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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Salamitaktik

English translation:

salami tactics; piecemeal tactics

Added to glossary by Robin Ward
May 28, 2004 09:03
19 yrs ago
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German term

Salamitaktik

German to English Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Can anyone tell me what this means, in the following:

Salamitaktik in Reinstform war die Einstellung des Reiseverkehres auf der KBS 332. Nachdem das Stellwerk im Bahnhof Ballenstedt Ost abbrannte, wurde zwischen Ermsleben und Gernrode Schienenersatzverkehr eingerichtet.

Thanks,
Croc
Proposed translations (English)
3 +11 salami tactics
4 +1 piecemeal tactics
3 -1 "softly, softly" tactics
Change log

Jul 15, 2006 07:57: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"

Proposed translations

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salami tactics

An approach to achieve a goal in a series of small steps, assuming that noboby will notice/object to these small changes. Called pepperoni tactics on the other side of the pond (no, just kidding)

AGGRESSIVE-VOICE.COM - Bush's Salami Tactics - Cutting Away at the ...
Bush's Salami Tactics - Cutting Away at the Abortion Issue Slice by Slice By Regina Varolli Wednesday Columnist February 27, 2002 ...
aggressive-voice.com/zz451.html - 10k

Welcome to the Royal City Record Now - Opinion
... Deli politics - any way you slice it Hungarian Communist boss Rakosi once described his way of destroying the previous system as "salami tactics," reducing it ...
www.royalcityrecord.com/issues02/053102/opinion.html - 18k - Cached - Similar pages

Politic France seeks package as UK haggles on EU charter
... Fischer, who had criticised British "salami tactics" of trying to slice off more concessions, retorted: "They are pro-European mosquitoes." þ. ...
www.teshreen.com/ syriatimes/_politic.asp?FileName=20040521032010 - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
agree margarete : yes!! and good references too
0 min
Thank you
agree Bob Kerns (X)
3 mins
Thanks.
agree silvia glatzhofer : wahrscheinlich, weil große Stücke der fetten Salami Gallenschmerzen verursachen ;-)), gute erklärung auch auf http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamitaktik
8 mins
Es gibt die unterschiedlichen Ansätze - man könnte auch an die Schlach von Salamis denken ;)
agree Textklick : See my revised slice below
11 mins
Boloney? Cut it out. :-)
agree IanW (X) : I remember this from Yes Prime Minister
19 mins
You're not thinking of Eurosausage, are you?
agree Narasimhan Raghavan : a frog initially swimming in cold water will not notice anything alarming till it is boiled alive, if the water is heated up at a very small rate, according to a Chinese saying
41 mins
agree Siegfried Armbruster
52 mins
agree Aniello Scognamiglio (X) : ...and in Bella Napoli you might call it mortatella tactics;-)
1 hr
agree moser.ilja
1 hr
agree Wenjer Leuschel (X) : Pepperoni Tactics would be used by us, small and hot, so that China cannot swallow Taiwan. But Salami Tactics is a great invention.
1 hr
agree Wolf Brosius (X) : Nur um meinen Senf zur Salami zu geben!
4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Must admit to my shame that I don't recall ever having heard this in English before! Well, one lives and learns ... Like Steffen's "piecemeal tactics" too, which is what I'm rather more familiar with. Shame I can't award any points to you, Steffen ... "
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12 mins

"softly, softly" tactics

Softly, softly, catchee monkey?
Duden says: Sa|la|mi|tak|tik, die <o.Pl.> [nach den dünnen Scheiben, in die eine Salami aufgeschnitten wird] (ugs.): Taktik, [politische] Ziele durch kleinere Forderungen u. entsprechende Zugeständnisse von der Gegenseite zu erreichen suchen.
But Duden Oxford says: Salami·taktik die step-by-step policy

HTH



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Note added at 18 mins (2004-05-28 09:21:47 GMT)
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I thought that \"salami tactics \" was an Americanism, but the Daily Telegraph used it, so maybe Klaus\' answer isn\'t a load of boloney.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05...

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Note added at 20 mins (2004-05-28 09:23:22 GMT)
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I thought that \"salami tactics \" was an Americanism, but the Daily Telegraph used it, so maybe Klaus\' answer isn\'t a load of boloney.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05...

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Note added at 20 mins (2004-05-28 09:23:20 GMT)
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I thought that \"salami tactics \" was an Americanism, but the Daily Telegraph used it, so maybe Klaus\' answer isn\'t a load of boloney.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05...

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Note added at 20 mins (2004-05-28 09:23:30 GMT)
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I thought that \"salami tactics \" was an Americanism, but the Daily Telegraph used it, so maybe Klaus\' answer isn\'t a load of boloney.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/05...
Peer comment(s):
disagree Stefan Tobler (X) : The Telegraph quotes German minister Fischer saying this - the writer was, I think, more amused at this (to English ears) odd phrase
207 days
Right! (Will you be attending the PowWow in Duesseldorf? Don't forget Klaus - as salami slicer - will need a bit of notice ;-)
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1 hr

piecemeal tactics

Ich hab ja eigentlich nix gegen die "salami tactics", aber als eingefleischter Vegetarier ... ;-))

Belege für die Verwendung:
http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/ct_bw.htm
http://www.itsma.com/research/toolkit_free/research_rt_smf.h...
http://www.iqpc.co.uk/binary-data/IQPC_CONFEVENT/pdf_file/32...
http://rhino.shef.ac.uk:3001/mr-home/bulge/7-8_22.html

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Note added at 1 hr 44 mins (2004-05-28 10:47:54 GMT)
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Switching to English ... the term\'s used in the sense that (presumably) the Deutsche Bahn used the fire as a welcome excuse to gradually (hence the Salami = slice by slice) abandon the line, and to set up a bus schedule instead.
Peer comment(s):
agree Olaf Reibedanz : Good point! Du solltest aber lieber von "strengen" und nicht von "eingefleischten" Vegetariern reden - sonst ist alles eh Wurst :-)
2 hrs
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