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Jeder ist sein Glückes Schmied

English translation: Life is what you make it

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German term or phrase:Jeder ist sein Glückes Schmied
English translation:Life is what you make it
Entered by: Anna Bittner

13:22 Nov 22, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Jeder ist sein Glückes Schmied
Jeder ist sein Glückes Schmied
laura
life is what you make it
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Anna Bittner
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Summary of answers provided
3 +10life is what you make it
Anna Bittner
4 +3Every man is the architect of his own fortune
jerrie
5 +1You make your own luck
David Hollywood
4 +1Each man is the architect of his own fate
IanW (X)
4you make your own happiness
Hilary Davies Shelby
4 -1You reap what you sow.
Andras Malatinszky


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +10
Jeder ist sein Glückes Schmied
life is what you make it


Explanation:
Oxford-Duden

Anna Bittner
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  CMJ_Trans (X)
0 min
  -> thanks!
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: courtesy of Talk Talk / it's every man for himself / you make your own happiness
2 mins
  -> thanks!
agree  Louise Mawbey
4 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Orla Shanaghy
9 mins
agree  ------ (X)
10 mins
agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X)
31 mins
agree  roneill
1 hr
agree  lone (X)
2 hrs
agree  Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
2 hrs
agree  Nancy Arrowsmith: is what you make of it
4 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Jeder ist sein Glückes Schmied
Every man is the architect of his own fortune


Explanation:
According to Leo.
More informally: We all make our own luck!

hth

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: according to Leo who? ;-)
3 mins
  -> Rather marvellous on-line resource, darling ;-)
agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X)
30 mins
agree  Hilary Davies Shelby: i love leo ;-)
4 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Jeder ist sein Glückes Schmied
Each man is the architect of his own fate


Explanation:
Each man is the architect of his own fate

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Note added at 2 mins (2004-11-22 13:25:21 GMT)
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A more politically correct version would be: \"Each person is the architect of his/her own fate\".

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Note added at 5 mins (2004-11-22 13:28:16 GMT)
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http://www.thinkexist.com/English/Author/x/Author_2324_1.htm

IanW (X)
Local time: 12:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X)
31 mins
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Jeder ist sein Glückes Schmied
You make your own luck


Explanation:
We've all heard the saying that you make your own luck. The big question is how.

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Note added at 7 mins (2004-11-22 13:30:19 GMT)
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Make Your Own Luck. Make Your Own Luck: Success Tactics You Won\'t Learn in Business School, Release Date: 07/ 23/ 2004, by Peter Morgan ...


David Hollywood
Local time: 07:44
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 25

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X)
27 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Jeder ist sein Glückes Schmied
You reap what you sow.


Explanation:


Andras Malatinszky
Local time: 06:44
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Aniello Scognamiglio (X): no, different meaning!
20 mins
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Jeder ist sein Glückes Schmied
you make your own happiness


Explanation:
is the idiom i am familiar with - spose the German could mean either or....

Hilary Davies Shelby
United States
Local time: 05:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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