German term
imageträchtig
http://www.welt.de/print-welt/article332568/Linux-unter-Druc...
May 14, 2015 09:00: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Poetry & Literature" to "Journalism"
May 15, 2015 16:48: Alejandro Cavalitto changed "Restored" from "Waived by asker" to "Restored"
Proposed translations
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
with a nod to popular appeal
United States
Neuropsychiatrist(MD) German(MA)
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, Swedish to English
prestigious
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philgoddard
: High-profile is perfect, and much-vaunted is another possibility. I don't think prestigious is quite right though.
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oa_xxx (X)
: and with Phil
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Horst Huber (X)
: THis requires quite a re-write, and you might suggest how it might go.
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BrigitteHilgner
: As Lancashireman pointed out, we need an adverbial phrase as a solution.
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TonyTK
: Yes, what would the whole sentence look like?
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I would be tempted to change the structure rather significantly, perhaps something like this: "In fact, it was a high-profile beginning that the city desired in..."
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United States
20 years of experience, certified, ATA
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English, Russian to English, English
with a splash
If you want to retain the German construction, you might try "strikingly"... wanted to start strikingly... but somehow that sounds a little clumsy....
commensurate with their image / in [an] image-boosting fashion/style
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_q="commensurate wit...
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Cilian O'Tuama
: a sufficiently eloquent adjectival proposal could swing it, no 'need' for adverbial phrase
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e.g. commensurate [adj] with their image?
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Canada
Friendly, fast & certified!
Native in: German (Variants: Swiss, Platt / Nieder (Low German), Austrian, Germany)
Works in: English to German, German to English, German
keen/intent on boosting its image
-trächtig indicates the promise / the anticipation of a heightened reputation/ more prestige (trächtig=tragend<schwanger), cp. bedeutungsschwanger. It (Munich) is striving for this image/reputation (but is not quite there yet)
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