„In der Weihnachtsbäckerei gibt es manche Leckerei....“

English translation: It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas!

23:28 Nov 18, 2012
German to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / localization
German term or phrase: „In der Weihnachtsbäckerei gibt es manche Leckerei....“
Intro for a Christmas cookie recipe. I can't come up with a fitting idiom/song/poem/whatever for this. All ideas are appreciated!

„In der Weihnachtsbäckerei gibt es manche Leckerei....“ Das bekannte Kinderlied von Rolf Zuckowski gibt die vielfältigen und besonderen Gefühle, die sich um das Backen zu Weihnachten ranken, sehr stimmig wider.
Heike Reagan
United States
Local time: 22:37
English translation:It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas!
Explanation:

...localized and borrowed from Bing Crosby:-)

Same words, same idea:
http://studentslife101.com/2012/11/17/its-beginning-to-smell...
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Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 19:37
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Summary of answers provided
3 +6It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas!
Johanna Timm, PhD
3 +1"At the Christmas Bakery there's many a delicacy...."
FoundInTrans
3 +1The sweet smell of Christmas
inkweaver
3 +1"On many a Christmas baking, the treats are so delicious tasting.."
Michael Martin, MA
3At the Christmas bakery's
freekfluweel
3All sorts of tasty morsels in the Christmas bakery trove
David Hollywood
3All I want for Christmas is (these cookies)"
British Diana
3"visions of sugarplums danced in their heads"
Kate Collyer
Summary of reference entries provided
In der Weihnachtsbäckerei
freekfluweel

Discussion entries: 7





  

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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
At the Christmas bakery's


Explanation:
you'll find lots of sweeterees

(to get things going)

freekfluweel
Netherlands
Local time: 03:37
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Helen Shiner: No need for apostrophe s. And sweeteree is not a word.
10 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas!


Explanation:

...localized and borrowed from Bing Crosby:-)

Same words, same idea:
http://studentslife101.com/2012/11/17/its-beginning-to-smell...


Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 19:37
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 90

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
37 mins
  -> Thanks, Sibsab

agree  Nicole Schnell
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Nicole

agree  Usch Pilz: The warm smell of Christmas - hmmm!
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Usch

agree  Rosa Paredes
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Rosa

agree  Edwin Miles
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Edwin

neutral  British Diana: Is it a BE thing, but I find "smell" can sound negative?
7 hrs
  -> Hi British Diana! I agree in principle - but just google "The smell of Christmas":-)

agree  Thayenga: Christmas + smell = yummy. This is exactly what it means... and it's the kind of smell that's spreading around near and far right now. Happy Monday, Johanna. :)
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Thayenga

neutral  FoundInTrans: I don't understand where "smell" comes from and "smell" ia not always a great word to describe something positive
8 hrs
  -> You're right, I took some creative liverty here - baking coookies--> lovely Christmassy smell around the house: cinnamon, gingerbread....

neutral  CMFTrier: The problem I see is that "In der Weihnachtsbäckerei" is repeated later in the song, and this translation doesn't really give anything that could be repeated, does it? 20.11. Ah, got confused as the song text is below! Otherwise, I like this translation!
9 hrs
  -> Hi CMFTrier! We are not translating the song, but the "intro for a Christmas cookie recipe"

agree  Rachel Ward: So long as the German-ness isn't important this seems v good to me. Don't see a problem with "smell" in this context (am British) and don't see that repitition matters if it's just a heading.
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Rachel!

disagree  Gabriele Hanselmann: The original term does not talk about 'smell' - this is a very vague American approach, here the German original text is about 'taste' (Leckerei = something that tastes great, wonderful, special...)
21 hrs
  -> vague? Not a literal translation for sure, but an attempt to come up with a creative equivalent
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
All sorts of tasty morsels in the Christmas bakery trove


Explanation:
doesn't rhyme but will work on it lol ..

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-11-19 02:13:56 GMT)
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trove/trōv/
Noun:
A store of valuable or delightful things.

David Hollywood
Local time: 23:37
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 47
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"At the Christmas Bakery there's many a delicacy...."


Explanation:
This seems to fit.

FoundInTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:37
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  British Diana: delicacy has too many syllables, unfortunately
4 hrs
  -> it depends how quickly they are uttered compared to Baykerry tra la la ~;-)

agree  Gabriele Hanselmann: a little correction though: "... there are all kinds of delicacies"
18 hrs

neutral  Helen Shiner: There's nothing wrong with 'there's many a delicacy' - don't know why dutchesrees sees the need to correct it.
3 days 3 hrs
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
All I want for Christmas is (these cookies)"


Explanation:
In case you prefer to use an English-medium song instead of our attempts to translate the German one...

British Diana
Germany
Local time: 03:37
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lancashireman: When did you start calling biscuits 'cookies', British Di?
5 hrs
  -> Come on, Andrew! You can't refuse me an Agree just because I am using the word our Asker presumably wants as she herself talks of cookies??
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The sweet smell of Christmas


Explanation:
Just an idea...

inkweaver
Germany
Local time: 03:37
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: love that!
3 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"On many a Christmas baking, the treats are so delicious tasting.."


Explanation:
Looking forward to that every year - and the mulled wine..

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Note added at 13 Stunden (2012-11-19 13:09:44 GMT)
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Other options:

"When it's time for Christmas baking, delicious treats are waiting"

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Note added at 17 Stunden (2012-11-19 17:20:13 GMT)
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"When it's time for Christmas baking, delicious treats are in the making."

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Note added at 18 Stunden (2012-11-19 18:12:06 GMT)
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Note: If you don't like Christmas, just substitute "Holiday".

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 22:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 63

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Helen Shiner: Unfortunately, the first part of your phrase does not make sense.
5 hrs
  -> No worries, Helen. I'll just post another one..

agree  CMFTrier: I like the focus on the 'taste' here, if we're aiming for a translation/version slightly closer to the original. (Although I agree with comments above, in English we often talk about Christmas scents, not tastes!)
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Thanks. I get that. But I think we've gone overboard with our "localizaton" attempts. Prefer to keep things closer to the original..
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
"visions of sugarplums danced in their heads"


Explanation:
References to food abound in Christmas songs and poems in English, but relatively few are sweet ones. This is of course from 'Twas the night before Christmas'.

Kate Collyer
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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Reference comments


32 mins
Reference: In der Weihnachtsbäckerei

Reference information:
In der Weihnachtsbäckerei

Musik und Text: Rolf Zuckowski
(©) by MUSIK FÜR DICH Rolf Zuckowski OHG
CD: Polydor 833 741 Liebebuch: SIK1269 ISBN: M-003-012 53-7

In der Weihnachtsbäckerei
gibt es manche Leckerei
Zwischen Mehl und Milch
macht so mancher Knilch
eine riesengroße Kleckerei.
In der Weihnachtsbäckerei
In der Weihnachtsbäckerei

Wo ist das Rezept geblieben
von den Plätzchen, die wir lieben?
wer hat das Rezept
verschleppt

Na, dann müssen wir es packen
einfach frei nach Schnauze backen
Schmeißt den Ofen an
ran!

In der Weihnachtsbäckerei
gibt es manche Leckerei
Zwischen Mehl und Milch
macht so mancher Knilch
eine riesengroße Kleckerei.
In der Weihnachtsbäckerei
In der Weihnachtsbäckerei

Brauchen wir nicht Schokolade,
Zucker, Honig und Succade
und ein bischen Zimt?
das stimmt.

Butter, Mehl und Milch verrühren
zwischendurch einmal probieren
und dann kommt das Ei
vorbei.

In der Weihnachtsbäckerei
gibt es manche Leckerei
Zwischen Mehl und Milch
macht so mancher Knilch
eine riesengroße Kleckerei.
In der Weihnachtsbäckerei
In der Weihnachtsbäckerei

Bitte mal zur Seite treten,
denn wir brauchen Platz zum kneten
Sind die Finger rein?
du Schwein!

Sind die Plätzchen, die wir stechen,
erstmal auf den Ofenblechen,
warten wir gespannt
verbrannt.

In der Weihnachtsbäckerei
gibt es manche Leckerei
Zwischen Mehl und Milch
macht so mancher Knilch
eine riesengroße Kleckerei.
In der Weihnachtsbäckerei
In der Weihnachtsbäckerei

freekfluweel
Netherlands
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
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