Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
mich zu orientieren
English translation:
find my way around
Added to glossary by
Kim Metzger
Dec 8, 2004 17:14
19 yrs ago
German term
mich zu orientieren
German to English
Marketing
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
"Ich benötige kurze Zeit, um mich zu orientieren"
This is one of three answers (the middle one, as it were, beteen "great" and "confusing") that employees can choose in reply to the internal survey question "Wie gut finden Sie sich im Newsletter zurecht?"
I originally wrote: "I need a little time to get my bearings", but the customer wants something simpler that non-natives will understand.
Any ideas?
This is one of three answers (the middle one, as it were, beteen "great" and "confusing") that employees can choose in reply to the internal survey question "Wie gut finden Sie sich im Newsletter zurecht?"
I originally wrote: "I need a little time to get my bearings", but the customer wants something simpler that non-natives will understand.
Any ideas?
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Apr 22, 2005 18:32: Kim Metzger changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Proposed translations
+5
3 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
100
Selected
find my way around
It just takes me a few minutes/short while to find my way around.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks - and the customer approved!"
7 mins
It doesn't take me long to find my way.........
I think "to get my bearings" is so great!
8 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
:
76
find my bearings
works for me and Muret-Sanders
19 mins
to familiarize oneself
I just need a short while to familiarize myself with it/the newsletter.
23 mins
adapt / adjust / acclimate
I need a little time/while to adapt/adjust/acclimate.
All 3 of these will work.
All 3 of these will work.
1 hr
It takes me a while to figure what is where
Total colloquial!
+1
1 hr
Hilary Davies Shelby
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
German and "Geek" to English!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
16
it takes me a little time to find what i am looking for
or to find things/to find what i need/to find everything
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Johanna Timm, PhD
: sounds _very _familiar ;) and it's a great option IMO
1 hr
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