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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Geht nicht gibt\'s nicht

English translation:

There\'s no such thing as \'can\'t be done\'

Added to glossary by dkfmmuc
Jun 22, 2015 09:30
8 yrs ago
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German term

Geht nicht gibt's nicht

German to English Marketing Transport / Transportation / Shipping Firmenpräsentation, Transportunternehmen (Mittelstand)
Bei dem Text handelt es sich um eine Webseite für einen Frachtführer, der ganz unterschiedliche Fahrzeuge hat und deshalb praktisch alles auf der Straße transportieren kann, was ein Kunde sich nur vorstellen kann.

Darin gibt es eine Aufzählung ungewöhnlichster Transporte in Bezug auf Wert, Größe oder Transportschwierigkeit.

Ein Absatz wird mit der Aussage "Geht nicht gibt's nicht" eingeleitet.

Die bisherigen Vorschläge gefallen mir noch nicht wirklich
(http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/art_literary/349...

Deshalb bräuchte ich Ideen für eine englische Fassung!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +7 There's no such thing as 'can't be done'
3 +3 You have it? We'll move it.
4 +1 No such thing as no can do!
3 +2 No job too challenging
3 +2 The sky's the limit
4 +1 The sky is the limit
3 +2 We make the impossible possible
3 +2 When pigs fly
3 +2 There's always a way
3 +1 There's no such word as can't
3 +1 You want it, we got it
4 Impossible? Not for us!
3 +1 Nothing we can't get rolling
2 +1 No Job Too Big Or Small
3 Can’t do it won’t cut it
3 If we haven't got it, it doesn't exist.
Change log

Jun 22, 2015 10:00: writeaway changed "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Marketing" , "Field (specific)" from "Marketing" to "Business/Commerce (general)"

Jun 22, 2015 10:28: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Business/Commerce (general)" to "Transport / Transportation / Shipping"

Discussion

dkfmmuc (asker) Jun 23, 2015:
*Soft closing* *Thank you* Dear colleagues,
it's really great and overwhelming to have a vast array of opportunities for one single term :-)

Just writing the German text right now and therefore please don't be astonished if I will rate the suggestions in some days. BTW: Will print the answers and then will put it into my "WOW" folder. (You know....this is *the* folder where I collect some remarkable pieces of the language journey).
Ramey Rieger (X) Jun 22, 2015:
@Phil Aaaaah, but we can try ;-). It's just been said so many times, almost up there with the onetime 'proactive' (shudder).
WE MOVE MOUNTAINS
philgoddard Jun 22, 2015:
"No such thing as can't" is the exact English equivalent, so I'm not sure there's much point coming up with lots of other ideas. For once, no great creativity is required :-)
Ramey Rieger (X) Jun 22, 2015:
Hey my friend it's REALLY okay. So your target audience is not country specific? One more international English project? IF you're interested in th humorous/metaphorical approach:
When time stands still
In a million years
OR to mark the company's omnipotence (it's man's world?):
(we move) Everything under the sun/mountains

Whatever you choose is fine with me, you know best, you're the translator!
dkfmmuc (asker) Jun 22, 2015:
Ramey, it *is* a great suggestion! Thanks for the additional explanation and shedding light on the great suggestion. Now I get the message. But there is so much pressure on the wole industry like CO2 discussion, lack of renewable fuel sources, toll and their fair amount, the discussion about regional food and "low" emission footprints and so on.....
Therefore I won't open this discussion about meat/animal/food transportation which in the imagination of the reader occurs if he combines pigs with "schnitzel". Additional there are some regions/destinations where pigs are generally impure.

