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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Gewohnte Abläufe bedeuten sichere Abläufe.

English translation:

Reliability without the risk

Added to glossary by Michael Bailey
May 18, 2005 12:48
19 yrs ago
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German term

Gewohnte Abläufe bedeuten sichere Abläufe.

German to English Marketing Marketing product blurb
Can anyone help with a slogan about familiarity with a system being a good thing?
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 You already know who you can trust
3 +2 well-honed processes are safe processes
4 familiar processes mean reliable processes
4 processes you know are the ones you can trust
4 When familiarity will not breed contempt
3 practice makes perfect
3 familiar procedures mean safe procedures
3 Familiarity breeds reliability
3 more familiar the process to you, safer it is.....
1 Knowledge is safety?

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com May 20, 2005:
Oh mummy... Such a lot of good suggestions here...

Proposed translations

+3
8 mins
German term (edited): Gewohnte Abl�ufe bedeuten sichere Abl�ufe.
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You already know who you can trust

Don't change a winning team/horse
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
You already know what is good for you
Reliability without the risk
Continuity helps you to sleep at night
Peer comment(s):
agree Frosty : What more can one suggest?
2 mins
agree Francis Lee (X) : "Don't ..." and "If ..." (except maybe: "Why change a winning team?") Otherwise, "dependability" might elsewhere be preferable to "reliability"
49 mins
agree Gábor Simon
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I plumped for reliability without the risk - thanks for all your suggestions!"
+2
6 mins
German term (edited): Gewohnte Abl�ufe bedeuten sichere Abl�ufe.

well-honed processes are safe processes

Or: a well-honed workflow is a safe workflow.

Safe or not, this slogan doesn't really flow... but it's a start.

More straightforward:
... are/is instrumental to safety.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Francis Lee (X) : too "German", i.e. I see no need to render "Abläufe" directly
54 mins
Certainly. However, there's a trade-off between being catchy and being specific. The original *is* specific.
agree Hilary Davies Shelby : i think its a good basis - this definitely renders the *meaning" of the original perfectly - now we need to think of how to make it catchy!
7 hrs
agree gangels (X) : sounds good to me
9 hrs
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20 mins
German term (edited): Gewohnte Abl�ufe bedeuten sichere Abl�ufe.

familiar processes mean reliable processes

just an alternative
Peer comment(s):
neutral Francis Lee (X) : "processes" doesn't work as a slogan IMO
41 mins
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28 mins
German term (edited): Gewohnte Abl�ufe bedeuten sichere Abl�ufe.

practice makes perfect

?
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28 mins
German term (edited): Gewohnte Abl�ufe bedeuten sichere Abl�ufe.

familiar procedures mean safe procedures

.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Francis Lee (X) : Any catchy solution in English will IMO have to omit the "Abläufe" element
33 mins
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6 mins
German term (edited): Gewohnte Abl�ufe bedeuten sichere Abl�ufe.

processes you know are the ones you can trust

:-)

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Note added at 58 mins (2005-05-18 13:47:06 GMT)
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familiar processes are trusted processes

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Note added at 1 hr 9 mins (2005-05-18 13:58:37 GMT)
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Known systems are reliable systems.


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Note added at 1 hr 10 mins (2005-05-18 13:59:28 GMT)
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Familiar systems are reliable systems

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Note added at 1 hr 11 mins (2005-05-18 14:00:09 GMT)
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known/familiar systems are trusted systems

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Note added at 1 hr 43 mins (2005-05-18 14:32:48 GMT)
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If you know the system, you can trust.

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Note added at 1 hr 44 mins (2005-05-18 14:33:30 GMT)
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ooops *... trust it* sorry!
Peer comment(s):
neutral Francis Lee (X) : I'm skeptical for the same reason as in my note to Ker
56 mins
thanks for the heads-up :-)
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2 hrs
German term (edited): Gewohnte Abl�ufe bedeuten sichere Abl�ufe.

Familiarity breeds reliability

... (Ta, Andrew)

... I also forgot "Boys From The Blackstuff" and "Nighty Night" ...
Peer comment(s):
neutral Francis Lee (X) : this did occur to me earlier, but it might well be too subtle, notwithstanding the "contempt" associations; btw, I'd meant to mention "Boys" alongside "Detective", but even "Spitting Image" with a cackling Thatcher with tail/trident deserves a mention
2 hrs
... as does Have I Got News For You - which can be breathtakingly good.
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7 hrs
German term (edited): Gewohnte Abl�ufe bedeuten sichere Abl�ufe.

Knowledge is safety?

just another suggestion
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9 hrs

When familiarity will not breed contempt

tongue-in-cheeeeek
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13 hrs
German term (edited): Gewohnte Abl�ufe bedeuten sichere Abl�ufe.

more familiar the process to you, safer it is.....

an attempt
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