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226 months ago

Herwig (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

German > English

Subject:

Technical / Engineering

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

tonnenschwerer Koloss

Context:

Aber wie heben tonnenschwere K

Keywords:

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226 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Colossi of the sky

My comment:

A bit poetic... The concept of a Colossus implies the concept of 'tonnenschwere'.
Colossus: 1. Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful. (Websters)

My references:

Webster's Online Dictionary

226 months ago

Michael Bennett  See profile wrote:

giants of the sky

My comment:

These are all a bit subjective -- the precise translation of "a colossus weighing tonnes" just sounds strange in English, so choose something catchy.

226 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de  See profile wrote:

gigantic heavy-weight

My comment:

I often translate for Airbus and for various airlines. This is an expression which they all like ...

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