So the flying pig is a great image and has fascinating aspects but can't use it for that order in order to avoid hassle.
Ramey Rieger (X) Jun 22, 2015:
Okay! It seems I have to explain my suggestion. The expression asked for has crossed my path OFTEN. As a heading, you have relative freedom - the point is to keep the reader's/potential client's interest. When pigs fly, has nothing to do with animal transport, it is a wonderfully clear, well-recognized and amusing metaphor for something that is NEVER going to happen. I know, it is the OPPOSITE of the term asked for, which was exactly why I chose it, coming from another angle.
Claudia Hoffmann Jun 22, 2015:
We don't take no for an answer
dkfmmuc (asker) Jun 22, 2015:
Bin beeindruckt! Danke an ALLE für die vielen sehr guten Vorschläge. Da ich erst einmal die deutsche Fassung fertigstelle und die Übersetzung erst in einigen Tagen lasse ich die Frage mal bis Mittwoch/Donnerstag laufen.

Bin aber schon jetzt sehr beeindruckt.

Proposed translations

+7
8 mins
Selected

There's no such thing as 'can't be done'

One possibility
http://tinyurl.com/ozr5a28
Note from asker:
Vielen Dank!
Great suggestion, thanks for that. I will follow the result of the community voting :-)
Peer comment(s):
agree Charles Stanford
32 mins
agree Edwin Miles : Has a nice ring to it.
42 mins
agree BrigitteHilgner : I like it and it is close to the original idea.
1 hr
agree Adam Kiolle
3 hrs
agree Nicola Wood
3 hrs
agree Jacek Konopka
4 hrs
neutral Bernhard Sulzer : or: ... "can't do"; but I don't like the slogan
6 hrs
agree philgoddard : I would leave out "be done". It doesn't add anything to the phrase.
7 hrs
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Much appreciated."
+1
9 mins

No such thing as no can do!

one possibility...
Note from asker:
Vielen Dank!
Peer comment(s):
agree Lancashireman : There sure ain't!
12 hrs
Something went wrong...
+2
14 mins

No job too challenging

from a slightly different angle:

No job too challenging
No job too tough
Whatever your project/need/challenge, we'll handle it
Note from asker:
Vielen Dank, im Moment mein Favorit!
Peer comment(s):
agree Lancashireman : Auch mein Favorit (ganz ernst gemeint).
12 hrs
agree TonyTK : Like this one ...
22 hrs
Something went wrong...
+1
15 mins

There's no such word as can't

In a similar vein to the other suggestions.
Note from asker:
A pleasure to read it, thanks!
Peer comment(s):
agree AngieD
3 hrs
Something went wrong...
+2
31 mins

The sky's the limit

yet another suggestion...
Note from asker:
Vielen Dank, Phoebe!
Peer comment(s):
agree Jacek Konopka
3 hrs
agree Lancashireman : = We don't do air freight
12 hrs
Something went wrong...
+1
35 mins

The sky is the limit

ist mir spontan eingefallen, nachdem ich den Kontext gelesen habe, finde ich, es passt sogar sehr gut, weil der Himmel buchstäblich eine Grenze für die Fahrzeuge ist... ;-)

Oder das gute alte Obama "Yes, we can"

Die anderen Lösungen finde ich persönlich nicht so griffig...
Note from asker:
Vielen Dank, Birgit!
Peer comment(s):
agree Lancashireman : = We don't do air freight
12 hrs
Something went wrong...
+2
46 mins

We make the impossible possible

or 'There's nothing we can't deliver'
Note from asker:
Vielen Dank, denisetrev!
Peer comment(s):
agree Lancashireman : We consider no paradox to be unparadoxical.
12 hrs
agree Eleanore Strauss
4 days
Something went wrong...
+2
13 mins

When pigs fly

Hi there! If this is a heading, then it is made clear beneath what they're getting at. I'm swamped, but I'll keep this in mind, maybe there will be more to come..... Good Luck!

