Dec 7, 2001 02:33
22 yrs ago
English term
Amy
keep your options open
Non-PRO
English to German
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
conversation of a letter
Something to say to a person when (s)he is uncertain about the future and you don't want him/her to decide what kind of life to pursue without realy knowing what (s)he wants to do.
Proposed translations
(German)
| 4 +5 | Halte Dir alle Moeglichkeiten offen. |
Anita Menhofer (X)
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| 5 | ..seine Möglichkeiten... |
ChristinaT
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| 5 | Verbau Dir Deinen Weg nicht. |
Karin Walker (X)
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| 4 | Alternativen... |
Tanja Wohlgemuth
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Change log
Nov 7, 2007 20:36: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "Keep your options open" to "keep your options open" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "In a converstion of a letter" to "conversation of a letter"
Proposed translations
+5
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Halte Dir alle Moeglichkeiten offen.
that's the informal version.
Formal: Halten Sie sich alle Moeglichkeiten offen.
native speaker
Formal: Halten Sie sich alle Moeglichkeiten offen.
native speaker
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Comment: "Danke fuer Ihre Hife!"
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ChristinaT
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German
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..seine Möglichkeiten...
seine Möglichkeiten offen halten
example: Er hat nicht zugestimmt, da er seine Möglichkeiten offen halten wollte.
He didn't agree, because he wanted to keep his options open.
This is a fairly common expression in German. There are other ways to say the same thing, but this is the first one that came to my mind.
Hope it helps!
example: Er hat nicht zugestimmt, da er seine Möglichkeiten offen halten wollte.
He didn't agree, because he wanted to keep his options open.
This is a fairly common expression in German. There are other ways to say the same thing, but this is the first one that came to my mind.
Hope it helps!
21 mins
Verbau Dir Deinen Weg nicht.
Just another way of saying it.
23 mins
Tanja Wohlgemuth
Germany
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Alternativen...
I'd write something like "Lass Dir doch ein paar Alternativen offen!" or change it completely into sth. like "Du musst Dich doch nicht unbedingt jetzt schon entscheiden!" oder "Heb Dir doch die Entscheidung für später auf!"
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