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to get details correct

English translation: I have got the correct details

19:42 Sep 7, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology / Personality Test
English term or phrase: to get details correct
Could somebody reword the following sentence for me, please?

"I get details correct"
Cagdas Karatas
Türkiye
Local time: 06:27
Selected answer:I have got the correct details
Explanation:
or simply, "I have the correct details"

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-09-07 19:54:16 GMT)
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Oh, wait a minute! This is a personality test, so I suppose the sense is as a personality trait, i.e. "In life, I have a tendency to get details correct".
So in this context your suggestion would be Ok, "I get details correct", or "I am good at details".

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Note added at 16 mins (2008-09-07 19:58:26 GMT)
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Quite often these surveys attempt to distinguish between people who "think about the big picture" (and not about details) and other types who think more about execution (and therefore about details).

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Note added at 45 mins (2008-09-07 20:27:46 GMT)
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To get a detail correct is to get it right, e.g. you remembered to file a report on blue paper because that was the colour required, or, more importantly, you carefully checked all the figures etc.

The problem is that whether something is a detail or an important issue can be a matter of opinion.
Selected response from:

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 05:27
Grading comment
Thank you, Mark. We came to understand each other after a while. Sorry for not being able to provide more context, etc. Thank you everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +8I have got the correct details
Mark Nathan
5 +1I get it right!
Richard C. Baca, MIM
5i get it right
susi susan
4I understand details correctly
Will Matter
3I set the details right
vanq


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
I have got the correct details


Explanation:
or simply, "I have the correct details"

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-09-07 19:54:16 GMT)
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Oh, wait a minute! This is a personality test, so I suppose the sense is as a personality trait, i.e. "In life, I have a tendency to get details correct".
So in this context your suggestion would be Ok, "I get details correct", or "I am good at details".

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Note added at 16 mins (2008-09-07 19:58:26 GMT)
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Quite often these surveys attempt to distinguish between people who "think about the big picture" (and not about details) and other types who think more about execution (and therefore about details).

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Note added at 45 mins (2008-09-07 20:27:46 GMT)
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To get a detail correct is to get it right, e.g. you remembered to file a report on blue paper because that was the colour required, or, more importantly, you carefully checked all the figures etc.

The problem is that whether something is a detail or an important issue can be a matter of opinion.

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 05:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you, Mark. We came to understand each other after a while. Sorry for not being able to provide more context, etc. Thank you everyone!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Mark, does this mean, "I have or take possession of correct details"? Could you clarify it a bit? In my text, this ought to do something with professional skills or abilities.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tania McConaghy: I have the correct details
2 mins
agree  Sheila Wilson: With your added note - I pay attention to detail, I am very thorough
15 mins
  -> Yes, an essential skill for translators ;-)
agree  JaneTranslates: Agree completely with your later note, and with Sheila.
20 mins
  -> thanks
agree  NancyLynn: or maybe I am detail-oriented
27 mins
  -> ...that could be code for "I am obsessive and irritating"...there is a fine line!
agree  Simon Mac: Yes, same comments as Sheila and Jane
28 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Ali Bayraktar
1 hr
  -> thanks
agree  Demi Ebrite: ...with Sheila and Jane and Nancy, as well - 'I am detail oriented' is almost a catch-phrase in US English for just this sort of thing.
2 hrs
  -> thanks - it sounds very US
neutral  Will Matter: Essentially (if I understand your revision correctly) you agree with me, right? I get details correct = I understand details correctly.
2 hrs
  -> Well, I suppose so. In order to get something right, you would have to understand it! Anyway, I'm going to bed now - good night.
agree  Ines Garcia Botana
2 hrs
  -> thanks
disagree  airmailrpl: this is not the same as "I get details correct"
2 hrs
  -> please see the note I added at 11 mins
agree  Phong Le
1 day 10 hrs
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I understand details correctly


Explanation:
Try this, instead. You could also say "I (correctly) understand details / detailed information". HTH.

Will Matter
United States
Local time: 20:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mark Nathan: I am not sure that anyone taking a personality test would be likely to admit to "not understanding detailed information". Unless by "understand" you mean something more along the lines of absorb/assimilate?
42 mins
  -> Nope. I don't understand this to mean "having details" (whatever THAT means) but, rather, being able to to correctly interpret, understand & use detailed information. Many, many people simply CANNOT do this. This is, after all, a personality test.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
I get it right!


Explanation:
It of course is the detail.

Richard C. Baca, MIM
Mexico
Local time: 20:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ines Garcia Botana
6 hrs
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
I set the details right


Explanation:
I don't think it is a matter of understandin the details, but "fixing" them.

vanq
Bulgaria
Local time: 06:27
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
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1 day 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
i get it right


Explanation:
i get the details correctly

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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2008-09-09 01:29:55 GMT) Post-grading
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added 9th september 2008, 08.29 am

Example sentence(s):
  • finally, my duty is finished.and, i also get the details correctly
susi susan
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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