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Zeigen Sie Krankheiten die Krallen!

English translation: Scratch out.../Show... your claws

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German term or phrase:Zeigen Sie Krankheiten die Krallen!
English translation:Scratch out.../Show... your claws
Entered by: Ramey Rieger (X)

12:36 Mar 6, 2016
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Advertising / Public Relations
German term or phrase: Zeigen Sie Krankheiten die Krallen!
PR blurb for an herbal extract made of "cat's claw" (Katzenkralle).
Am trying to capture the obvious double-entendre of "Krallen zeigen" and the plant "Katzenkralle". Can't seem to think of anything clever incorporating the notion of "show one's claws" or similar.
TIA for sharing your grey matter.
Jonathan MacKerron
Scratch out.../Show... your claws
Explanation:
It would really help to know just WHAT disorders are treated, but this can get things rolling

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Note added at 50 mins (2016-03-06 13:26:38 GMT)
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Sharpen your immune system's claws
Cat's claw hunts down illness

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Note added at 52 mins (2016-03-06 13:28:37 GMT)
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Get your immune system purring

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Note added at 7 hrs (2016-03-06 20:10:22 GMT)
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Sinnk your claws into good health
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Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 09:33
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3Scratch out.../Show... your claws
Ramey Rieger (X)
3 +1Fighting illness tooth and claw
Michael Martin, MA
3 +1Cat's Claw - from herb to health
Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
4 -1Give your ailments the paw!
Andrew Bramhall
3Get your claws into (product)!
Wendy Streitparth
3The coolest cat in town
Paul Cohen


Discussion entries: 20





  

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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Give your ailments the paw!


Explanation:
Give your gastro-intestinal disorders/ immune system deficiencies illnesses the paw-off treatment!
Like cats do when rejecting handling they don't want.

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Cilian O'Tuama: My understanding of giving the paw is welcoming/handshaking. Quite the opposite. No?
12 hrs
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Fighting illness tooth and claw


Explanation:
That just comes to mind in this context.

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 03:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kristina Cosumano (X): I like this one.
7 hrs
  -> Thanks. Any rendering has to be idiomatic. Otherwise, target audience will smell miles away that the line is a translation
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Get your claws into (product)!


Explanation:
Possible way round it.

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 09:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
The coolest cat in town


Explanation:
This is a fun one. Instead of scratching and clawing your way to good health, etc., why not turn the message on its head and become the coolest cat in town?

Of course, you might have to rewrite the whole blurb, Jonathan, but I could imagine something like this under the above headline:

While everyone in town seems to be struggling with colds and other ailments, you can remain cool and confident, safe in the knowledge that your immune system has cat's claw on its side.

It's what we call, "feline good” ... ;-)

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Note added at 5 hrs (2016-03-06 18:12:36 GMT)
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Alternative:

Nobody can put a scratch on this cat's immune system!



Paul Cohen
Greenland
Local time: 06:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ramey Rieger (X): the toughest tom in town (Hairy McClairy kids book)//Two cats is my minimum, they are works of art, even when they annoy me.
13 hrs
  -> Cool. I'm not familiar with those cats. They are fascinating and mysterious creatures, though. Tough, too! Even the ancient Egyptians had a cat goddess. // I'm impressed with the nine-lives aspect.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Cat's Claw - from herb to health


Explanation:
Would this work for you?

Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
Germany
Local time: 09:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edith Kelly
11 hrs
  -> Thanks Edith
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Scratch out.../Show... your claws


Explanation:
It would really help to know just WHAT disorders are treated, but this can get things rolling

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Note added at 50 mins (2016-03-06 13:26:38 GMT)
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Sharpen your immune system's claws
Cat's claw hunts down illness

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Note added at 52 mins (2016-03-06 13:28:37 GMT)
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Get your immune system purring

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Note added at 7 hrs (2016-03-06 20:10:22 GMT)
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Sinnk your claws into good health

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 09:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 45
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
Notes to answerer
Asker: More of a dietary supplement, purported to strengthen the immune system and promote good gastrointestinal health.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  franglish: Let your immune system get a taste of these claws! And a sweet evening to you!
5 hrs
  -> Meow!
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 day 1 hr
  -> Hi Harald! All well?
agree  Gudrun Wolfrath
3 days 22 hrs
  -> Purrrr
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