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die großen Wirtschaftsweisen

English translation: the Five Wise Men

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German term or phrase:die großen Wirtschaftsweisen
English translation:the Five Wise Men
Entered by: Clare Clarke

12:39 Jan 10, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
German term or phrase: die großen Wirtschaftsweisen
Supposedly there are 5 of these in Germany and they seem to be key figures in economics/politics.
Clare Clarke
Norway
Local time: 19:31
the Five Wise Men
Explanation:
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Local time: 19:31
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4the Five Wise Men
GET ENERGY (X)
4 +1distinguished "wise men"
Henry Schroeder
3 +1the German Council of Economic Advisers, comprising five economic experts'
Christian


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the German Council of Economic Advisers, comprising five economic experts'


Explanation:
one option to get the meaning across in English

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Note added at 2 mins (2006-01-10 12:42:03 GMT)
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experts, not experts'

Christian
Local time: 19:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BrigitteHilgner: that's them - no others.
13 mins
  -> Thank you, Brigitte.
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
die großen Wirtschaftsweisen
distinguished "wise men"


Explanation:
See reference. This is what they are called there. I would probably go with "distinguished" for "großen".


    Reference: http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:FaATD33dkQ8J:www.evasch...
Henry Schroeder
United States
Local time: 13:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  Textklick: http://www.theallineed.com/news/0511/094607.htm
11 mins
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
die großen Wirtschaftsweisen
the Five Wise Men


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://www.morganstanley.co.uk/GEFdata/digests/19970313-thu....
    Reference: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld19979...
GET ENERGY (X)
Local time: 19:31
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingrid Blank: exactly, it's the Council of Economic Experts made up of the "five wise men"
43 mins
agree  Stephen Roche: The five wise men of German economics
1 hr
agree  Ian M-H (X): "Germany's 'five wise men', the country's council of economic experts" (although one's a woman). No need for capitals IMO.
1 hr
agree  gangels (X)
2 hrs
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