Geht nicht gibt's nicht

English translation: There\'s no such thing as \'can\'t be done\'

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German term or phrase:Geht nicht gibt\'s nicht
English translation:There\'s no such thing as \'can\'t be done\'
Entered by: dkfmmuc

09:30 Jun 22, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Firmenpräsentation, Transportunternehmen (Mittelstand)
German term or phrase: Geht nicht gibt's nicht
Bei dem Text handelt es sich um eine Webseite für einen Frachtführer, der ganz unterschiedliche Fahrzeuge hat und deshalb praktisch alles auf der Straße transportieren kann, was ein Kunde sich nur vorstellen kann.

Darin gibt es eine Aufzählung ungewöhnlichster Transporte in Bezug auf Wert, Größe oder Transportschwierigkeit.

Ein Absatz wird mit der Aussage "Geht nicht gibt's nicht" eingeleitet.

Die bisherigen Vorschläge gefallen mir noch nicht wirklich
(http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/art_literary/349...

Deshalb bräuchte ich Ideen für eine englische Fassung!
dkfmmuc
Local time: 15:29
There's no such thing as 'can't be done'
Explanation:
One possibility
http://tinyurl.com/ozr5a28
Selected response from:

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 07:29
Grading comment
Much appreciated.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7There's no such thing as 'can't be done'
Kim Metzger
3 +3You have it? We'll move it.
Wendy Streitparth
4 +1No such thing as no can do!
Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
3 +2No job too challenging
Thomas Pfann
3 +2The sky's the limit
Phoebe Indetzki
4 +1The sky is the limit
Birgit Gläser
3 +2We make the impossible possible
Denise Trevellyan
3 +2When pigs fly
Ramey Rieger (X)
3 +2There's always a way
Alison MacG
3 +1There's no such word as can't
Nick Brisland, BA (Hons)
3 +1You want it, we got it
Henry Schroeder
4Impossible? Not for us!
Parisetcetera
3 +1Nothing we can't get rolling
Berit Kostka, PhD
2 +1No Job Too Big Or Small
Jonathan MacKerron
3Can’t do it won’t cut it
Michael Martin, MA
3If we haven't got it, it doesn't exist.
Andrea Garfield-Barkworth


Discussion entries: 8





  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
There's no such thing as 'can't be done'


Explanation:
One possibility
http://tinyurl.com/ozr5a28

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 07:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 558
Grading comment
Much appreciated.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Vielen Dank!

Asker: Great suggestion, thanks for that. I will follow the result of the community voting :-)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Stanford
32 mins

agree  Edwin Miles: Has a nice ring to it.
42 mins

agree  BrigitteHilgner: I like it and it is close to the original idea.
1 hr

agree  Adam Kiolle
3 hrs

agree  Nicola Wood
3 hrs

agree  Jacek Konopka
4 hrs

neutral  Bernhard Sulzer: or: ... "can't do"; but I don't like the slogan
6 hrs

agree  philgoddard: I would leave out "be done". It doesn't add anything to the phrase.
7 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
No such thing as no can do!


Explanation:
one possibility...

Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Austria
Local time: 15:29
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Vielen Dank!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman: There sure ain't!
12 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
No job too challenging


Explanation:
from a slightly different angle:

No job too challenging
No job too tough
Whatever your project/need/challenge, we'll handle it

Thomas Pfann
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:29
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Vielen Dank, im Moment mein Favorit!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman: Auch mein Favorit (ganz ernst gemeint).
12 hrs

agree  TonyTK: Like this one ...
22 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
There's no such word as can't


Explanation:
In a similar vein to the other suggestions.

Nick Brisland, BA (Hons)
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: A pleasure to read it, thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AngieD
3 hrs
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
The sky's the limit


Explanation:
yet another suggestion...

Phoebe Indetzki
Local time: 15:29
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Vielen Dank, Phoebe!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jacek Konopka
3 hrs

agree  Lancashireman: = We don't do air freight
12 hrs
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The sky is the limit


Explanation:
ist mir spontan eingefallen, nachdem ich den Kontext gelesen habe, finde ich, es passt sogar sehr gut, weil der Himmel buchstäblich eine Grenze für die Fahrzeuge ist... ;-)

Oder das gute alte Obama "Yes, we can"

Die anderen Lösungen finde ich persönlich nicht so griffig...

