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11:48 Sep 10, 2010

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Bus/Financial - Economics

German term or phrase: Land der stillen Stars

Die Reichhaltigkeit der in Deutschland erstellten Palette an Industriewaren ist im internationalen Vergleich ohne Beispiel. Deutschland ist das Land der stillen Stars des Mittelstands, die sich zu hunderten die Weltmarktführerschaft bei Nischenprodukten erobert haben.

Trevor Pettit KudoZ activity Questions: 167 (6 open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 0
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English translation:the land of unsung stars

Explanation:
along the lines of "unsung heroes"

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Note added at 19 mins (2010-09-10 12:08:01 GMT)
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As used here, in a non-human context:

The E-Class has long been the unsung star of the range and the E350 is possibly the most impressive model in the whole line up. ...
uk.cars.yahoo.com/car.../car.../mercedes-e350-1004521.html

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Nesrin
Local time: 23:41

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3 +2

the land of unsung stars

Nesrin

3 +1

...of quiet achievers

orla

under-appreciated shakers and movers

gangels

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the land of unsung stars

Nesrin
Local time: 23:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
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TonyTK: Or the perhaps snappier "hidden champions"

18 mins

-> Champions is a good word - you should post your suggestion!// Tony, calls are getting louder for you to post your own suggestion!! (see the "hidden champions" link posted in Orla's agree to me, seems to fit perfectly)

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gangels: 'hidden champions' is MUCH better, 'stars' doesn't really fit here

50 mins

-> Well Tony should really post his own suggestion now. Personally I think a combination would be nice "unsung champions"

agree

orla: stars works for me... but would maybe reorganise the sentence - why not unsung heroes, or less dramatic, quiet achievers...? ps like unsung champions too ;) PPS tonyTK u should post hidden champions!http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Champions

1 hr

-> I just let Tony know :-)

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under-appreciated shakers and movers

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is another possibility

gangels
Local time: 16:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in category: 19

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

...of quiet achievers

Explanation:
Just an idea after thinking about it a while, maybe easier to fit in with the business context - not sure if 'is the land of quiet achievers of/' is not too much of a mouthful but maybe you can work it or rewrite it somehow...
The quiet achievers of the business world, Germany's SMBs have...
etc.

orla
Germany
Local time: 00:41
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

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