Daniel Gray Nov 2, 2016:

Let me take a guess… You translated "erreicht man" as "you reach"…

martina1974 (asker) Nov 2, 2016:

I chose the answer because I like this play of words. Since the text is intended for tourism / marketing purposes, I don't think it matters whether this combination of words is common in English.. However, I really thank everyone for his/her contribution and wish everyone a nice day!! Kind regards from Austria, Martina

Lancashireman Nov 2, 2016:

Oh I do like to be beside the mountainside... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Do_Like_To_be_Beside_the_Sea...

Lancashireman Nov 2, 2016:

Martina Your choices in this forum never cease to amaze. Are you selecting answers at random or taking pity on the ones that no one else considers viable? "Mountainside fun" Ho ho ho!

Björn Vrooman Nov 2, 2016:

You could have told us... ...this was about Star Wars: http://imperialfun-blog-blog.tumblr.com/

The same question was asked over at Translator's Cafe:
https://www.translatorscafe.com/tcterms/de-DE/thQuestion.asp...

The discussion there raises some points that were made here as well (and overall, they advocated against the use of "imperial").

I thought the main goal was to come up with something understandable to ENS (and non-ENS who visit the site) without having to translate the mountain, as the "official" site won't translate it either:
http://www.wilderkaiser.info/en/

David Hollywood Oct 29, 2016:

I see absolutely no reason not to use "royal" in this context

Björn Vrooman Oct 28, 2016:

"Royally amused..."
I think I know what you're trying to get at - of course, a royal mess doesn't have to involve actual royalty (which is probably where I disagree with some of my colleagues here). I don't think Daniel's link was particularly well chosen to make that point, though.

And it doesn't change the fact that the wordplay is gone. Let me illustrate:
Say, you have a mountain called "Herz" and the tagline is "Herzlicher Spaß" - you can try to "heart it" all you want: If the mountain isn't translated into English, it will hardly matter how you choose to translate "herzlich." There's no mental chain that could be broken.

Lancashireman Oct 28, 2016:

Royally amused by the comments below Particularly Brexitania. Don't forget that the Brexish Empire once covered two-thirds of the globe.

BrigitteHilgner Oct 28, 2016:

fun worthy of an emperor If I set my mind to it, I'll make Franz Joseph turn in his sarcophage.

Thomas Pfann Oct 28, 2016:

Ebenfalls mit Brigitte „Royal“ passt irgendwie gar nicht, weil ein Kaiser kein König ist. „Imperial“ könnte zwar Besucher aus Brexitanien erfreuen, die dann aber vermutlich enttäuscht wären, wenn die Länge der Skipisten doch nicht in Meilen, sondern in Kilometern angegeben wird. Ein „Kaiser“ ließe sich aber durchaus einbauen (aber eben auf deutsch, damit der Bezug leichter hergestellt wird) – vielleicht etwas wie „[winter fun/skiing o.ä.] fit for a Kaiser“.

Oder noch besser: Erst den eigentlichen Text übersetzen und dann eine für diesen Text passende Überschrift finden. Im Text geht es ja darum, dass etwas für jeden dabei ist (Skifahrer, Snowboarder, Wanderer, jung und alt, klein und groß), also wäre es doch sinnvoller, in der Überschrift diesen Gedanken aufzugreifen.

BrigitteHilgner Oct 28, 2016:

Gaudi http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Gaudi_Spasz_Vergnuegen
Wie schade, dass das Wort "Ergötzen" aus dem Sprachgebrauch verschwunden ist.

Björn Vrooman Oct 28, 2016:

@Martina Basically agree with Brigitte. Maybe hard to explain, but the "kaiserlich" part of the wordplay refers to the name of the mountain; it's not a direct reference to emperor.

And "royal fun," as used in Daniel's link, does indeed link to the royal family (see picture there). "Gaudi" is much "derber" (you agree, Brigitte?): It's either about family/group entertainment or booze-filled festival activities. There's nothing really "royal" about it. And no-one will probably understand the joke anyways, since they're called Kaiser mountains, so there's no second part to the wordplay:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Mountains

Cilian O'Tuama Oct 27, 2016:

4000+ Qs Most into foreign lingo. The hills are alive.

BrigitteHilgner Oct 27, 2016:

Da üblicherweise niemand ... "Wilder Kaiser" (fierce emperor) ins Englische übersetzt, halte ich eine wörtliche Übersetzung oder irgendeine Übersetzung mit "kaiserlich" für Unsinn - da lachen die Ausländer nur wieder einmal über "bad English".
Vielleicht irgendetwas mit "great fun on the mountains".