Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Vier für alle Fälle
English translation:
Four Strokes of Good Fortune
German term
Vier für alle Fälle
Hence the title "Vier für alle Fälle"...
Into British_English
Thank you in advance.
Jun 24, 2009 12:05: Susan Welsh changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/36071">Katy62's</a> old entry - "Vier für alle Fälle"" to ""Four Strokes of Good Fortune""
Proposed translations
United States
Psychology, economics, politics
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Four Strokes of Good Fortune
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
The Infallible Four
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Note added at 9 mins (2009-06-19 12:35:40 GMT)
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Helen Shiner
: or the Indispensable Four [dispense wisdom] and pontificate in general. Just a joke, of course, but then your answer has a touch of irony, too!
3 mins
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thanks Helen and greetings from BA :)
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Austria
b2b/economics/marketing/market research/
Native in: German
Works in: German to English, French to German, English to German
Four handy helpers
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Susan Welsh
: I'm not crazy about it. It sounds a bit like maids and handymen for repairs.
10 mins
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Andrew Morgan
: I agree with susan - The image is of four OAPs "doing their best"
1 hr
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Germany
Par Excellence Translations
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 3 more.
The Fab(ulous) Four
Or could there be copyright issues here?
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: yes, I remember those series when my kids were young; apart from the copyright issue, that passed through my mind as well; it would be snappy indeed! oops, I know, you were referring to the Beatles, sorry, I was thinking of a "detective series" for kids
3 hrs
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Thinking of "The Famous Five"? (I nearly suggested "The Famous Four", but decided they probably weren't famous!)
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United Kingdom
Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
All 4 One
The cry of the Four Musketeers - and isn't this the GER equivalent?
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Note added at 42 mins (2009-06-19 13:08:24 GMT)
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Er, that'll be Three Musketeers, of course and d'Artagnan.
Engineer and musician, a renaissance man
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German
(Good) Fourtune
Non Brit_Eng speakers might need a [sic] on that.
Germany
25 years in film industry
Native in: English , German
Works in: German to English, English to German
Four for Any Challenge
Or, for a cheekier spin: "Pimping the Poor"...? :o)
Four all contingencies
India
Accurate and readable
Native in: English (Variant: UK) , Hindi
Works in: German to English
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