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"We are stretched very thin"

German translation: an der Grenze seiner Kapazität arbeiten

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English term or phrase:	"to be stretched very thin
German translation:	an der Grenze seiner Kapazität arbeiten
Entered by:	Eckehard Plöger

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08:12 Aug 26, 2011

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English term or phrase: "We are stretched very thin"

A phrase from this sentence:

We are stretched very thin but we know our systems inside and out – we should try to make the existing system more efficient; learning and deploying a whole new environment is going to be impossible!

Ich dachte an: "Wir haben nur wenig Ressourcen", aber es gefällt mir nicht wirklich. Hat jemand eine bessere Lösung?

Rainer Chatterjee KudoZ activity Questions: 190 (5 open) (11 without valid answers) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 47
Local time: 10:22

Wir arbeiten an der Grenze unserer Kapazität

Explanation:
Ein weiterer Vorschlag

Selected response from:

Eckehard Plöger
Local time: 10:22

Grading comment

Gefällt mir, danke.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

Wir arbeiten an der Grenze unserer Kapazität

Eckehard Plöger

Wir sind ziemlich überlastet

Roland Hechtenberg

Wir sind überstrapaziert

Carolin Haase

Wir arbeiten derzeit am Limit ...

Werner Walther

Discussion entries: 5

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9 mins confidence:

"we are stretched very thin" Wir sind überstrapaziert

Explanation:
müsste hinkommen

Carolin Haase
Germany
Local time: 10:22
Native speaker of:

German

10 mins confidence:

"we are stretched very thin" Wir sind ziemlich überlastet

Explanation:
Wir sind ziemlich überlastet, aber wir kennen unsere Systeme aus dem Effeff -

Roland Hechtenberg
Japan
Local time: 17:22
Native speaker of:

German

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

"we are stretched very thin"

Wir arbeiten an der Grenze unserer Kapazität

Explanation:
Ein weiterer Vorschlag

Eckehard Plöger
Local time: 10:22
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Gefällt mir, danke.

2 hrs confidence:

"we are stretched very thin" Wir arbeiten derzeit am Limit ...

Explanation:
... und haben keine Reserven mehr (statt Ressourcen), aber immerhin kennen wir das System in- und auswendig.

Hierbei ist "immerhin" noch der Schmierstoff, der das Rad der Formulierung sich leichter drehen lässt.

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Note added at 2 Stunden (2011-08-26 10:46:02 GMT)
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PS.: - noch besser -

Wir arbeiten derzeit am Limit und haben wirklich keinen Spielraum mehr, .... dann wie oben.

Werner Walther
Local time: 10:22
Native speaker of:

German

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Changes made by editors

Aug 29, 2011 - Changes made by Eckehard Plöger:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term
Aug 28, 2011 - Changes made by Cetacea:
Field (specific)	General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters => Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Aug 28, 2011 - Changes made by Cetacea:
Field	Marketing => Art/Literary
Field (specific)	Computers (general) => General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters

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