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English translation: with their own resources

17:44 Mar 29, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
German term or phrase: aus eigener Kraft
Die Erreichung unserer Geschäftsziele soll in erster Linie aus eigener Kraft erfolgen.

Irgendwie stehe ich gerade auf dem Schlauch.

Bin für jede Hilfe dankbar.

Sven
Sven Wagener
Germany
Local time: 07:39
English translation:with their own resources
Explanation:
d.h. erstmal mit den eigenen Moeglichkeiten und zustaendigen Mitteln etwas erreichen?
resources wuerde beides beinhalten
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
Canada
Local time: 02:39
Grading comment
Thanks to all of you for your support and suggestions.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5with their own resources
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
4 +1from within
CMJ_Trans (X)
3 +1under our own steam
Lancashireman
4 -1by own means
Hannah Gunasingh


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
with their own resources


Explanation:
d.h. erstmal mit den eigenen Moeglichkeiten und zustaendigen Mitteln etwas erreichen?
resources wuerde beides beinhalten

Ingeborg Gowans (X)
Canada
Local time: 02:39
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 35
Grading comment
Thanks to all of you for your support and suggestions.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JSolis
13 mins
agree  Hilary Davies Shelby: using our own (internal) resources; by making use of our own/by drawing (first and foremost) on our own resources
21 mins
agree  Klaus Stracker: our own resources
5 hrs
agree  Lesley Burgon: agree with kstracker - OUR own resources
12 hrs
agree  Brigitte Albert (X): Sorry, this is late! I also think OUR own resources is appropriate here
2 days 3 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
by own means


Explanation:
also:
by oneself


    ttp://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?lang=en&noframes=1&service=&query=aus+eigener+Kraft&optword=1&optcase=1&opterrors=0&optpro=0&sty
Hannah Gunasingh
India
Local time: 11:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: "own" takes a possessive pronoun - their own, his own, etc.
1181 days
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
under our own steam


Explanation:
'take place under our own steam'
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/under own steam

(If it's an idiom you want and the register allows...)

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 305

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Brian Wolfe
16 hrs
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
from within


Explanation:
option

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 07:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 147

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Erich Friese: ....BUT ...in-house...may be more appropriate
3 hrs
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