Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Spannende Zukunft
English translation:
Getting a grip on the future
Added to glossary by
Ines R.
May 12, 2018 20:05
6 yrs ago
German term
Spannende Zukunft
German to English
Marketing
Engineering: Industrial
CNC+vises (ENUS)-vices (ENUK)-Spannwerkzeuge-Maschinenschraubstöcke-Fräsen-Werkstückbearbeitung
Es geht hier um die Übersetzung eines Textes für eine Firma die Spannwerkzeuge für CNC Maschinen herstellt.
Der Titel ***Spannende Zukunft*** soll auf die Spannwerkzeuge hinweisen und ich finde hier nicht den richtigen Begriff.
Ich bitte Euch hierbei um Eure Hilfe. Vielen Dank.
Spannende Zukunft
Die Firma XXX hat den Fortschritt im Fertigungssektor fest im Blick und wird auch in Zukunft schnell auf neue Anforderungen reagieren. Denn neue Fertigungsverfahren können schon Morgen ganz neue Spannkonstruktionen erfordern.
Der Titel ***Spannende Zukunft*** soll auf die Spannwerkzeuge hinweisen und ich finde hier nicht den richtigen Begriff.
Ich bitte Euch hierbei um Eure Hilfe. Vielen Dank.
Spannende Zukunft
Die Firma XXX hat den Fortschritt im Fertigungssektor fest im Blick und wird auch in Zukunft schnell auf neue Anforderungen reagieren. Denn neue Fertigungsverfahren können schon Morgen ganz neue Spannkonstruktionen erfordern.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | Getting a grip on the future |
Lancashireman
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| 3 +3 | a gripping future |
jccantrell
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| 3 -1 | Clamping down on the future |
gangels (X)
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Change log
May 13, 2018 22:03: Ines R. changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/57687">Ines R.'s</a> old entry - "Spannende Zukunft"" to ""Getting a grip on the future""
May 14, 2018 14:21: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Marketing"
Proposed translations
+2
2 hrs
Selected
Getting a grip on the future
Nine convincing examples of this phrase used as a title here:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_q=&as_epq=Getting a...
Same verb as in JC's "a gripping future" but used in a wholly different sense.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gripping
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/...
Clamp down on
to take strong action to stop or limit a harmful or unwanted activity:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/clamp-do...
Not sure how the future can be stopped or limited
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Note added at 15 hrs (2018-05-13 11:43:43 GMT)
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Possibly even better
Getting to grips with the future
come/get to grips with something
to understand or deal with something difficult
Example: "I’ve never really got to grips with this new technology."
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/come-get-to-grips-wit...
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&as_q=&as_epq=Getting a...
Same verb as in JC's "a gripping future" but used in a wholly different sense.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gripping
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/...
Clamp down on
to take strong action to stop or limit a harmful or unwanted activity:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/clamp-do...
Not sure how the future can be stopped or limited
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Note added at 15 hrs (2018-05-13 11:43:43 GMT)
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Possibly even better
Getting to grips with the future
come/get to grips with something
to understand or deal with something difficult
Example: "I’ve never really got to grips with this new technology."
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/come-get-to-grips-wit...
Note from asker:
| Thank you Lancashireman!! I like this proposal |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much ...and also thanks to all of you for your proposals"
-1
1 hr
Clamping down on the future
Or Putting the clamps on the future
Note from asker:
| Vielen Dank gangels |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
David Hollywood
: sorry gangels but not so happy with "clamp" here as it has a more negative connotation
2 hrs
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You are right, in hindsight. 'Gripping' is better
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| disagree |
Kim Metzger
: To clamp down on something is to suppress something. Suppress the future?
17 hrs
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+3
1 hr
jccantrell
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden.
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
106
a gripping future
It might get you onto the right track.
Note from asker:
| Thank you jccantrell |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
David Hollywood
: I like the wordplay here and nice in a marketing context... will be a toss up between yours and Lanc`s
2 hrs
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| agree |
Ramey Rieger (X)
: Of course.
14 hrs
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| agree |
Michael Martin, MA
: Shouldn't be a tossup at all because a future you need to get a grip on is hardly as exciting as a future that promises to be gripping
1 day 17 hrs
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Reference comments
4 hrs
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
134
Reference:
A gripper is something that grips things or makes it easier to grip things. It may refer to:
grippers, tools for building hand strength
a Robot end effector, the "hand" of a robot
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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-05-13 00:17:15 GMT)
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"gripper" = "Greifer" in German but no big deal in this marketing context
grippers, tools for building hand strength
a Robot end effector, the "hand" of a robot
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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-05-13 00:17:15 GMT)
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"gripper" = "Greifer" in German but no big deal in this marketing context
Note from asker:
| thank you very much David! |
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