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gegen die international Besten der Branche durchgesetzt

English translation: prevailed against the international leaders in our field

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German term or phrase:	gegen die international Besten der Branche durchgesetzt
English translation:	prevailed against the international leaders in our field
Entered by:	tanja293

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11:13 Dec 29, 2011

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Marketing - Transport / Transportation / Shipping

German term or phrase: gegen die international Besten der Branche durchgesetzt

Ich hoffe, es ist okay, dass ich einen Satzteil erfrage, aber mir fehlt hier jegliche eingängige Idee:

Wir haben uns gegen die international Besten der Branche durchgesetzt.

(aus einem Rundschreiben des Chefs an die Mitarbeiter seines Speditionsunternehmens)

tanja293 KudoZ activity Questions: 928 (5 open) (25 without valid answers) Answers: 4
Local time: 10:54

prevailed against the international leaders in our field

Explanation:
Again just trying to trace the thought.

Selected response from:

Horst Huber
Local time: 04:54

Grading comment

Wer die Wahl hat ... Hat mir im Gesamtkontext am besten gefallen. Danke an Horst und alle anderen für die tollen Vorschläge!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

to beat off competition from / to assert oneself against

Andrew Swift

prevailed against the international leaders in our field

Horst Huber

We have established ourselves among the best world-wide best

Ramey Rieger

we (have) successfully competed with global/international industry leaders

Steffen Walter

Discussion entries: 1

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10 mins confidence:

wir haben uns gegen die international Besten der Branche durchgesetzt we (have) successfully competed with global/international industry leaders

Explanation:
... wäre eine Möglichkeit.

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 10:54
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 167

2 hrs confidence:

We have established ourselves among the best world-wide best

Explanation:
This a positive way of expressing it. Don't know if it's appropriate - the sentence sounds rather aggressively competitive.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-12-29 13:15:16 GMT)
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sorry about the second "best", the one at the end is second best.

Ramey Rieger
Local time: 10:54
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

9 hrs confidence:

prevailed against the international leaders in our field

Explanation:
Again just trying to trace the thought.

Horst Huber
Local time: 04:54
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Wer die Wahl hat ... Hat mir im Gesamtkontext am besten gefallen. Danke an Horst und alle anderen für die tollen Vorschläge!

1 hr confidence:

sich durchsetzen gegen to beat off competition from / to assert oneself against

Explanation:
We have beaten off competition from some of the leading international players in our industry/sector.

We have succeeded in asserting ourselves against competition from world-beaters in our sector.

... wären noch zwei.

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Note added at 8 days (2012-01-07 09:12:46 GMT) Post-grading
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Ironic. I briefly considered the verb 'prevail' as an alternative before posting but rejected it as wholly inappropriate for your business context. More military/sporting in my humble opinion as a native speaker of English.

Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:54
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 146

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