The (im)possible reality

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Note added at 53 mins (2015-06-22 10:24:02 GMT)
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That's fine, sweetie, but it has absolutely NO connection to animal transport.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_pig

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Note added at 1 hr (2015-06-22 10:40:08 GMT)
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(We move) Everything under the sun/ (your) mountains
Note from asker:
Thanks for your suggestion. Sorry to say that I won't choose it. The reason is that I will try to avoid any reminder on live cattle services which are highly criticized. (AFAIK they have no such service in their fleet - but don't know about cooperaion partners).
Peer comment(s):
neutral Birgit Gläser : Sorry, but this is just the opposite... they claim to be able to transport anything.... changed to neutral, but I for one do not get your point... it is the equivalent of "not in a million years", so not the positive message they are looking for....
24 mins
for heaven's sake, that's EXACTLY the point!//That all depends on the text beneath the heading. Most native speakers can easily recognize irony - we even enjoy dichotomy in language.
agree Michael Martin, MA : Nice to see a refreshing twist, Ramey. Perhaps add “When pigs fly, we swoop in” so that everybody gets it...?// Reasoning sounds outlandish, though. Not sure I’d care for the business of anybody who gets upset about the mere mention of pigs..
1 hr
Thank you, Michael, but it's not appropriate to the text. I'll save it for a later date. Take care!
agree Lancashireman : Porcine Translation Services & Co. Inc. "We will make a pig's ear of your source text" OR "Casting transcreational pearls before swine"
12 hrs
Um, gee, thanks? I see you're having fun!
Something went wrong...
+2
1 hr

There's always a way

We [or company name] always find a way
If there's a way we'll find it

Another attempt - not quite sure exactly what you're looking for if you're not taken with any of the suggestions in the previous question you quoted or in this one: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/advertising_publ...
Note from asker:
This is a great one. Sorry that I won't choose it. For me it's too near to a German slogan of a rural savings bank which says "Wir machen den Weg frei". I am sure you didn't see it, the TV ads are completely exaggerated. (Therefore the slogan "poisened" for some years - in my perception).
Peer comment(s):
agree franglish : I like it. How about: "We have the means, we always find the way"?
56 mins
Thank you and yes, I don't see why not - I'm sure dkfmmuc will be grateful for as many different suggestions as possible.
agree Lancashireman : (where there's a will)
11 hrs
Something went wrong...
+1
3 hrs

You want it, we got it

I consider this a rather brutal, crude formulation, but it is very likely what a number of companies in America would chose.
Note from asker:
Great!
Peer comment(s):
agree Lancashireman : We sure do.
9 hrs
Something went wrong...
4 hrs

Impossible? Not for us!

I can't really come up with a great explanation, but "Impossible? Not for us!" is what I would send a client for "Geht nicht gibt's nicht".
Something went wrong...
+1
5 hrs

No Job Too Big Or Small

yet another
Peer comment(s):
agree Lancashireman : Not Sure Whether "or" Qualifies for an Initial Cap.
2 hrs
Something went wrong...
+3
6 hrs

You have it? We'll move it.

Or. We can move it.
Note from asker:
This is also great, a short and comprehensive solution.
Peer comment(s):
agree Lancashireman : Bend it and shake it.
6 hrs
Thanks, Lancashireman - and probably even break it!
agree TonyTK : Or this one - and thanks for reminding me of that great 70s ad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzEBLa3PPk
16 hrs
Thanks, Tony - somehow missed that one.
agree Сергей Лузан : Quite impresssive and conveys the message to the client
1 day 17 hrs
Many thanks, Sergei
Something went wrong...
+1
1 hr

Nothing we can't get rolling

Just came to my mind... Maybe the rolling fits nicely as it is for transportation.


Or, there's nothing we can't get rolling, perhaps...

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Note added at 8 hrs (2015-06-22 18:05:32 GMT)
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Or how about "We get things rolling"? Just another thought after a long day...
Note from asker:
Vielen Dank!
Peer comment(s):
agree TonyTK : ... and this one
21 hrs
Something went wrong...
17 hrs

Can’t do it won’t cut it

As short as the original and has a similar ring to it.


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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2015-06-23 11:02:31 GMT)
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or "Can't do it won't cut it for us"
Note from asker:
Thanks, appreciated!
Something went wrong...
2 days 11 hrs

If we haven't got it, it doesn't exist.

Seems logical.
Note from asker:
Vielen Dank für den Vorschlag.
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