German term (edited): Wer den Wind nicht verträgt..

a suggestion.

German term (edited): Wer den Wind nicht verträgt..

...the tough get going.
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/whowantstobeamillionaire/when...

German term (edited): Wer den Wind nicht verträgt..

or is is vice-versa?

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Note added at 10 mins (2007-03-01 14:07:41 GMT)
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perhaps better to use just the
"If you can't stand the heat..." part, and leave the rest implied

German term (edited): Wer den Wind nicht verträgt..

I suppose this would be another option often found in leadership connotations

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Note added at 52 mins (2007-03-01 14:50:22 GMT)
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See :

Tough at the top | Voluntary sector | SocietyGuardian.co.ukIt's tough at the top as leadership crisis looms ... So, it's a really tough job in which the only real reward is the work itself. ...
society.guardian.co.uk/voluntary/story/0,,1780604,00.html - 43k - Cached - Similar pages

World Volunteer Web: It's tough at the topIn the course of researching my book, It's Tough At The Top, and during my mentoring and ... and have often been the victims of poor leadership themselves. ...
www.worldvolunteerweb.org/news-views/viewpoints/doc/its-tou... - 25k - Cached - Similar pages

The wise man makes more opportunities than he finds—Francis Bacon

Opportunity never knocks for those who don't give a rap

None of the secrets of success will work unless you do

There is plenty of room at the top, but there is no time to sit down

The secret of success: never let up and never let down

After disagreeing with "can't stand the heat...." AND not apologising to Jonathan, I felt obliged to make my own contribution.
Why use an idiom? A combination of something along these lines would do the job.

German term (edited): Wer den Wind nicht verträgt..

When the going gets tough, the tough get going

i.e. get into action (not leave!)

Yes, different in meaning to the German, but as its on a cv perhaps a more positive slogan would be suitable?

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-03-01 15:43:05 GMT)
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A late entry at #39:
No river too deep, no mountain too high ...

If you can't play .500 ball, you have no business in the playoffs. (I wonder what that means?)

If you can't swim, you have no business being near water.

Iif you can't pick it up, you have no business riding it. (Hmmm)

If you can't handle the sweep, you have no business writing the patch. (??)

If you can't climb a ladder you have no business in a tree.

If you can't make the rice, you have no business making the Sushi.

If you can't drive stick, you have no business flying.

If you can't suspend disbelief, you have no business watching "24."

naja, it's is a CV

Incidentally, the first Canadian woman to reach the top of Everest, who was (at first glance at least) by no means an Amazon, remarked at a lecture that the the most important factor in climbing a big peak like Everest is sheer determination. Without that, you might as well stay home.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-03-01 16:12:24 GMT)
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Sorry, only one 'is' there.

Only the tough can make it to the top

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This is a literary expression and not a parable. It is elegant, educated and should never be translated into a parable. definetly not kitchen ones. Go with something like; Those who can not face a storm, should not take on a mountain/climb a mountain. Or less verbal, Those who seek glory, will conquer difficulties... think of something better.

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Note added at 53 mins (2007-03-01 14:50:44 GMT)
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This is a literary expression.. somewhere from Budha's sayings or so... moulding it into a parable will negate its 'eloquent' intentions.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-03-01 20:00:33 GMT)
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I'm sorry I have to add this note. I was busy and I thought I might type something quickly, so it came out with few typing mistakes. I did not actually think I had to edit and recheck my note to help a colleague. The person who said that a self-employed translator is yet another comic strip joke should (PLEASE) tell this the UK taxation authorities for them to stop treating me as a 'self-employed'. As for "the going gets tough", it is indeed a comic strip/pop culture joke and has been transformed into a cliche for gungho, foolhardy behavior. I should also add that the rediculous responses I got from some people here, made this conges my first and indeed my last. If some of you are too remote from what is out there in slang and informal circles, do not make it other people's problem. Any typing errors in this?? Too busy to know... GET A LIFE, liffeeee.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2007-03-01 21:54:41 GMT)
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Sulzer got it right.

on a spiffy CV for Musikantenstadl...