Jan 23, 2015 12:55
9 yrs ago
German term
geht nicht nur durch Butter wie Butter
German to English
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Die bewährte Klinge in Hechtform geht nicht nur durch Butter wie Butter.
It's a description of a pocket knife.
It's a description of a pocket knife.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
1 day 3 hrs
Selected
will make you think you're cutting butter
or something along those lines...
"The popular pike blade will make you think you're cutting butter!" or
"So sharp you'll think you're cutting butter" or
"...will make you feel like (you're) cutting butter" (just need to find a place for the pike blade)
"The popular pike blade will make you think you're cutting butter!" or
"So sharp you'll think you're cutting butter" or
"...will make you feel like (you're) cutting butter" (just need to find a place for the pike blade)
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Like I said, I did take a different approach in my translation, but I think yours was the most creative and closest to what I was looking for. Thanks! :)"
+3
12 mins
cuts through everything as if it were butter
This thin fragile tile of ceramic material conducts the heat from your hand efficiently enough to cut through ice as if it were butter.
http://www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/materials-library/materi...
everything like butter = substances similar to butter
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Note added at 15 mins (2015-01-23 13:11:38 GMT)
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They glide, those sharp knives, working with ease and with the rhythm of the cook, cutting through meat as if it were butter.
http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/cookware/kitchen_knives.html
The chef sliced through the ham as if it were butter.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/slice through
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Note added at 17 mins (2015-01-23 13:13:26 GMT)
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The idiom which includes 'like' is: "like a knife through butter"
http://www.instituteofmaking.org.uk/materials-library/materi...
everything like butter = substances similar to butter
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Note added at 15 mins (2015-01-23 13:11:38 GMT)
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They glide, those sharp knives, working with ease and with the rhythm of the cook, cutting through meat as if it were butter.
http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/cookware/kitchen_knives.html
The chef sliced through the ham as if it were butter.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/slice through
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Note added at 17 mins (2015-01-23 13:13:26 GMT)
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The idiom which includes 'like' is: "like a knife through butter"
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Nicola Wood
49 mins
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Thanks, Nicola. I think Kat will take some convincing ;-)
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agree |
Ramey Rieger (X)
: I'm convinced
1 day 1 hr
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agree |
Lucas Zimmerman
2 days 6 hrs
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19 mins
will cut through everything like a hot knife through butter
will cut through everything like a hot knife through butter i
like a (hot) knife through butter - very easily; without any resistance or difficulty
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Note added at 21 mins (2015-01-23 13:16:53 GMT)
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Correction:
cuts through everything like a hot knife through butter :)
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Note added at 24 mins (2015-01-23 13:20:06 GMT)
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http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/like-a-...
cut/go through something like a (hot) knife through butter
to cut something very easily
A laser beam can cut through metal like a hot knife through butter.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cut through like a knife...
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Note added at 36 mins (2015-01-23 13:32:00 GMT)
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Or:
"will not only cut through butter like a hot knife through butter"
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Note added at 39 mins (2015-01-23 13:35:03 GMT)
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Or more literally:
"does not only go through butter like butter"
(Much too long:
"does not only go through butter like a hot knife through butter")
like a (hot) knife through butter - very easily; without any resistance or difficulty
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Note added at 21 mins (2015-01-23 13:16:53 GMT)
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Correction:
cuts through everything like a hot knife through butter :)
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Note added at 24 mins (2015-01-23 13:20:06 GMT)
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http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/like-a-...
cut/go through something like a (hot) knife through butter
to cut something very easily
A laser beam can cut through metal like a hot knife through butter.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cut through like a knife...
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Note added at 36 mins (2015-01-23 13:32:00 GMT)
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Or:
"will not only cut through butter like a hot knife through butter"
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Note added at 39 mins (2015-01-23 13:35:03 GMT)
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Or more literally:
"does not only go through butter like butter"
(Much too long:
"does not only go through butter like a hot knife through butter")
10 mins
slices everything like butter
or "..nothing it won’t slice like butter.."
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Note added at 15 mins (2015-01-23 13:11:43 GMT)
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or "turns everything into butter.."
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Note added at 56 mins (2015-01-23 13:52:43 GMT)
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Fair enough, Kat. How about..
"handles/slices more than butter with ease.." ?
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Note added at 1 hr (2015-01-23 14:51:17 GMT)
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Nope. Still don't sound right..;- Here are some variations on the theme:
goes through most things as it goes through butter
handles most things with the same ease as (it handles) butter
slices through most things with the same ease as (it slices through) butter
slices through most things as it slices through butter
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Note added at 15 mins (2015-01-23 13:11:43 GMT)
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or "turns everything into butter.."
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Note added at 56 mins (2015-01-23 13:52:43 GMT)
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Fair enough, Kat. How about..
"handles/slices more than butter with ease.." ?
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Note added at 1 hr (2015-01-23 14:51:17 GMT)
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Nope. Still don't sound right..;- Here are some variations on the theme:
goes through most things as it goes through butter
handles most things with the same ease as (it handles) butter
slices through most things with the same ease as (it slices through) butter
slices through most things as it slices through butter
1 day 5 hrs
cuts better than the proverbial knife through butter
...would be one more way of saying it.
Discussion
I have to say I really like the suggestion of the Ghostwriter :) I also like the translations of Berit Kostka. I have to confess I already submitted the translation and took a bit of a different turn, but since I'll need to choose the most helpful suggestion, perhaps you'd like to add yours to the answers?
Thanks again and have a great weekend!
Then my suggestion would be something along the lines of:
"The popular pike blade will make you think you're cutting butter!" or
"So sharp you'll think you're cutting butter" or
"...will make you feel like (you're) cutting butter" (just need to find a place for the pike blade)
Replacing popular with reliable or tried and tested or similar would also still work imo. I just found that with regard to blade shape "popular" was used a lot on English sites for those bush knives.
Btw I think the German sentence is already ultra-awkward...
If you want to keep the not just butter then I think you have to change the order to something along the lines of "Butter is not the only thing this blade cuts through as if it were butter" which is IMHO nowhere near as elegant.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/like
like butter = similar to butter (but not including butter itself)
http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/article/950111/brand-heal...