Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Avoid pitching yourself

German translation:

Bleibe bescheiden/Stell dich nicht in den Vordergrund

Added to glossary by Steffen Walter
Feb 7, 2008 15:40
16 yrs ago
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English term

pitching

English to German Marketing Advertising / Public Relations
Avoid pitching yourself
Speaking engagements build awareness of and credibility for your organization.
The best speakers (and those invited back frequently) know that being perceived as an expert through delivering quality content for the benefit of event delegates is far better than delivering a hard sell.
Keep your company profile and contact information down to one or two slides.
Your audience will thank you and you will stand a far better chance of being invited back to speak at XXX.
Change log

Feb 7, 2008 16:39: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "Pitching" to "pitching"

Feb 14, 2008 11:12: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/26887">Kathi Stock's</a> old entry - "pitching"" to ""Bleibe bescheiden/Stell dich nicht in den Vordergrund""

Proposed translations

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English term (edited): Avoid pitching yourself
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Bleibe bescheiden

Notice that my suggestion is for the whole phrase. I would otherwise translate the term "(to) pitch oneself" as "sich anpreisen" or "angeben".
:)
Peer comment(s):

agree Stendhal
2 mins
Thanks! :)
agree Nadine Hegmanns
27 mins
agree Carolin Haase
1 hr
agree Bernhard Sulzer : gefällt mir sehr gut; im Sinne von "sich selbst nicht in den Vordergrund stellen."
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Danke!"
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Indirekte Werbung wirkt besser

Sugestion tries to rephrase heading to a reader-enticing half-sentence. Also nicht "makrtschreierisch auftreten", sondern dezent seine Qualifikation kundtun.
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Eigenwerbung

Vermeidung von Eigenwerbung



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Note added at 35 mins (2008-02-07 16:15:17 GMT)
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oder

Eigenwerbung vermeiden.

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Note added at 10 hrs (2008-02-08 01:53:49 GMT)
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oder

Auf vordergründige/offene Eigenwerbung verzichten.
Peer comment(s):

neutral hazmatgerman (X) : Wenn man dies wörtlich nimmt, wäre ja auch die indirekte E. durch die Vortragsqualität zu vermeiden, oder? @Voigt: dann paßte Ihr "vordergründig" natürlich auch schön.
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Na ja, diesen Vorwurf könntest Du auch dem Autor machen. Dass die Präsentationen, um die es sich hier handelt, nicht aus reiner Nächstenliebe geschehen, ist schon klar ...;o)
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