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English translation: When it comes to.. knows what is important

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German term or phrase:	worauf es ankommt
English translation:	When it comes to.. knows what is important
Entered by:	Jon Fedler

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15:56 Nov 16, 2009

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Bus/Financial - Retail / General

German term or phrase: worauf es ankommt

From a survey of trends in business wear:

Der Handel hat eine klare Vorstellung, worauf es bei Anzug-Lieferanten
ankommt. Wer hat wo die Nase vorne?

Jon Fedler KudoZ activity Questions: 1567 (17 open) (13 without valid answers) (62 closed without grading) Answers: 577
Local time: 21:01

When it comes to.. knows what is important

Explanation:
When it comes to suit suppliers, XXXX has a clear idea of what is important.

XXXX knows what its doing/talking about when it comes to suit suppliers.

Needs to be reworded to sound better, but you can get the gist.

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Selected response from:

Jeff Whittaker
United States
Local time: 14:01

Grading comment

Thanks Jeff - and o all other contributors
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

When it comes to.. knows what is important

Jeff Whittaker

3 +3

what really matters

Steffen Walter

(knows) what's what

Tom Tyson

what makes the difference

Elisabeth Hippe-Heisler

to know exactly what is essential / crucial

Michél Dallaserra

where it's at

Jo Bennett

Answers

4 mins confidence:

where it's at

Explanation:
... or is that too colloquial? Might start the ball rolling anyway.

Jo Bennett
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:01
Native speaker of:

English

6 mins confidence:

to know exactly what is essential / crucial

Explanation:
is one possible translation.

Michél Dallaserra
Germany
Local time: 20:01
Native speaker of:

German,

English

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

When it comes to.. knows what is important

Jeff Whittaker
United States
Local time: 14:01
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks Jeff - and o all other contributors

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

what really matters

Explanation:
... has a clear idea of what really matters when dealing with suit suppliers.

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 20:01
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 14

15 hrs confidence:

(knows) what's what

Explanation:
Just another idea ...

Tom Tyson
Local time: 19:01
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

19 hrs confidence:

what makes the difference

Explanation:
Noch ein Vorschlag, der unter Umständen passen könnte:
(has a clear idea of/knows full well) what makes the difference (...)

Elisabeth Hippe-Heisler
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:01
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German

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