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il a tout gagné

English translation: he\'s won on all counts; he\'s cracked it; he\'s got it made; he\'s got it in the bag; it\'s plain sailing/smooth running

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French term or phrase:	il a tout gagné
English translation:	he\'s won on all counts; he\'s cracked it; he\'s got it made; he\'s got it in the bag; it\'s plain sailing/smooth running
Entered by:	Bianca AH

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12:00 Nov 16, 2009

French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management

French term or phrase: il a tout gagné

La phrase :
"A partir du moment où le manager arrive à faire adhérer ses équipes à toutes les décisions qu’il prend, il a tout gagné."

Looking for something more formal than "hit the jackpot". Also need to maintain the order of ideas as it's a subtitle. Otherwise I would have opted for something like "A successful manager is one who...", which is a little bit clumsy when respecting the order of ideas: "A manager who... is a successful manager". This also means losing the temporal "A partir du moment...".

Many thanks in advance for your thought and ideas.

Bianca AH KudoZ activity Questions: 236 (none open) (16 closed without grading) Answers: 71 France
Local time: 21:50

he's won on all counts

Explanation:
Yet another possibility

Selected response from:

Sheila Wilson
France
Local time: 21:50

Grading comment

Yours is both the closest and the most appropriate suggestion in this context. I've added the other suggestions in the glossary as they're also very good.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +7

it's plain sailing

Jeux de Mots

4 +3

he's onto a winner

Tony M

3 +3

smooth running

Emma Paulay

he's won on all counts

Sheila Wilson

He's got it all in the bag

MatthewLaSon

He's got it made

joehlindsay

he has accomplished his main task

Philippa

when all his/your efforts have paid off

John Peterson

4 -1

hat er bereits gewonnen

kostan

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

46 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

smooth running

Explanation:
I rather like "s/he has cracked it" but I supect that's too informal for your doc.
Maybe "once a manager can count on the support..... it's smooth running from then on.

Emma Paulay
France
Local time: 21:50
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

29 mins confidence:

when all his/your efforts have paid off

Explanation:
Maybe something like: "When a manager reaches the point where his teams are implementing his decisions, he will then know that all his efforts have paid off".

I'd have liked to have turned it round a bit, but hopefully it respects the order thay you need.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-16 13:13:44 GMT)
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Or: "When a manager reaches the point where his teams are (100%) behind him, then he will know that all his efforts have paid off"

John Peterson
Local time: 20:50
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

it's plain sailing

Explanation:
Would be my preference.

Once the manager has......., it's plain sailing (from there on).

Jeux de Mots
Germany
Local time: 21:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

hat er bereits gewonnen

Explanation:
Sobald ein Manager ....
une poss.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-16 13:24:11 GMT)
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OOPS, sorry about this!!
What about: he is on the winning track?

kostan
Local time: 21:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German,

English

2 hrs confidence:

he has accomplished his main task

Explanation:
Is one option.

(Second attempt - I posted this hours ago, but it doesn't seem to have got thru'...)

Philippa
Local time: 21:50
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

he's onto a winner

Explanation:
"When a manager can succeed in..., then he's onto a winner"

Keeps a temporal notion (though personally, I don't see that as being of great significance here?), and even though it is a fairly colloquial expression, I think

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-16 14:28:54 GMT)
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it could be acceptable in what seems to be the register here.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-11-16 16:25:29 GMT)
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Ahem, perhaps we ought all to take a moment to remember that this manager is just as likely to be a lady, so maybe one ought to try and find a more gender-neutral phrasing, or fall back on the ugly "s/he"!

Tony M
France
Local time: 21:50
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

4 hrs confidence:

He's got it all in the bag

Explanation:
Hello,

It's what we'd say in American English.

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 15:50
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

6 hrs confidence:

he's won on all counts

Explanation:
Yet another possibility

Sheila Wilson
France
Local time: 21:50
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Yours is both the closest and the most appropriate suggestion in this context. I've added the other suggestions in the glossary as they're also very good.

7 hrs confidence:

He's got it made

Explanation:
Common saying (US)

joehlindsay
Local time: 14:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 3

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English translation: he\'s won on all counts; he\'s cracked it; he\'s got it made; he\'s got it in the bag; it\'s plain sailing/smooth running

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