Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Sprachbilder
English translation:
verbal images
Added to glossary by
Kim Metzger
Mar 29, 2003 15:21
21 yrs ago
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German term
Sprach-Bildern
German to English
Marketing
Linguistics
Regarding a company which provides businesspeople help with oral presentations:
"Mit Sprach-Bildern gewinnen: durch bildhafte Ausdruecke Botschaften verstaerken und emotionally "laden"
Danke.
"Mit Sprach-Bildern gewinnen: durch bildhafte Ausdruecke Botschaften verstaerken und emotionally "laden"
Danke.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | verbal images |
Kim Metzger
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| 5 +1 | word pictures |
Ellen Zittinger
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| 4 +1 | verbal imagery |
William Stein
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| 4 | Use your words to paint a winning picture! |
Nicole Tata
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| 4 | oral/ (tongue-made) images |
Сергей Лузан
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Proposed translations
5 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Works in field
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
123
Selected
verbal images
This might work.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Kim.
Ron"
+1
8 mins
William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Works in field
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
verbal imagery
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colorful metaphors
striking expressions
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Persuade through colorful metaphors: use vivid, emotionally charged expressions to get your point across.
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Note added at 2003-03-29 15:30:23 (GMT)
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or
colorful metaphors
striking expressions
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Note added at 2003-03-29 18:41:48 (GMT)
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Persuade through colorful metaphors: use vivid, emotionally charged expressions to get your point across.
2 hrs
Nicole Tata
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in German
&
English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Transcreation, Marketing/PR, Literary
Native in: English 
, German
Works in: English to German, German to English
Use your words to paint a winning picture!
my suggestion. I would use 'verbal imagery' in the next sentence:
Use your words to paint a winning picture! Verbal imagery can re-inforce messages and give them more emotional appeal.
hope it helps
A picture may paint a thousand words but a thousand well chosen words can paint a picture of your business which portrays it perfectly in front of the audience ...
www.mediaworldnews.co.uk/page2.html
To capture these kinds of feelings, you want your words to paint a picture in the
minds of your audience--a picture that they can keep with them long after the ...
www.dreammerchant.net/sathoff_oct2001.htm
Use your words to paint a winning picture! Verbal imagery can re-inforce messages and give them more emotional appeal.
hope it helps
A picture may paint a thousand words but a thousand well chosen words can paint a picture of your business which portrays it perfectly in front of the audience ...
www.mediaworldnews.co.uk/page2.html
To capture these kinds of feelings, you want your words to paint a picture in the
minds of your audience--a picture that they can keep with them long after the ...
www.dreammerchant.net/sathoff_oct2001.htm
3 hrs
Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Always welcome! :)
Native in: Russian
Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Spanish to Russian, and 7 more.
oral/ (tongue-made) images
It might be helpful. Good luck, Ron Stelter!
+1
3 hrs
Ellen Zittinger
Native in German
&
English
Works in field
Educator/Realtor/Securities Rep/Agent
Native in: English , German
Works in: English to German, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
word pictures
used this way all the time:
creating/ to create a word picture!
creating/ to create a word picture!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Radu Stefan (X)
: this sounds to me the rightest form, but I think it could have worked also 'word picturing' considering that concerns a whole activity, so a singular noun
37 mins
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