusely.”

https://books.google.com/books?id=PEadEtkQtA4C&pg=PA4&lpg=PA...
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16 hrs

flowers profusely

the Peter Pan rose (a variety) PROPAGATED by G flowers profusely
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can be seen in all its floral splendour

...the Peter Pan rose can be seen in all its floral splendour...
Peer comment(s):

agree TonyTK : But possibly bin "floral"
40 mins
Thanks, TonyTK.
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