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17:29 Sep 29, 2014 |
Swedish to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology) | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Yvonne Tapper-Gardzina United States Local time: 11:03 | ||||||
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4 +2 | not to perpetuate an issue/problem/situation |
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3 +1 | Don't Settle For Yesterday's Solutions |
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3 | to never throw away an opportunity |
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Don't Settle For Yesterday's Solutions Explanation: I googled for "settle for yesterday's solutions" and came up with 75 hits, including this one: -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 hrs (2014-09-30 03:26:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- When I googled for "konservera en situation", I came up with 56 hits, most of which seem to be used in contexts where "perpetuate a situation" would be the most appropriate translation, which does not seem to fit here. Another possibility is "lock (you) into a situation", since the author uses words like "flexibelt" and "framtida möjligheter" in the preceding sentence (assuming I correctly identified the original source text). Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://ootbcomputers.com/services/ |
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not to perpetuate an issue/problem/situation Explanation: While I respect our colleagues' creative variations, I think this is better translated literally. I can see how the double negative would fit but I think that here, "Unnecessarily" is unnecessary. Example sentence(s):
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