Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Allzeit Gute Fahrt!
English translation:
Happy motoring!
German term
Allzeit Gute Fahrt!
I don't need it for a translation. One of my German students had wanted to say that in an English language course and I couldn't think of anything appropriate. The situation is as described above. Someone has just passed their driving test and someone else is congratulating.
| 3 +9 | Happy motoring! |
Kim Metzger
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| 4 +2 | Happy trails! |
Ramey Rieger (X)
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| 3 +2 | Drive safely! |
jccantrell
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| 5 -3 | We wish you a save journey at all times! |
Ines R.
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Mar 29, 2011 20:26: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing"
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Proposed translations
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Happy motoring!
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Note added at 9 mins (2011-03-29 18:30:27 GMT)
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Or Safe motoring!
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Lancashireman
: Save motoring (from fuel duty)
52 mins
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or from dirty fuel?
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Trudy Peters
: Short and sweet :-)
56 mins
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Or even "happy and safe motoring" http://minicoopernews.com/?p=27
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AllegroTrans
2 hrs
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Nicole Schnell
: Nice!
3 hrs
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| agree |
Horst Huber (X)
: Yes, only better not bring in safety (just might jinx it).
4 hrs
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| agree |
Christiane Frasca
8 hrs
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| agree |
Nicola Wood
: Perfect.
11 hrs
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| agree |
Alexandra Reuer
: Nice.
13 hrs
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Thayenga
14 hrs
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We wish you a save journey at all times!
eine andere Variante
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Kim Metzger
: Highest, I am sure? Do you have trouble distinguishing between 'life' and 'live' too?
50 mins
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Cilian O'Tuama
: I spot a mistake in this CL5 answer, so disagree from me.
1 hr
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| disagree |
AllegroTrans
: contains a serious error and "at all times" is too literal, we don't use English quite like that
1 hr
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Happy trails!
| That's great! Thanks. |
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mill2
3 hrs
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thank-you!
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hazmatgerman (X)
: Saddle up with a good horse, reins in hand. Because it sounds als old-fashioned as the German Phrase. BTW: "Gute Fahrt" is the VW customer journal's name. See here: http://www.gute-fahrt.de/gfo/show.php3?id=58&nodeid=58&ps_lo...
4 hrs
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Yeeeehaaaaa!
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United States
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden.
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Drive safely!
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Note added at 23 hrs (2011-03-30 18:06:42 GMT)
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No problem, Antje. As long as you get what you need, that is my motive.
| Thank you! I hope you don't mind me awarding the points to Kim as his suggestion fits the purpose in the example best. I'll tell my students about yours, though! |
Discussion
And also lots of people here in the U.S. know the word "Fahrvergnuegen" (though they don't know how to pronounce it). I've seen "Happy Fahrvergnuegen" on some license plates...