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står på hinandens succeser

English translation: build on each other\'s strengths


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Danish term or phrase:står på hinandens succeser
English translation:build on each other\'s strengths
Entered by: Helen Johnson
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19:26 Nov 28, 2009
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Other / expression
Danish term or phrase: står på hinandens succeser
with reference to producing climate solutions (exactly as written):
... hvor vi og virksomheden for hvert trin i processen så at sige **står på hinandens succeser**, og dermed hurtigt og uformelt får udvekslet viktig viden,"...
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Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:41
building on each other's strengths
Explanation:
building on each other's strengths

sources:

[PDF] Building on each other's strengths: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
12 Jun 2009 ... Building on each other's strengths. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 kinds of exchanges intensify because they are building blocks toward stronger and ...
classified.japantimes.com/nationalday/pdfs/20090612-philippine.pdf -

Total Telecom - Mobile & Satellite: Data Services - Building on ...Mobile & Satellite: Data Services - Building on each other's strengths. Joanne Taaffe. Monday 19 February 2001. European mobile data is in a slump, ...
totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=411895 -

Building On Strengths // BlogCatalog Topic // BlogCatalogAnd building on each other's strengths to ultimately make the idea bigger than we ever imagined. CONNECTIONS MAKE ANYTHI read more ...
www.blogcatalog.com/topic/building on strengths/ -

[PDF] Nortel and IBM build on each other's strengths to create ...: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
components and expertise—the building blocks—required to deliver next- ... alliance, IBM and Nortel play to each other's strengths in the IMS space, while ...
https://www-03.ibm.com/.../servers_eserver_telecom_pdf_norte...

Building a Strengths-focused OrganisationBuilding a Strengths-focused Organisation. ... Encourages a positive, energised team environment where people appreciate and play to each others' strengths ...
www.titantalent.com/article_building.html -

Building on each other's strengths - Industry Trend or Event ...19 Feb 2001 ... Building on each other's strengths - Industry Trend or Event from CommunicationsWeek International provided by Find Articles at BNET.
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UKG/is_2001.../ai_71199145/ -

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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-11-29 16:21:47 GMT)
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...where we are and the company, at each stage of this process, so to speak, ** build on each other's strengths **, thereby rapidly and informally exchanging vital knowhow (on producing climate solutions),"...
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andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 02:11
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2stand on somebody's shoulders
Inga kalbak
1 +1building on each other's strengths
andres-larsen


  

Answers


2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
stand on somebody's shoulders


Explanation:
megen videnskabelig forskning bygger på noget, som andre allerede har opdaget. Sir Isaac Newtons berømte ord: "Hvis jeg har set længere, så er det fordi jeg har stået på skuldrene af giganter."

Example sentence(s):
  • we all stand on somebody's shoulders

    Reference: http://www.gesuschool.org/pdfs/2009%20Spring%20Newsletter.pd...
    Reference: http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/05...
Inga kalbak
United States
Local time: 02:41
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Haxen: Stand on each other's shoulders, or, since this isn't a usual construction in Danish, you could simply translate it directly.
1 hr

agree  Christine Andersen: agree, and also agree with Anna
1 day11 hrs

neutral  xxxEnglish-Dani: Only problem with "standing on" is that it can sound negative
2 days33 mins
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
building on each other's strengths


Explanation:
building on each other's strengths

sources:

[PDF] Building on each other's strengths: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
12 Jun 2009 ... Building on each other's strengths. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 kinds of exchanges intensify because they are building blocks toward stronger and ...
classified.japantimes.com/nationalday/pdfs/20090612-philippine.pdf -

Total Telecom - Mobile & Satellite: Data Services - Building on ...Mobile & Satellite: Data Services - Building on each other's strengths. Joanne Taaffe. Monday 19 February 2001. European mobile data is in a slump, ...
totaltele.com/view.aspx?C=0&ID=411895 -

Building On Strengths // BlogCatalog Topic // BlogCatalogAnd building on each other's strengths to ultimately make the idea bigger than we ever imagined. CONNECTIONS MAKE ANYTHI read more ...
www.blogcatalog.com/topic/building on strengths/ -

[PDF] Nortel and IBM build on each other's strengths to create ...: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
components and expertise—the building blocks—required to deliver next- ... alliance, IBM and Nortel play to each other's strengths in the IMS space, while ...
https://www-03.ibm.com/.../servers_eserver_telecom_pdf_norte...

Building a Strengths-focused OrganisationBuilding a Strengths-focused Organisation. ... Encourages a positive, energised team environment where people appreciate and play to each others' strengths ...
www.titantalent.com/article_building.html -

Building on each other's strengths - Industry Trend or Event ...19 Feb 2001 ... Building on each other's strengths - Industry Trend or Event from CommunicationsWeek International provided by Find Articles at BNET.
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UKG/is_2001.../ai_71199145/ -

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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-11-29 16:21:47 GMT)
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...where we are and the company, at each stage of this process, so to speak, ** build on each other's strengths **, thereby rapidly and informally exchanging vital knowhow (on producing climate solutions),"...

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 02:11
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxEnglish-Dani: I would say it is the "learn and build" from each other idea
1 day6 hrs
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