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früh übt sich

English translation: Start young!

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German term or phrase:früh übt sich
English translation:Start young!
Entered by: jerrie

10:49 Jul 3, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: früh übt sich
Heading of an article on young motorcycle racers (6-year olds).
heimo
Local time: 16:05
Start young!
Explanation:
Start practising young.
They start (practising) young
hth

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Note added at 2002-07-03 11:03:23 (GMT)
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Early Learners
The younger the better
Selected response from:

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:05
Grading comment
Thanks everybody, for all your great suggestions...
I think I will use "start young" or "starting young".
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4Start young!
jerrie
5 +1Starting Early
lone (X)
4 +1practice makes perfect (Übung macht den Meister)
Cilian O'Tuama
4 +1Early riders
Mary Worby
4the early bird catches/gets the worm
Cilian O'Tuama
4never too young to start
Cilian O'Tuama
4Early practices ...
mergim


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Starting Early


Explanation:
Hope this helps!


    x
lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 10:05
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deb Phillips (X)
1 min
  -> Thank you!
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Start young!


Explanation:
Start practising young.
They start (practising) young
hth

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Note added at 2002-07-03 11:03:23 (GMT)
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Early Learners
The younger the better


jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thanks everybody, for all your great suggestions...
I think I will use "start young" or "starting young".

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deb Phillips (X)
0 min
  -> Thanks
agree  Sheila Hardie
14 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Steffen Walter: Start young - the earlier the better!
16 mins
  -> Excellent...thanks Steffen!
neutral  Mike McDonald (X): However, this quotation from Schiller's 'Wilhelm Tell' was meant negatively then, as it is now. See Duden 'Zitate und Aussprüche'.
1 hr
agree  stefana
5 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
practice makes perfect (Übung macht den Meister)


Explanation:
possibly

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 16:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 109

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deb Phillips (X)
0 min
agree  Nadders
8 mins
disagree  TService (X): No, translation's correct, but doesn't fit to the context.
12 mins
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the early bird catches/gets the worm


Explanation:
another one

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 16:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 109

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  TService (X): No, this is the equivalent to "Wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst." (Aus der Zeit, als Getreide noch in einzelnen Mühlen gemahlen wurde.)
8 mins
  -> Actually your "correction" is the equivalent to "first come, first served". Mine is "Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund", meaning whoever starts early has a good chance of success.
agree  Rolf Klischewski, M.A.: Ich finde, das paßt in dem Kontext sehr gut.
11 mins
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Early riders


Explanation:
Somewhere between easy riders and early risers!

Or just ...

Start 'em young

HTH

Mary

Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:05
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joy Christensen: I like "early riders"
4 days
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
never too young to start


Explanation:
perhaps

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 16:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 109
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Early practices ...


Explanation:
The german saying is : Early practices who likes to become a master

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Note added at 2002-07-03 11:58:15 (GMT) Post-grading
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The german saying is : Früh übt sich wer Meister werden will

mergim
United States
Local time: 10:05
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