Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Auf los geht‘s los!
English translation:
On your marks, get set, go!
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Gillian Searl
Jan 18, 2002 07:02
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German term
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Auf los geht‘s los!
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
st one on my marketing brochure. Is that the same as "Auf geht's, los geht's!" = "Come on, let's go!"?
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| 4 +1 | ready-set-go |
Susan Starling
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| 5 +2 | Ready - steady - go! |
Sabine Tietge
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| 4 | Are you ready? Okay, let's go |
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Apr 23, 2014 14:10: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
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ready-set-go
is what is said in the US (NEVER ready-steady-go!)
To answer your question, "auf los geht's los" doesn't exactly mean "auf geht's" or "los gehts" ("off we go" or the like). It's more like "at the count of X, go!" or "when I say go, then go." I can't think of a really good way to express that more literally though. This used to be a famous German game show, by the way (see link below).
To answer your question, "auf los geht's los" doesn't exactly mean "auf geht's" or "los gehts" ("off we go" or the like). It's more like "at the count of X, go!" or "when I say go, then go." I can't think of a really good way to express that more literally though. This used to be a famous German game show, by the way (see link below).
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Comment: "Thank you! You answered my question. I actually settled for the athletics version (don't ask me why!): On your marks, get set, go!"
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Are you ready? Okay, let's go
That's what I would suggest, in fact there is no precise translation to be found in any dictionary
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Ready - steady - go!
You may want to consider this one also...a very common expression in US and UK
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Maya Jurt
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Thomas Bollmann
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Martin Schmurr
: this is more exact, though for a brochure maybe it's better to say "Let's go!"
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