Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
ich freue mich auf Freitag, um richtig zuzupacken
English translation:
I am looking forward to Friday to really get down to it
German term
freue mich auf Freitag, um richtig zuzupacken
| 3 +2 | I am looking forward to really get down to it |
valhalla55
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| 4 +1 | Two options |
David Moore (X)
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Apr 3, 2008 06:41: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "freue mich um richtig zuzupacken " to "freue mich auf Freitag, um richtig zuzupacken " , "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Apr 3, 2008 08:32: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/0">'s</a> old entry - "freue mich auf Freitag, um richtig zuzupacken "" to ""I am looking forward to really get down to it""
Apr 3, 2008 08:32: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/34047">Steffen Walter's</a> old entry - "freue mich auf Freitag, um richtig zuzupacken "" to ""I am looking forward to Friday to really get down to it""
Proposed translations
fast and reliable
Native in: Romanian 
Works in: Japanese to Norwegian, Japanese to German, Norwegian to Japanese, and 5 more.
I am looking forward to really get down to it
Two options
"I'm (really) looking forward to Friday to really get down to it"
and
"I'm (really) looking forward to get*TING* down to it on Friday".
What he wants to get down to is apparently left to the imagination...
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Trudy Peters
: I like the second option. Or "look forward" to avoid the two "ings".
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Discussion
Du glaubst gar nicht wie Du mir fehlstst. Freue mich auf Freitag um richtig zuzupacken