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11:04 Oct 7, 2007

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German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - International Org/Dev/Coop / Culture

German term or phrase: man muss die Leute dort abholen, wo sie stehen

"Man muss die Leute dort abholen, wo sie stehen".

sinolig KudoZ activity Questions: 124 (3 open) (5 without valid answers) (19 closed without grading) Answers: 1 Switzerland
Local time: 10:37

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

Meet people on their level

inkweaver

2 +2

you've got to meet people where they're at

Armorel Young

Pick up (them / the people) at the point they are

Sabina La Habana Reyes

to go the extra mile to take people's concerns/points of view into account

Steffen Walter

2 +1

meet people half way

SusieZ

meet (the people) where they are

DilDizayn

4 -1

One must (or: you have to) take people as they are (or: as you find them)

Dr. Fred Thomson

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

1 hr confidence:

abholen, wo sie stehen meet (the people) where they are

Explanation:
You have to meet the people where they are.

Just a guess due to lack of context, but I think this is what the asker is after.

DilDizayn
Turkey
Local time: 11:37
Native speaker of:

English,

German

1 hr confidence:

abholen, wo sie stehen Pick up (them / the people) at the point they are

Explanation:
Das ist mein Vorschlag. Viel Glück, Sabina :-)

Sabina La Habana Reyes
Local time: 10:37
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

Spanish

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

abholen, wo sie stehen One must (or: you have to) take people as they are (or: as you find them)

Explanation:
These are familiar idiomatic expressions

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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-10-07 16:01:05 GMT)
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You have to take people as they are
You have to take people as you find them
One must take people as they are
One must take peope as they find them

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 02:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

abholen, wo sie stehen Meet people on their level

Explanation:
This is a keyphrase in sales and marketing - you have to meet customers on their level in order to convince them for example to buy your product. It also works well in customer services - you put yourself in the other persons place in order to understand him/her - you meet them on their level.

Reference: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0VCW/is_22_27/ai_8303...

inkweaver
Germany
Local time: 10:37
Native speaker of:

German

8 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

you've got to meet people where they're at

Explanation:
Meaning that you have to start dealing with people by seeing things from their point of view or level of understanding (but this isn't necessarily something hierarchical, so I differ slightly from Inkweaver - it can be about one's frame of reference, not just about knowing more or less about something).

But without more context in terms of meaning and register it's impossible to tell whether this is appropriate, hence low CL.

Armorel Young
Local time: 09:37
Native speaker of:

English

12 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

meet people half way

Explanation:
now, before I get all the disagrees....

based on the lack of context, this might also be referring to something like "entgegenkommen"

SusieZ
United States
Local time: 04:37
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

20 hrs confidence:

to go the extra mile to take people's concerns/points of view into account

Explanation:
... would be another paraphrased version of some of the previous contributions.

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 10:37
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 8

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Changes made by editors

Oct 7, 2007 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Term asked	abholen, wo sie stehen => man muss die Leute dort abholen, wo sie stehen

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