Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

compete over your head

Spanish translation:

competir sin estar preparado / competir abarcando demasiado

Added to glossary by Xenia Wong
Sep 10, 2004 03:06
19 yrs ago
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English term

compete over your head

English to Spanish Marketing Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. (Business) Idioms
Type of document:
A structured collection of Actions for Local Economica Development (LED) with so-neat examples of how this stuff works. Published by the UN agency created to deal with "human settlements" issues.

This part deals specifically with "marketing activities" to "promote" your community
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Context:
OBSTACLES AND CHALLENGES
* EXPECTING TOO MUCH TOO SOON
Marketing often takes time to pay off[...]
* MARKET CHANGES
Market behaviour can be unpredicatble and [...]
* SCATTERING EFFORTS
Communities may use marketing to try and fulfill more LED objectives than they are capable of achieving with their resources. It is more useful to focus on a few tangible objectives that trying to do everything at once.
* COMPETING OVER YOUR HEAD
Rather than focusing on the uniqueness of the local area, marketing efforts may be directed towards competing with communities with a different set of resources. This may
accentuate what the local area lacks instead of what it has to offer to potential customers.
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Not very sure under which Field label this is to go. I chose "Social Science" but I wonder if it should go under "marketing" or even "slang"

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Sep 10, 2004:
LOOK AT THIS, TOO... In Over Your Head ( the situation is too difficult for you ... )
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The analogy is to an unskilled swimmer who has fallen into water that is too deep. You are in over your head when you face a challenge you are not able to meet. "The new PR Manager felt like she was in over her head during her first week at the new job." "Over one's head" refers to the depth of the situation one is in. The situation has become more serious (severe) than the person is prepared for. "Go ahead and lead the meeting today; I'll help you out if you get in over your head." {also: "in too deep"}
Non-ProZ.com Sep 10, 2004:
I FOUND THIS http://home.t-online.de/home/toni.goeller/idiom_wm/id326.htm
IDIOMS
in over your head: unable to win, competing against better players - "If you play chess against Boris, you'll be in over your head." (but I hate that "in")
Non-ProZ.com Sep 10, 2004:
REFERENCES References would be appreciated.
Carlos Diaz de Leon Sep 10, 2004:
I like your option, and since I am not adding anything to it, I will not post it as an answer. :)
Non-ProZ.com Sep 10, 2004:
POSSIBILE TRANSLATION: Could it be "competir m�s all� de tus posibilidades"

Proposed translations

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Selected

competir sin estar preparado / competir abarcando demasiado

Some thoughts.

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Note added at 9 mins (2004-09-10 03:15:44 GMT)
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...competir sin preparación....competir abarcando demasiado....
Peer comment(s):

agree Carlos Diaz de Leon : Hmm... I like the second option
1 min
Gracias Carlos.............xenç
agree Elena Sgarbo (X) : Sí, dar el paso más largo que la pierna :-)
23 mins
Agradecida Elena...........xen
agree Ingrid Petit
15 hrs
Gracias Ingrid............xen
agree Paula Morabito
18 hrs
Gracias mil Paula...........xen
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
1 hr

morder más de lo que se puede masticar

a risky translation. playful, though.
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9 hrs

echarse encima más de lo que se puede

Oxford
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10 hrs

no tener la cabeza bien concentrada

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