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Alt und bewährt

English translation: tried and trusted (or tried and tested)

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German term or phrase:Alt und bewährt
English translation:tried and trusted (or tried and tested)
Entered by: Alison Schwitzgebel

13:30 Sep 30, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Alt und bewährt
„Alt und bewährt“ nach diesem Motto arbeiten viele
Fr�d�ric Muller
tried and trusted
Explanation:
or tried and tested.

Although I'm sure the others will come up with other suggestions.

HTH

Alison
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Alison Schwitzgebel
France
Local time: 03:46
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2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +15tried and trusted
Alison Schwitzgebel
4 +4tried and true
Nancy Arrowsmith
4 +1time-tested
shabda


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +15
Alt und bewährt
tried and trusted


Explanation:
or tried and tested.

Although I'm sure the others will come up with other suggestions.

HTH

Alison

Alison Schwitzgebel
France
Local time: 03:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 26

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Worby: Tried and tested - at least in the absence of further context ;-)
2 mins
agree  Simona de Logu
2 mins
agree  AngieD
4 mins
agree  Armorel Young: yes, tried and tested
7 mins
agree  Norbert Hermann
7 mins
agree  L. Russell Jones: yes, both work well - "tried and tested" (US) or "tried and trusted" (UK, AU)
8 mins
agree  Nicole Tata: tried and tested - also known as: if it ain't broke, don't fix it
20 mins
agree  IanW (X)
33 mins
agree  D D (X)
33 mins
agree  David Moore (X): Apparently one of those things....
40 mins
agree  Olaf Reibedanz
42 mins
agree  jerrie
1 hr
agree  Steffen Walter
2 hrs
agree  Mario Marcolin
3 hrs
agree  Anglo-German (X): Old friends are best (whoever/whatever they may be)
3 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
tried and true


Explanation:
is more widely used, although I understand that you might want to use trusted.

Nancy Arrowsmith
Local time: 19:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  William Stein: "tried and true" is definitely a lot more common (in fact I never heard the other)
22 mins
agree  L. Russell Jones: also good - (go wildcats! ;-)
24 mins
neutral  David Moore (X): Possibly US, definitely not UK
25 mins
agree  jccantrell: USA for sure
28 mins
agree  Ellen Zittinger
1 hr
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
time-tested


Explanation:
...wuerde ich sagen

shabda
Bulgaria
Local time: 04:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Bulgarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Levchuk (X)
4 hrs
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