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leaper

German translation: Überflieger

08:23 Dec 11, 2008
English to German translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: leaper
Kontext: Es handelt sich um ein Interview, in dem eine Person beschreibt, wie ihre Karriere begann. Hier der Ausgangssatz:

Question: You've enjoyed a successful career. Did you have a personal breakthrough that steered you into taking the right paths?
Answer: Certainly X "made" me. But that was definitely sheer luck because a classmate hired me. I would describe my career as one of small, incremental steps that I achieved by grinding it out. Basically, I'm a grinder, not a leaper.

Mir will einfach kein passendes Wort für "leaper" einfallen. Hat jemand einen Vorschlag, der in den Kontext passt? Würde "einer, der grosse Sprünge macht" passen?
Martina Amstutz
Local time: 09:04
German translation:Überflieger
Explanation:
Meine erste Idee wäre "Überflieger".
Selected response from:

Erik Freitag
Germany
Local time: 09:04
Grading comment
Vielen Dank.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +9Überflieger
Erik Freitag


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +9
Überflieger


Explanation:
Meine erste Idee wäre "Überflieger".

Erik Freitag
Germany
Local time: 09:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Vielen Dank.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Danke schon mal, der Vorschlag gefällt mir gut.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christian Heilwagen
1 min
agree  Colin Rowe: Sounds good to me.
3 mins
agree  Angelika Lautz
6 mins
agree  Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
47 mins
agree  Steffen Walter: Passt.
1 hr
agree  Rolf Keiser
1 hr
agree  Barbara Wiebking
1 hr
agree  Peter Downes: Überflieger fits nicely with high flyer although I have never heard an English starlet describe herself as a leaper,, after a couple of cocktails she might come across as a leper!!
12 hrs
agree  Lonnie Legg: Nice match.
1 day 5 hrs
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