Translation of "Pate stehen" in English

It's an honor to stand here as godfather.

Who could be a better mentor for this than Gregor Meyle?

Artists like Piet Mondrian or Joan Miró seem to have been the inspiration.

Let the EU act as a sponsor for the Palestinian State, that is to say the democratic Palestinian State.

Of course, we are pleased to have been an inspiration.

Like Mr Hyland I have been asked to step in and it would seem that Mr Hyland and I are the godparents of this report in the European Parliament while the real parents are elsewhere.

As they search for solutions to bring NCDs under control, they should look for inspiration to the movement to fight AIDS.

An agreement was reached by the European Council on 17 June 2010 that bank levies should be part of a credible resolution framework2 and this should be one of the principles to underpin their introduction

They are all inspiration for Minotti’s new “OneWorld Collection”, which will be presented on October 8 at Neue Werkstätten in Munich.

On 24 May cellist Jan Vogler will be guest in Hannover at NDR "Podium der Jungen", a live event, where he will stand as "godparent" for young string students of North German music universitites.

Success stories in the fields of steel degassing or aerospace are manifold showing Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum's commitment to India.

The future of prosperity in the First World and therefore the possibility to be a sponsor for this development in the Second and Third World is endangered, if the production of consumer goods is concentrated on low-wage countries.

Jon Kessler’s recent work is indebted to both the Korean video artist Nam June Paik and the Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely from Basel.

And something else, the shapes of old Chinese bonsai pots are the antetypes for all successive shapes, Japanese and now western pots as well.

Specially designed 3D illustrations of the kinder Riegel cartoon figures "Milky" and "Schoki" are featured for each individual zodiac sign.

Head chef, Manfred Reitz, and his team constantly come up with new creations and delicacies, whilst delicious regional specialties are often the inspiration for many of the dishes.

Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc and Silvaner grow splendidly and extensively on 75% of the vineyards, while the red Dornfelder and Pinot Noir vines are the source of dry red wines from the vineyards along the River Nahe.

Like last year, one well-known Berlin film personality will act as patron of each of these cinemas and be on hand to welcome guests to the Flying Red Carpet.

Easy, frictionless… Whether cybernetics is seen as a science of war or neutrally as a holistic form of thought dedicated to functioning, cybernetic models were an important resource for the Californian counterculture, an inspiration for computer technology, enabling climate models and other models for linking man and technology.

Hummel effervesces with sparkling musical moods and much humour in these four movements for bassoon and 'cello, a combination of instruments otherwise by given attention almost only by Mozart. Tailor-made for the sonorities and expressive capacities of the instruments, rollicking and fizzing (for the final march, Stravinsky must have been the god-father), the composition found in Matthias Maria Scholz and Monika Schwammberger most suitable performers.

The innovatory drive this stipend aims to achieve is inspired by the spiritual legacy of the Bauhaus architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) and the two villas he designed in 1928 - Haus Lange and Haus Esters.

As in the previous years, one prominent film personality will act as the patron of each cinema and be on hand to welcome guests to the Flying Red Carpet.