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outrageous times

German translation: (richtig) wilde Zeiten/Jahre

10:25 Nov 26, 2013
English to German translations [PRO]
Marketing - Food & Drink / Biermarkt
English term or phrase: outrageous times
Compared with the Noughties, the Nineties were outrageous times. The conquest of central and eastern European beer markets is best likened to the Alaskan Gold Rush in the late 19th century when news that a ton of gold had been found started a stampede of estimated 100,000 prospectors.

I cannot think of a suitable term.
kaum glaubhaft, unfaßbar,
I do not like terms such as haarsträubend.

Anyone has a good idea? TIA
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 18:54
German translation:(richtig) wilde Zeiten/Jahre
Explanation:
Slightly colloquial but fits the overall tone (IMHO) - "wild, wild west" and all that ...
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Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 18:54
Grading comment
Danke an alle
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3(richtig) wilde Zeiten/Jahre
Steffen Walter
4Ausnahmezustand
Lydia Molea
3ziemlich wilde Zeiten
Yorkshireman
3gewagte Zeit(en)
Gudrun Wolfrath
3ging es so richtig zur Sache
Melanie Meyer
3hemmungslose Zeiten
Horst Huber (X)


  

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(richtig) wilde Zeiten/Jahre


Explanation:
Slightly colloquial but fits the overall tone (IMHO) - "wild, wild west" and all that ...

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 18:54
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Danke an alle

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yorkshireman: Moin Steffen - I have to agree, your answer appeared only when the page was updated after I posted mine
4 mins
agree  Klaus Urban: gefällt mir
9 hrs
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 day 1 hr
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ziemlich wilde Zeiten


Explanation:
Maybe this will work - if it's not a bit too restrained for what you need:-)




Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 18:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14
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Ausnahmezustand


Explanation:
Vielleicht umformulieren?

Im Vergleich zu den Nullerjahren befand sich der Biermarkt in den Neunzigern schon fast im Ausnahmezustand.


Alles andere, z. B. ungeheuerlich, unerhört skandalös etc. klingt irgendwie zu negativ.

Lydia Molea
Germany
Local time: 18:54
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gewagte Zeit(en)


Explanation:
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Gudrun Wolfrath
Germany
Local time: 18:54
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ging es so richtig zur Sache


Explanation:

Im Vergleich zu den Nullerjahren ging es in den Neunzigern auf dem Biermarkt so richtig zur Sache.

Melanie Meyer
United States
Local time: 12:54
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hemmungslose Zeiten


Explanation:
Um in eine andere Richtung zu gehen --- nicht zu vergessen: ungestüme, ungezähmte, überschwengliche (pace Greenspan). Oder, um auf "Zeiten" zu verzichten: außer Rand und Band?

Horst Huber (X)
United States
Local time: 12:54
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