Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
weniger Personal ist nicht drin
English translation:
a reduction in staff is not an option
German term
weniger Personal ist nicht drin
I wonder if something like might fit or have I got it wrong?
| 3 +7 | is not an option |
Susan Zimmer
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| 3 +1 | not doable / can (not) be done |
Bernhard Sulzer
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| 2 | is (absolutely?) unacceptable |
Jonathan MacKerron
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May 30, 2007 07:12: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "drin" to "weniger Personal ist nicht drin" , "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Bus/Financial" , "Field (specific)" from "Manufacturing" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
May 30, 2007 07:13: Steffen Walter changed "Field (write-in)" from "Valve manufacturer" to "(none)"
Jun 1, 2007 13:05: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/114492">PoveyTrans (X)'s</a> old entry - "weniger Personal ist nicht drin"" to ""is not an option""
Proposed translations
United States
Business management & linguistic quality
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, English to German, English
is not an option
is how I put it. "in the cards" would imply that it is being considered, but it's not possible right now. "Ist nicht drin" means more, "absolutely not!" - at least in Duesseldorf it did....
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Note added at 14 hrs (2007-05-30 14:11:15 GMT)
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Yes, Richard, you seem to be right...everyone around the world seems to be using "on the cards" whereas the US English is once again the exception (sigh...) no wonder everyone's so confused!
| Thanks. Yes, it does have that implication. |
United States
High quality at a reasonable price
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, German, and 1 more.
not doable / can (not) be done
a few more suggestions:
cannot do it/is not doable/is not possible/out of reach
as in:
fewer people is simply not possible
cannot have a smaller workforce - we've considered it, but right now, it's just not possible/not doable
it's not possible (now or maybe never) to achieve it with a smaller workforce
can't be done/achieved with fewer people/personnel
http://sport.rtl.de/formel-1/formel1_70350.php
ein Sieg ist wohl nicht drin
a victory is probably not doable
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-05-30 05:34:29 GMT)
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für "nicht drin" auch: out of the question
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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-05-30 05:35:59 GMT)
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PS: my suggestions are not necessarily for points, I just felt I post a few more suggestions.
| agree |
Jonathan MacKerron
: "out of the question" is good
2 hrs
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thank you, Jonathan!
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Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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