May 15, 2005 14:35
19 yrs ago
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German term

Philosophie der kurzen Wege

German to English Marketing Business/Commerce (general)
Used in terms of proximity to customers and suppliers, ergonomics and decision making
Change log

May 15, 2005 14:38: silfilla changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Marketing"

May 15, 2005 14:54: Jo Mayr changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (2): silfilla, Jo Mayr

Non-PRO (1): sylvie malich (X)

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Discussion

silfilla May 15, 2005:
Is this a heading or does it appear in a sentence? That's critical information. If it's in a sentence, pelase post the sentence. :-)

Proposed translations

+1
59 mins
Selected

swift service / quick response approach / the principle of closeness / only a few steps away

fast-track service/response/decision making

Some more variations on the theme - have you consulted the KudoZ glossary? See http://www.proz.com/kudoz/502212
Peer comment(s):

agree writeaway : glossary? there's a glossary?
21 mins
Well, I've been told so ;-))
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "this idea put me onto the idea of "the philosophy of being close at hand""
18 mins

The shortest path approach

PDF] A Shortest Path Approach to the Multiple-Vehicle Routing Problem ...
Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
... We implemented the shortest path approach for solving the DP (13) on a laptop ... in seconds of MIP (1), MIP (2) and the shortest path approach (SPA) ...
www-personal.engin.umich.edu/ ~mepelman/research/mvrpsp_trb_rev.pdf
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53 mins

short-cut philisophy

Declined
another suggestion that might fit!
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Comment: "short-cut can also have negative connotations, which I think predominate in this case"
+3
6 mins

(keep) everything within reach

or: *Everything Within Reach*





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Note added at 8 mins (2005-05-15 14:43:41 GMT)
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also:

*our way is the fastest route*

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Note added at 9 mins (2005-05-15 14:44:32 GMT)
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addition to first suggestion:

We Keep Everything Within Reach (or: all lower case)

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Note added at 9 mins (2005-05-15 14:45:10 GMT)
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Keeping everything within reach (is our motto)

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Note added at 17 mins (2005-05-15 14:52:32 GMT)
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*We Cut to the Chase*

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Note added at 9 hrs 22 mins (2005-05-15 23:58:13 GMT)
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*with us, everything\'s within reach*

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Note added at 9 hrs 25 mins (2005-05-16 00:00:41 GMT)
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combination of the above with *close at hand*
Peer comment(s):

agree rangepost : the first idea
7 hrs
thanks
agree Ellen Zittinger
12 hrs
thanks
agree SkuaSept : all of these are very good for ergonomics, I think I will opt for the "philosophy of being close at hand". Thanks everybody.
20 hrs
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