Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
"Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe"
English translation:
Helping you to help yourself
Added to glossary by
Jeannie Graham
Feb 8, 2005 11:36
20 yrs ago
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German term
Native in: Russian 
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Russian to German, and 3 more.
"Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe"
Non-PRO
German to English
Other
Business/Commerce (general)
ideological phrase, motto of an enterprise
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +8 | Helping you to help yourself |
Jeannie Graham
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| 3 +3 | Help for Self-Help |
Allesklar
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| 3 +1 | More information needed |
hirselina
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| 2 +1 | Promoting Personal Initiative |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Proposed translations
+8
18 mins
Jeannie Graham
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Literary and medical translations
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, Persian (Farsi) to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
German term (edited):
Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe
Selected
Helping you to help yourself
a possibility
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Louise Gough
45 mins
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| agree |
Nesrin
1 hr
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| agree |
lone (X)
1 hr
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| agree |
Kathi Stock
1 hr
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| agree |
jccantrell
: How I would say this in the USA.
3 hrs
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| agree |
Stendhal
3 hrs
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| agree |
vanessak
: I'd drop the "to" : helping you help yourself
8 hrs
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| agree |
Shane London
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+3
4 mins
German term (edited):
Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe
Help for Self-Help
hope it helps...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Will Matter
: Very helpful!
1 min
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| agree |
writeaway
: the most obvious and basically only solution without more context
13 mins
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| agree |
Robert Kleemaier
: with writeaway
5 hrs
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| neutral |
Francis Lee (X)
: My first association of "Self-Help" is with integrating alcoholics or the mentally ill back into society
19 hrs
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+1
5 mins
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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156
Promoting Personal Initiative
??
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
writeaway
: sounds great-wouldn't it be wonderful to know what this is about?
12 mins
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+1
13 mins
German term (edited):
Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe
More information needed
Maybe you could provide some more information about the nature of this "enterprise". The most common translation is "Helping people to help themselves" but it might not fit your context.
Peer comment(s):
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Ian M-H (X)
: "helping people to help themselves" is what I've used several times, but as you say it all depends upon the context
9 mins
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Thanks!
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