Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
Den dybe tallerken opfindes
English translation:
the wheel is reinvented
Added to glossary by
stephen mewes
Aug 25, 2005 08:14
18 yrs ago
Danish term
United Kingdom
MA, BA, 20 years' freelance experience
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
Den dybe tallerken
Danish to English
Bus/Financial
Marketing / Market Research
Der er ansat en helt ny VP Marketing, der skal have tid til at komme på plads og bl.a have etableret en konstruktiv samarbejdsrelation til yyy. Den dybe tallerken opfindes mange gange hver måned, da mange af xxx’s medarbejdere ikke ønsker at få beskrevet de basale processer og implementeret forbedringer. Der mangler planer.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +6 | the wheel is reinvented |
Paul Larkin (X)
|
| 4 | Inventing the wheel |
Christine Andersen
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| 3 | invent the wheel |
Terence Ajbro
|
Proposed translations
+6
11 mins
Selected
the wheel is reinvented
re-inventing the wheel
(something basic has to re-examined)
(something basic has to re-examined)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Mads Grøftehauge
48 mins
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| agree |
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
4 hrs
|
| agree |
Pernille Chapman
: "Reinventing" seems to really emphasise the pointlessness of it all :-)
8 hrs
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| agree |
pcovs
: Totally with Pernille. It's pointless to 'reinvent' something, and I believe "den dybe tallerken" and "the wheel" are fully equivalent. ;o)
1 day 5 hrs
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| agree |
farmor
: "Den dybe tallerken" is a fact, and so is the wheel. No point in re-inventing either one.
2 days 5 hrs
|
| agree |
Roald Toskedal
3 days 2 hrs
|
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
10 mins
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Denmark
Native in English
Works in field
Denmark
the message, not just the words
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Danish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
32
Inventing the wheel
Danes can't have revolutions - they can't fit them in between breakfast and lunch...
So they invent soup-plates instead of inventing the wheel
(Well, that's what they say themselves!)
So they invent soup-plates instead of inventing the wheel
(Well, that's what they say themselves!)
10 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
:
3
invent the wheel
a rough English equivalent
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Note added at 12 mins (2005-08-25 08:26:21 GMT)
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or rephrase with something like "solutions to the same problem are found many times each month" etc.
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Note added at 12 mins (2005-08-25 08:26:21 GMT)
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or rephrase with something like "solutions to the same problem are found many times each month" etc.
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