Falde-over-muligheder-strategi

English translation: stumble-on-opportunities strategy

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Danish term or phrase:Falde-over-muligheder-strategi
English translation:stumble-on-opportunities strategy
Entered by: Helen Johnson

17:27 May 12, 2005
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research / Company strategy
Danish term or phrase: Falde-over-muligheder-strategi
En "Falde-over-muligheder"-strategi holder ikke i en professionel verden.

No idea how this translates - 'fall-over options' strategy? Advice appreciated!
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:25
stumbling-on-opportunities strategy
Explanation:
That is how I would say it. :-)
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Marianne Ajana
Denmark
Local time: 13:25
Grading comment
Thanks, Marianne!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3stumble-upon-possibilities-strategy
Dan Schioenning Larsen
5 +1stumbling-on-opportunities strategy
Marianne Ajana
5 +1opportunities that fall in your lap
Jande
4strategy of taking chances
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
3Ideas over options
Orbital
3Serendipity
Yngve Roennike


  

Answers


13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
stumble-upon-possibilities-strategy


Explanation:
a strategy where you "hope for good things to happen by themselves"

Dan Schioenning Larsen
Denmark
Local time: 13:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kenneth Denmark
19 mins

agree  Orbital
26 mins

agree  Dana Sackett Lössl
1 hr
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
stumbling-on-opportunities strategy


Explanation:
That is how I would say it. :-)

Marianne Ajana
Denmark
Local time: 13:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
Thanks, Marianne!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dana Sackett Lössl
1 hr

neutral  Yngve Roennike: Too bunched up! Unnatural English.
6 days
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Ideas over options


Explanation:
Falde doesnt mean fall in this context, it is closer to "ideas right now".

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Note added at 13 mins (2005-05-12 17:41:45 GMT)
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So the sentence would be \"An \'Ideas-over-options\' stratagy doesnt work in the prodessional world.\"

Orbital
Denmark
Local time: 13:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
strategy of taking chances


Explanation:
my suggestion - US English - The term cannot be translated verbatim in my opinion.

Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Local time: 05:25
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
opportunities that fall in your lap


Explanation:
A strategy of waiting for opportunites to fall in your lap doesn't last/fit/hold in a professional world.

Jande
Australia
Local time: 23:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dana Sackett Lössl
19 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Serendipity


Explanation:
You could try and work in the word serendipity vs. strategy, by rephrasing.

Yngve Roennike
Local time: 08:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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