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die halbe Miete

English translation: half the battle

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German term or phrase:die halbe Miete
English translation:half the battle
Entered by: David Hollywood

15:00 Apr 27, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management
German term or phrase: die halbe Miete
Does anyone have a brilliant translation of this phrase? My overtired brain is not coming up with anything other than "worth a lot".

This specific usage: "Management: gute Führung ist die halbe Miete"

Thank you!
Rebecca Holmes
United States
Local time: 09:54
half the battle
Explanation:
one option

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-04-27 15:05:30 GMT)
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i.e. will get you well on your way to achieving your goal
Selected response from:

David Hollywood
Local time: 10:54
Grading comment
Thank you both very much for your time and help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9half the battle
David Hollywood
3crucial / critical
Derek Gill Franßen


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
half the battle


Explanation:
one option

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-04-27 15:05:30 GMT)
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i.e. will get you well on your way to achieving your goal

David Hollywood
Local time: 10:54
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 56
Grading comment
Thank you both very much for your time and help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Brie Vernier
0 min
  -> thanks Brie :)
neutral  Stephen Sadie: should management instigate "battles"?//I prefer francis' version
1 min
  -> thanks Stephen :) it's a turn of phrase and not belligerent of course ....
agree  Francis Lee (X): half the work ? / actually, "half the job" is even more common, methinks
6 mins
  -> thanks Francis :)
agree  itla: Having the right information at hand is half the battle when doing your taxes. Just an example of how this idiom is used.
12 mins
  -> thanks itla :)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): I think, this is acceptable here
34 mins
  -> thanks Ingeborg :)
agree  Thomas Bollmann
39 mins
  -> thanks Thomas :)
agree  Melanie Nassar: sounds great to me, and what I would use in this context
46 mins
  -> thanks Melanie :)
neutral  Günther Toussaint: isn't it "MORE than half the battle"?
1 hr
agree  Textklick
1 hr
agree  Derek Gill Franßen: Yes, this would work well (IMHO). :-)
3 hrs
agree  Meturgan
4 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
crucial / critical


Explanation:
Actually, I would probably go with David's suggestion, but if you're looking for another possibility...

Also see: http://www.google.com/search?hl=de&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-29,GGL...
:-)

Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Local time: 15:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 39
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