2011 Results

CAT 28 - Business to Business Direct (PRE)

BRONZE

Grabarz & Partner Werbeagentur (GERMANY)

WIENERS + WIENERS, "Self Translating Email"28-03980-PRE
 

Agency (city): Grabarz & Partner

Creative Director(s): Djik Ouchiian, Martin Grass

Copywriter(s): Gregor Willimski, Max Benrath, Andreas Schriewer

Art Director(s): Thorsten Sievering

Executive Creative Director: Ralf Heuel

Flasdevelopment: Veronika Ziegler, Sebastian Fiedler

Account Supervisor: Thomas Eickhoff, Ina Bach, Nils Ruesenberg

Advertiser`s Supervisor: Ralf Wieners, Tina Berns

Short explanation

Handy, then, that language service provider WIENERS+WIENERS offers an extremely fast translation service. We wanted to communicate this using an e-mailshot to existing and new customers of WIENERS+WIENERS. As the target group comprises agencies and advertising companies who are extremely busy and well used to advertising campaigns, the message needed to be particularly surprising and eye-catching. This is why we used the medium itself, i.e. the email, as the very heart of the idea. We developed the first mailshot in the world that translates itself. When recipients opened the email, they expected a normal letter about WIENERS+WIENERS's translation services. All of a sudden, they saw the letter being translated as if by an unseen hand. From left to right, the German text was transformed word by word into English. The message? 'No one translates more quickly.' With just one click, recipients were taken straight to the WIENERS+WIENERS contact page to find out more.

Description

We developed the first mailshot in the world that translates itself. When recipients opened the email, they expected a normal letter about WIENERS+WIENERS's translation services. All of a sudden, they saw the letter being translated as if by an unseen hand. From left to right, the German text was transformed word by word into English. The message? 'No one translates more quickly.' With just one click, recipients were taken straight to the WIENERS+WIENERS contact page to find out more.