Dec 3, 2011 09:25
12 yrs ago
German term

brühwarm

German to English Marketing Cooking / Culinary
Das konnten 100 Gäste des Flusskreuzfahrtschiffes XXX bei einer Kaffee Genuss-Reise auf dem XXX brühwarm erleben

Obviously, 'brühwarm' is used here as a pun - my problem is finding an English equivalent that picks up on both aspects (the coffee being fresh from the pot, and the experience being at close quarters...)

Looking forward to hearing your ideas ;-)
Change log

Dec 6, 2011 20:27: Maria Kopnitsky changed "Term Context" from "Kaffee ist nicht Kaffee! Das konnten 100 Gäste des Flusskreuzfahrtschiffes XXX bei einer Kaffee Genuss-Reise auf dem Rhein brühwarm erleben Obviously, \'brühwarm\' is used here as a pun - my problem is finding an English equivalent that picks up on both aspects (the coffee being fresh from the pot, and the experience being at close quarters...) Looking forward to hearing your ideas ;-)" to "Das konnten 100 Gäste des Flusskreuzfahrtschiffes XXX bei einer Kaffee Genuss-Reise auf dem XXX brühwarm erleben Obviously, \'brühwarm\' is used here as a pun - my problem is finding an English equivalent that picks up on both aspects (the coffee being fresh from the pot, and the experience being at close quarters...) Looking forward to hearing your ideas ;-)"

Discussion

oa_xxx (X) Dec 4, 2011:
I'm afraid my 2cents worth is that it doesnt work in EN and would forget the pun - or spell it out, experience the difference first hand etc.
Tho I do like Nicole's hot (or fresh?) off the press - but coffee press might not be so well known, maybe doesnt matter!

Proposed translations

+1
7 mins
Selected

hot up on coffee

Just to set the ball rolling, but I'll keep my thinking hat on...

Passengers aboard the XXX can now hot up on coffee during a Gourmet Coffee Cruise down the Rhine.

Peer comment(s):

agree Emiliano Pantoja
47 mins
Thanks Emiliano
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you - this is the one I ended up using, as I felt it preserved the light-hearted, 'punny' nature of the original..."
+2
13 mins

first-hand experience

Well, this is how I would phrase it :-)
Peer comment(s):

agree anne pincus : I agree with you, but I'd add something of the coffee
11 mins
Thank you, anne!
agree oa_xxx (X)
1 day 5 hrs
Thanks, orla!
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18 mins

instantly

Obwohl es vermutlich kein Schnellkaffee war!

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as in

That was the instant experience made by .......
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22 mins

fresh and first-hand

a bit of a mix here - Iona's idea plus a sense of the coffee....
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1 hr

"wake up and smell the coffee"

100 ... had the opportunity to "wake up and smell the coffee" (so to speak) first hand during a ...

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I wonder if the vessel was called the "Rhine Espresso"...
Sorry!
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1 hr

freshly brewed

my 2cents worth
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+1
4 hrs

hot off the coffee press

Suggestion.
Peer comment(s):

agree oa_xxx (X)
1 day 35 mins
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10 hrs

scalding hot

That would be more literal,and that's what happens to
you when your hands, mouth etc are "verbrüht". Which was the coffee outfit that got into legal trouble with scalding hot brew?
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