Geist auf Arbeit anwenden
English translation: Put spirit into your work
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|  Selected response from: Mary Worby United Kingdom Local time: 14:34 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | Put spirit into your work |
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| 4 +1 | work smart |
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| 4 | applying our spirit to our work |
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| 4 | applying this (or: a positive) attitude to our work... |
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applying our spirit to our work Explanation: I'd prefer "intelligence" but the original is what it is! |
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8 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Put spirit into your work Explanation: Apply spirit to your work Work with plenty of spirit Work with spirit Work with spirits <g> Don't you just love this stuff! A couple for starters ... I'm sure you'll get plenty of good suggestions yet! HTH Mary |
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1work smart Explanation: In English, one can put one's heart or one's soul (and sometimes both) into one's work, but no one ever puts spirit into work. Using the mind when working, or working in an intelligent manner might be what is meant here. In that case, "work smart" comes to mind as a sort of snappy, corporate phrase. Reminds me of a previous employer who encouraged us all to "work hard, have fun, make history." |
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2 hrs confidence:
applying this (or: a positive) attitude to our work... Explanation: or: adopt a positive / this attitude... This is admittedly a rather liberal translation, but I think it might work; you generally have quite a bit of latitude in marketing texts. I understand the German to mean "in diesem Geiste wollen wir arbeiten", and that might well be expressed by attitude. I am assuming that the "Geist" has been discussed in the preceding text, so "this attitude" would refer back the previous discussion. If not, "a positive attitude" might be a solution if you feel you can take that much liberty. Just another option, hope it helps. |
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