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Wir sind Feuer und Flamme

English translation: We're all fired up

08:48 Jun 22, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research / Tech/Engineering
German term or phrase: Wir sind Feuer und Flamme
Ihr Messeteam.
Wir sind Feuer und Flamme!

(Es geht um eine Messe für Kachelöfen, Heizkamine, Fliesen etc.)


VIELEN DANK!

We are all fired up?
martina1974
Austria
Local time: 12:13
English translation:We're all fired up
Explanation:
I think your suggestion is the best so far, though you should use the informal "we're".
Selected response from:

philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
vielen Dank!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +12We're all fired up
philgoddard
3 +5We light your fire
Ramey Rieger (X)
3 +1We are burning with enthusiasm
Catriona C.
3 +1Keeping fires burning
Ventnai
4We're on fire out here
Michael Martin, MA


  

Answers


11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
We light your fire


Explanation:

Hi Martina! This will be fun! To get things rolliung
We're hot to trot
We burn for you


Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 12:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 81

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Conny Reilly: 'We light your fire' - like this one
1 hr
  -> Fire away!
agree  Lirka: excellent!
1 hr
  -> Hot stuff! Hi Sweetie!
agree  Mercuri@: Nice
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
neutral  philgoddard: I think wordplay has to make sense in the context, and this doesn't really. It means "you find us attractive".// "Hot to trot" would work, because it means "raring to go".
4 hrs
  -> Nonsense! It make sense PRECISELY in this context.
neutral  Michele Fauble: Agree with Phil about the “(physical) attractiveness” connotation.
8 hrs
agree  Lancashireman: Two fatuous comments above.
1 day 16 hrs
  -> The fat's in the fire!
agree  Eleanore Strauss: Nice idea
2 days 5 hrs
  -> Hot!
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
We are burning with enthusiasm


Explanation:
Just an option which I think gets the message across.

Catriona C.
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Williams
31 days
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Keeping fires burning


Explanation:
Another idea :-)

or We keep fires burning

Ventnai
Spain
Local time: 12:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: "We keep your fire burning", I'd say.
3 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +12
We're all fired up


Explanation:
I think your suggestion is the best so far, though you should use the informal "we're".

philgoddard
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 55
Grading comment
vielen Dank!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Karin Redclift
1 hr
agree  metranslations: IMHO, this is the best suggestion
1 hr
agree  Steffen Walter
2 hrs
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): nice one!
3 hrs
agree  Michele Fauble
4 hrs
agree  Klaus Beyer: perfect
5 hrs
agree  Michael Martin, MA: That's what we need here.
6 hrs
agree  David Hollywood: no doubt about it in this context...covers all bases
10 hrs
agree  Wendy Lewin
20 hrs
agree  Lancashireman: Feeding asker's own hesitant choice back to them is a winning formula every time on KudoZ. 4 points - kerching!
1 day 12 hrs
agree  Eleanore Strauss: Yup... agree with Lancashireman for once
2 days 1 hr
agree  Chris Pr
2 days 6 hrs
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2 days 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
We're on fire out here


Explanation:
Seems to fit. Compare with quotes below:

"We are on fire out here because we are so excited," she added.
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/132294759/

"We are on fire out here at the Right Door Productions."
https://picosico.org/tag/alinafierra

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 06:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 116
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