German term
Germany
Never lost in translation
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to English, and 4 more.
Glück jedoch hat der Tüchtige
Is there an equivalent in English for: Der Tüchtige hat Glück?
Fortune favours the hard-working man (translation mine...)
| 5 | "Fortune favors the bold" or "fortune favors the brave." |
Brightswan
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| 4 +1 | You make your own luck. |
Jim Tucker (X)
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| 5 | the early bird catches the worm |
strongbow (X)
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| 3 | but persistence pays |
Armorel Young
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Dec 10, 2008 17:04: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Marketing" , "Field (specific)" from "Automotive / Cars & Trucks" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Dec 10, 2008 23:24: Marcus Malabad changed "Term asked" from "Glück jedoch hat der Tüchtige..." to "Glück jedoch hat der Tüchtige"
Dec 10, 2008 23:24: Marcus Malabad changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Proposed translations
but persistence pays
"Fortune favors the bold" or "fortune favors the brave."
this link will explain the history of the idiom. If you run both the German phrase and English phrase through google, you should get some hits.
You make your own luck.
| agree |
misterherrnau
: As Thomas Jefferson said, "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
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Discussion
This seemed to fit best. The emphasis from the context was more on people who pursue their goals single-mindedly and with persistence.