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gelten This rather old German verb is often used if something counts (or does not count) for a result. Das gilt nicht! Alle erworbenen Punkte gelten bis zum Ende des Turniers. It also has derivated …

In addition to use the technical term "Überlebensrate": Das neue Medikament verbesserte die (Gesamt)überlebensrate aller Patientinnen mit einem Ovarialkarzinom um 60%. What you could also use in …

A somewhat literal but not too uncommon German expression would be "bedenke", the imperative of "bedenken": Er ist gut angezogen, aber bedenke, er verfügt auch über genügend Geld, sich Kleidung zu …

But this is an unidiomatic literal translation. Some better variants are: Sie schaut (so) schön. Ihre Art zu schauen ist schön. …

Eine recht gut passende Wendung, die mir dazu spontan einfällt, ist auch: Diese Antwort scheint ein wenig aus der Luft gegriffen.

- Google Translate or other translation services fail here because of the English source grammar, where me and to had an ambiguous relation from a machine's view. … the resulting translation gets it correct. To find our way out of this we my split the originial to: What would you like? - Was möchten Sie gerne? Was hätten Sie gerne? Was should I say? …

The German name for the orthotics in the picture is Orthese (Stützkorsett)

Beware of the false friend Film in German. This loanword from English is when used outside of a cinematographic/photographic context or in the name of Tesafilm/Klebefilm (transparent adhesive tape) al …

This is what a German tobacco producer says: Die meisten Fertig-Zigaretten werden heutzutage im Format „King Size" verkauft. Dieses entspricht einer Länge von 83 mm. Ebenso gibt es Super-King-Size …

"Everything is Coming up Roses" can not easily be translated to German as there are two meanings intermingled in the title. On one hand there is the literal meaning Coming up roses - rosige Zeiten …

Time and date Time and date formats in technical publications and software can be made according to the ISO-8601. This norm is valid in German too (see here for many examples in German). See also this …

The closest translation I can think of would be Weihnachtsmuffel This expression was also used for movie or book titles. …

Animal sounds are made up to sound similar when spoken (Onomatopoeia), using doubling of the sound in some times. Your examples will translate as follows: Dog: woof = Wauwau Cat: meow = Miau Cow: mo …

There are two equally used German translations for "Mortgagee": Hypothekengläubiger/Hypothekengläubigerin (f. in case it is a bank) Hypothekar In the context of a song lyric I would not recomm …

As for a translation of Fontane's poetic usage let me suggest a similar proverb like: [wound] trails of the heart …