German term
Schluss mit lustig
It is in a game.
Non-PRO (1): Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
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Proposed translations
Israel
Scientist and Translator
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, Hebrew to German, Latin to German, and 3 more.
The party is over
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Note added at 5 mins (2009-07-30 02:18:34 GMT)
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or instead of party use feasts/banquets, since that was a party in the middle ages
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Colin Rowe
: This suggestion j(o)ust about has the edge as far as I am concerned.
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Anne-Marie Grant (X)
: Respect to Colin's nice little pun there too.
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Kay Barbara
14 hrs
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enough with trivial pastimes
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hazmatgerman (X)
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Thanks, hazmatgerman. As a counterpoint to the colloquial suggestions, but one could also say "Get down to serious business"
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No more Mr. Nice Guy!
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hazmatgerman (X)
: May well be true.
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Colin Rowe
: In 99% of contexts I would instinctively have gone with this. Here, however, it somehow jars with the medieval atmosphere.
1 hr
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mary austria
: I like it VERY much, but I miss the female component.
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In recent years, I have noticed American girls addressing groups of girls as "You guys" -- presumably as an alternative to "gals" which some younger speakers might now consider nerdy. Face it, mary: the overwhelming majority of gamers are young dudes.
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Caro Maucher
: I like it a lot as well. And it doesn't say HerrscherIn in German either.
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Rebecca Garber
: These games tend to be so anachronistic, and the target audience is not going to notice anyway.
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I don't interpret the use of "Schluss mit lustig" as an attempt to create a medieval atmosphere
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Kay Barbara
: with Colin! // @ Rebecca: what a sweeping generalisation that was (both points)! You seem to know the game from only one line, my utmost admiration for this! Chapeau!
9 hrs
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Steve Poynter
14 hrs
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Alexander Weichelt
: Right. And there is NO female component necessary for every single insignificant matter in this world. Mark needs a snappy expression and nothing more
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And now for the real thing!
United States
Business management & linguistic quality
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German, English
Getting down to business!
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Time to get down to business.
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