Begin with another´s to end with your own.

German translation: beginn im Stil eines anderen, um im eigenen zu vollenden

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English term or phrase:Begin with another´s to end with your own.
German translation:beginn im Stil eines anderen, um im eigenen zu vollenden
Entered by: Bernhard Sulzer

20:55 Jul 11, 2012
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English term or phrase: Begin with another´s to end with your own.
Could somebody translate me the citation from Philosopher Baltasar Gracian?

Thanks in advance.
Sonja Muehlen
Germany
Local time: 06:01
beginn im Stil eines anderen, um im eigenen zu vollenden
Explanation:

beginn im Stil eines anderen, um im eigenen zu vollenden (beenden)

Originalität ...

Alternative:

Am Anfang steht ein Vorbild, am Ende Eigenes.
Steht am Beginn ein Vorbild, steht am Ende Eigenes.






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Note added at 9 hrs (2012-07-12 06:33:05 GMT)
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Nachvollziehen (der Gedanken anderer) steht am Anfang, wenn (am Ende) eigene (wahre) Kreativität (Originalität) enstehen soll.





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Note added at 5 days (2012-07-17 06:18:30 GMT) Post-grading
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gern geschehen! :)
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Bernhard Sulzer
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vielen Dank!
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Summary of answers provided
4Beim anderen hineingehen, um bei sich selbst herauszukommen
Bernd Albrecht
4Entrar con la ajena para salir con la suya.
Bernd Albrecht
3Beim andern anfangen, um zu sich selbst zu finden
Horst Huber (X)
3beginn im Stil eines anderen, um im eigenen zu vollenden
Bernhard Sulzer


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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
begin with another´s to end with your own.
Beim anderen hineingehen, um bei sich selbst herauszukommen


Explanation:
Copy & Paste - Quelle:

China accommodata:
Chinakonstruktionen in jesuitischen Schriften der Frühen Neuzeit

Google:
http://www.reclam.de/data/blickinsbuch/978-3-15-010685-3.pdf

Bernd Albrecht
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
begin with another´s to end with your own.
Entrar con la ajena para salir con la suya.


Explanation:
www.icai.es/publicaciones/anales_get.php

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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
begin with another´s to end with your own.
Beim andern anfangen, um zu sich selbst zu finden


Explanation:
Als Variante.

Horst Huber (X)
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
begin with another´s to end with your own.
beginn im Stil eines anderen, um im eigenen zu vollenden


Explanation:

beginn im Stil eines anderen, um im eigenen zu vollenden (beenden)

Originalität ...

Alternative:

Am Anfang steht ein Vorbild, am Ende Eigenes.
Steht am Beginn ein Vorbild, steht am Ende Eigenes.






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Note added at 9 hrs (2012-07-12 06:33:05 GMT)
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Nachvollziehen (der Gedanken anderer) steht am Anfang, wenn (am Ende) eigene (wahre) Kreativität (Originalität) enstehen soll.





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Note added at 5 days (2012-07-17 06:18:30 GMT) Post-grading
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gern geschehen! :)

Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 00:01
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Native speaker of: German
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vielen Dank!
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