Birgit Gläser
Germany
Local time: 15:29
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
Notes to answerer
Asker: Vielen Dank, Birgit!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman: = We don't do air freight
12 hrs
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
We make the impossible possible


Explanation:
or 'There's nothing we can't deliver'

Denise Trevellyan
Local time: 15:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Vielen Dank, denisetrev!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman: We consider no paradox to be unparadoxical.
12 hrs

agree  Eleanore Strauss
4 days
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
When pigs fly


Explanation:
Hi there! If this is a heading, then it is made clear beneath what they're getting at. I'm swamped, but I'll keep this in mind, maybe there will be more to come..... Good Luck!

The (im)possible reality

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That's fine, sweetie, but it has absolutely NO connection to animal transport.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_pig

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(We move) Everything under the sun/ (your) mountains

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 15:29
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your suggestion. Sorry to say that I won't choose it. The reason is that I will try to avoid any reminder on live cattle services which are highly criticized. (AFAIK they have no such service in their fleet - but don't know about cooperaion partners).


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Birgit Gläser: Sorry, but this is just the opposite... they claim to be able to transport anything.... changed to neutral, but I for one do not get your point... it is the equivalent of "not in a million years", so not the positive message they are looking for....
24 mins
  -> for heaven's sake, that's EXACTLY the point!//That all depends on the text beneath the heading. Most native speakers can easily recognize irony - we even enjoy dichotomy in language.

agree  Michael Martin, MA: Nice to see a refreshing twist, Ramey. Perhaps add “When pigs fly, we swoop in” so that everybody gets it...?// Reasoning sounds outlandish, though. Not sure I’d care for the business of anybody who gets upset about the mere mention of pigs..
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Michael, but it's not appropriate to the text. I'll save it for a later date. Take care!

agree  Lancashireman: Porcine Translation Services & Co. Inc. "We will make a pig's ear of your source text" OR "Casting transcreational pearls before swine"
12 hrs
  -> Um, gee, thanks? I see you're having fun!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
There's always a way


Explanation:
We [or company name] always find a way
If there's a way we'll find it

Another attempt - not quite sure exactly what you're looking for if you're not taken with any of the suggestions in the previous question you quoted or in this one: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/advertising_publ...

Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: This is a great one. Sorry that I won't choose it. For me it's too near to a German slogan of a rural savings bank which says "Wir machen den Weg frei". I am sure you didn't see it, the TV ads are completely exaggerated. (Therefore the slogan "poisened" for some years - in my perception).


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  franglish: I like it. How about: "We have the means, we always find the way"?
56 mins
  -> Thank you and yes, I don't see why not - I'm sure dkfmmuc will be grateful for as many different suggestions as possible.

agree  Lancashireman: (where there's a will)
11 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
You want it, we got it


Explanation:
I consider this a rather brutal, crude formulation, but it is very likely what a number of companies in America would chose.

Henry Schroeder
United States
Local time: 09:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Great!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman: We sure do.
9 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Impossible? Not for us!


Explanation:
I can't really come up with a great explanation, but "Impossible? Not for us!" is what I would send a client for "Geht nicht gibt's nicht".


Parisetcetera
France
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
No Job Too Big Or Small


Explanation:
yet another

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 90

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman: Not Sure Whether "or" Qualifies for an Initial Cap.
2 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
You have it? We'll move it.


Explanation:
Or. We can move it.

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 15:29
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 52
Notes to answerer
Asker: This is also great, a short and comprehensive solution.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman: Bend it and shake it.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lancashireman - and probably even break it!

agree  TonyTK: Or this one - and thanks for reminding me of that great 70s ad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzEBLa3PPk
16 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tony - somehow missed that one.

agree  Сергей Лузан: Quite impresssive and conveys the message to the client
1 day 17 hrs
  -> Many thanks, Sergei
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Nothing we can't get rolling


Explanation:
Just came to my mind... Maybe the rolling fits nicely as it is for transportation.


Or, there's nothing we can't get rolling, perhaps...

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Or how about "We get things rolling"? Just another thought after a long day...

Berit Kostka, PhD
Türkiye
Local time: 16:29
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Vielen Dank!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  TonyTK: ... and this one
21 hrs
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Can’t do it won’t cut it


Explanation:
As short as the original and has a similar ring to it.


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or "Can't do it won't cut it for us"

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 09:29
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 30
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, appreciated!

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2 days 11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
If we haven't got it, it doesn't exist.


Explanation:
Seems logical.

Andrea Garfield-Barkworth
Germany
Local time: 15:29
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2
Notes to answerer
Asker: Vielen Dank für den Vorschlag.

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