Maß der Dinge
English translation: ...the measure of all things...
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| 10:48 Dec 29, 2002 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Marketing - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Edith Kelly Switzerland Local time: 05:45 | ||||||
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| 5 +6 | the measure of all things |
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| 4 +1 | standards by which others are measured |
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| 5 | standard of quality |
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| 3 +1 | benchmark |
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Answers
3 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1benchmark Explanation: vielleicht ... aber kontext ist scho a bisserl spaerlich. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-12-29 14:02:09 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Wenn lt. Deiner ergänzenden Erklärung die Firma das ‚Maß der Dinge’ ist, kannst auch mit Edith’s Version arbeiten – eine andere Variante wäre auch: ‚we are the yardstick’ for … whatever, i.e. everybody is looking at us to see how well they are doing, whether they are doing it right, whether they are on the right track. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-12-29 15:12:09 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- to avoid any confusion: \'yardstick\' is a perfect synonym for \'measure\' - the asker should now decide what sounds \'schöner\'. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-12-29 15:14:05 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Of course, I have now also reached the conlusion that ‚benchmark’ is slightly off the mark. |
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11 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +6
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