Aug 30, 2006 17:38
17 yrs ago
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German term
müdes Lächeln
German to English
Bus/Financial
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Seit wir XXX benutzen, kostet uns dies nur ein müdes Lächeln
Looking for something really snappy to translate this with and my brain just isn't working
Looking for something really snappy to translate this with and my brain just isn't working
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +3 | now we can lean back |
Thomas Pfann
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| 4 +2 | ...is a cinch |
Teresa Reinhardt
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| 4 | to be as easy as pie / to be dead easy / to work like a charm |
Steffen Walter
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| 3 | its a doddle |
Natascha Mlynarski
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Proposed translations
+3
1 hr
German term (edited):
kostet uns nur ein müdes Lächeln
Selected
now we can lean back
If the meaning is that this software actually makes life so much easier, then something with 'now we can lean back and relax/put our feet up/let product XYZ do its job' might work. Just a thought.
Or 'now we can lean back and let [product XYZ] worry about all this' (whatever 'this' is).
Or 'now we can lean back and let [product XYZ] worry about all this' (whatever 'this' is).
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Steffen Walter
: "now we can sit/lean back and let XYZ do all the work"?
15 mins
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Ja, auch noch eine schöne Variation. Danke, Steffen.
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| agree |
Textklick
: Like it
1 hr
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Danke, Chris.
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| agree |
muitoprazer (X)
: or sit back.
15 hrs
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Danke.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
9 mins
Teresa Reinhardt
United States
United States
Native in German
&
English
United States
Known for top notch work, on time
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English, English to German, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
...is a cinch
would work for the US
11 mins
Steffen Walter
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Germany
Top-Notch Service | Direct Clients Only
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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85
German term (edited):
nur ein müdes Lächeln kosten
to be as easy as pie / to be dead easy / to work like a charm
These are not literal renditions but I do think that they want to express that everything is sooo easy for them now, after having implemented {what?? a software?}
Note from asker:
| yes, a financial software product |
13 mins
its a doddle
could work for GB, but I am not sure, whether it is still used these days. Sometimes, I have picked something up from my mother and its from the 1960s :-)
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