Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Pillepalle
English translation:
easy-peasy
Added to glossary by
Gillian Searl
Nov 14, 2002 11:09
22 yrs ago
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German term
United Kingdom
Founder & CEO of www.linguagloss.com
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English
Pillepalle
German to English
Other
20ppm - Pillepalle?
Heading in a company newsletter regarding the pharmaceutical industry
Heading in a company newsletter regarding the pharmaceutical industry
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | easy-peasy |
Nicole Tata
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| 4 +3 | child's play / a doddle / as easy as pie |
Cilian O'Tuama
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| 4 +1 | ... - a pill easy to swallow? |
Steffen Walter
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Proposed translations
+2
5 mins
Nicole Tata
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in German
&
English
United Kingdom
Transcreation, Marketing/PR, Literary
Native in: English 
, German
Works in: English to German, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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1326
Selected
easy-peasy
Link below explains it:
pille-palle Synonym für "einfach". "Pille-palle" ist all das, was man ohne großen Aufwand erlernen kann, wenn man sich einfach etwas damit beschäftigt. ...
www.ruhrgebietssprache.de/lexikon/pillepalle.html -
pille-palle Synonym für "einfach". "Pille-palle" ist all das, was man ohne großen Aufwand erlernen kann, wenn man sich einfach etwas damit beschäftigt. ...
www.ruhrgebietssprache.de/lexikon/pillepalle.html -
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
+3
7 mins
Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
Quality Translations since 1986
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, German, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
7294
child's play / a doddle / as easy as pie
or are you looking for a marketing slogan taking the "Pille" into account?
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jeannie Graham
: I also think play needs to be made on "Pille" somehow - no suggestions yet though!
56 mins
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| agree |
Jacqueline McKay (X)
2 hrs
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| agree |
Melissa Field
2 hrs
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+1
2 hrs
Steffen Walter
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Germany
Top-Notch Service | Direct Clients Only
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
12459
... - a pill easy to swallow?
Just in case you wanted to make use of the Pille = pill image...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
jerrie
2 hrs
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Thanks jerrie :-)
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| neutral |
Cilian O'Tuama
: but how can concentration = 'pill'? (Gruß)
4 hrs
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Gruß zurück! You may have a point here but the "pill" image was more to make ref. to the fact that the newsletter is issued by a pharma co. (and not so much to the ppm bit).
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