Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
an die Basis gehen
English translation:
to get to the bottom (of something)
Added to glossary by
Derek Gill Franßen
Sep 7, 2005 11:06
18 yrs ago
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German term
Germany
German Attorney & University Lecturer
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, English to German, and 1 more.
an die Basis
German to English
Marketing
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Orthopedics
Mit der X-Tour geht die deutsche Sportjugend an die Basis – den Fuß.
It is from a website of a company that develops orthopedic software for running analyses. Does anyone have any good ideas for this? Thank you! :-)
It is from a website of a company that develops orthopedic software for running analyses. Does anyone have any good ideas for this? Thank you! :-)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | gets to the bottom of it |
Brie Vernier
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| 4 +2 | back to basics |
Terence Ajbro
|
| 3 | gets right down to it |
David Hollywood
|
Proposed translations
1 hr
Brie Vernier
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Germany
Bridging the language gap since 1995
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
16
Selected
gets to the bottom of it
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Note added at 1 hr 39 mins (2005-09-07 12:46:23 GMT)
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or "gets to the bottom of things - the foot"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks briethe, I used your suggestion - my client was happy. I hope you don't mind that I entered the term into the KudoZ open glossary (I don't usually do that, but I wanted to give it this particular form).
My thanks to everyone else who also helped. :-)"
+2
9 mins
Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Sweden
Native in English
Sweden
A multilingual Englishman
Native in: English 
Works in: English to German, English to Danish, Danish to English, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
8
back to basics
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10 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
60
gets right down to it
punny and might just work :)
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