Aug 25, 2009 13:00
15 yrs ago
Finnish term
kyllä se tästä lähtee, kunhan...
Finnish to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
from an interview
Kyllä se tästä lähtee, kunhan nämä laatukysymykset ja niiden hinnoittelu saadaan kohdalleen.
I'm guessing this is something like:
“Everything should be fine once we get these quality issues and pricing sorted out.”
I'm guessing this is something like:
“Everything should be fine once we get these quality issues and pricing sorted out.”
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +4 | This should work once... |
Owen Witesman
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5 -1 | She'll be right as long as... |
Erkki Pekkinen
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Proposed translations
+4
9 mins
Selected
This should work once...
The answer you provided yourself is also a good one.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Desmond O'Rourke
: Yes, Neil, your own translation is excellent.
3 mins
|
agree |
Timo Lehtilä
: This translation apparently is quite ok, although it does not convey all the info that is hidden in the hinting expression "kyllä se tästä lähtee" (everything depends on you, it's you who should correct the quality problems and compensate the losses)
45 mins
|
agree |
amgt
: with all of the above
2 hrs
|
agree |
Tarja Karjalainen
10 hrs
|
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
-1
5 mins
She'll be right as long as...
She'll be right as long as... = Excellent sample of Aussie English for this situation
Example sentence:
She'll be right as long as... = Excellent sample of Aussie English for this situation
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Owen Witesman
: Maybe it's just a dialect thing, but this makes no sense to me.
4 mins
|
neutral |
Desmond O'Rourke
: using Aussi English "she" in the context could confuse ESL reader
10 mins
|
neutral |
Tarja Karjalainen
: This is rather colloquial Aussie English, and might only work in Australian context, if the rest of the interview is in this register.
10 hrs
|
Discussion
I also know when Finns use the expression "kyllä se tästä lähtee, kunhan". It is formally very optimistic expression, but is here used to send a clear message: "Only after you..."
Notice the form 'kunhan'. If it were 'kun', it would refer to the future when sth. is expected to happen. But 'kunhan' is a different thing. It can be interpreted as 'if and only when...'.
The Finnish sentence isn't clear, because it is not meant to be clear. It is meant to be somewhat unclear, for the reader to take the hint.
The presented translation is quite good. Maybe this would more precisely convey the original message: "We surely will get on once we get these quality issues and their pricing sorted out"
It's rare that a Kudoz question asker provides such a complete answer themselves...you don't need us, Neil!
In this context the expression "Kyllä se tästä lähtee" is quite strong and clear (though disguised in positive form): All depends on you. Do better your quality and adequately compensate for your previous quality deficience. Otherwise there will be no hope that "se tästä lähtee".