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Finger in the air

German translation: über den Daumen gepeilt, pi mal Daumen

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English term or phrase:Finger in the air
German translation:über den Daumen gepeilt, pi mal Daumen
Entered by: Lucile Lunde

22:24 Mar 16, 2009
English to German translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Finger in the air
The "finger in the air" approach to enterprise-wide EDI where you have no clear view of cost or quality

This sentence is one of the bullets points explaining what happens when you have several service providers instead of only one.
Lucile Lunde
Local time: 04:35
über den Daumen gepeilt, pi mal Daumen
Explanation:
Es heißt ja, dass keine klare Zielrichtung vorhanden ist. Der Finger wird hochgestreckt, um festzustellen, woher der Wind weht.

181 Google-Hits für "finger-in-the-air approach"
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Renate FitzRoy
Local time: 11:35
Grading comment
"pi mal Daumen" ist genau das, was mir auf der Zunge lag, aber nicht raus wollte! :-) Vielen Dank!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8über den Daumen gepeilt, pi mal Daumen
Renate FitzRoy
3"erhobene Zeigefinger"-Einstellung/Herangehensweise etc
Katja Schoone


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
finger in the air
"erhobene Zeigefinger"-Einstellung/Herangehensweise etc


Explanation:
verstehe ich

Katja Schoone
Germany
Local time: 12:35
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
finger in the air
über den Daumen gepeilt, pi mal Daumen


Explanation:
Es heißt ja, dass keine klare Zielrichtung vorhanden ist. Der Finger wird hochgestreckt, um festzustellen, woher der Wind weht.

181 Google-Hits für "finger-in-the-air approach"

Renate FitzRoy
Local time: 11:35
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
"pi mal Daumen" ist genau das, was mir auf der Zunge lag, aber nicht raus wollte! :-) Vielen Dank!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anja C.
19 mins
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): denke ich auch
20 mins
agree  Hans G. Liepert
28 mins
agree  Patrick Zumstein (X): trifft zu.
57 mins
agree  Inge Meinzer
1 hr
agree  Andrea Winzer: Verstehe ich auch so :))
1 hr
agree  Ivan Nieves
2 hrs
agree  Brigitta Severin
8 hrs
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