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German德语词条或短语：	an der falschen Stelle sparen
English英语翻译：	trying to save money in the wrong places
输入者：	Eszter Bokor

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17:17 Aug 1, 2007

German德语至English英语翻译 [专业]
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German德语词条或短语： an der falschen Stelle sparen

Lehrer müssen bestimmte Unterrichtsmaterialien selbst bezahlen. Aufruf des Direktors: "Ich bitte jedoch nicht an der falschen Stelle zu sparen, da alle Muster
auch bei späteren Schulungen bzw. Präsentationen eingesetzt werden können."

Eszter Bokor

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问题： 201 (6个未决问题)
回答： 9

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Marcus Malabad: 20:38 Aug 1, 2007: Eszter, no need for the quotation marks and please classify question properly (Idioms / Art-Lit / Pro). Thanks, Marcus
xxxFrancis Lee: 16:41 Aug 2, 2007: Context/readership? What are your own ideas? And with all respect to Marcus: this shouldn't be under Art/Lit. - or should it?
Eszter Bokor: 08:56 Aug 6, 2007: Thank you for all your suggestions! Unfortunately, I can only chose one, but the others were very useful as well. Thanks everybody!

trying to save money in the wrong places

说明：
I'm not keen on 'make false economies' as an imperative and the others sound a bit too whimsical. Why not a fairly direct translation?

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Stephen Roche
德国

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Thank you!
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所提供的全部ENGLISH英语翻译如下：

3 +2

do not make any false economies

mbrodie

Do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar

Cilian O'Tuama

3 +1

trying to save money in the wrong places

Stephen Roche

penny wise, pound foolish /

lindaellen

3 +1

spend less now, pay more later

Ken Cox

don't go cutting the wrong corners

xxxCMJ_Trans

回答

18分钟信心度：

同仁同意（净值）： +2

"an der falschen Stelle sparen" do not make any false economies

说明：
this is how I would say it

mbrodie
英国
在该领域工作
母语： English英语
此类别中专业问题的积分： 24

48分钟信心度：

"an der falschen Stelle sparen" don't go cutting the wrong corners

说明：
idiomatic

xxxCMJ_Trans
法国
专精该领域
母语： English英语
此类别中专业问题的积分： 60

11分钟信心度：

"an der falschen Stelle sparen" penny wise, pound foolish /

说明：
The director is saying not to save money on the wrong place, i.e. buy the cheapest material that will also have a short "life" - since the material can be used later, and therefore should be durable.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-08-01 19:18:48 GMT)
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Yes, you're right - save money in the wrong place, but save money on cheap products.

lindaellen
瑞士
母语： English英语

给答者的备注

提问者： Would you actually say "save money ON the wrong place"? I assumed it's "IN the wrong place".

2小时信心度：

同仁同意（净值）： +1

"an der falschen Stelle sparen" spend less now, pay more later

说明：
I would turn this around, along the lines of 'Please bear in mind that... can be also be used again for..., so if you spend less now, you may end up paying more later'.

Some of the other suggestions, such as 'don't make any false economies' or 'don't go cutting the wrong corners', could be used equally well in this construction.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-08-01 20:12:25 GMT)
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or 'don't save money in the wrong places'

Ken Cox
荷兰
母语： English英语
此类别中专业问题的积分： 61

17小时信心度：

同仁同意（净值）： +1

trying to save money in the wrong places

说明：
I'm not keen on 'make false economies' as an imperative and the others sound a bit too whimsical. Why not a fairly direct translation?

Stephen Roche
德国
母语： English英语
此类别中专业问题的积分： 12

提问者给回答者的留言

Thank you!

23小时信心度：

Do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar

说明：
an old-fashioned equivalent to am falschen Ende sparen

Cilian O'Tuama
德国
专精该领域
母语： English英语
此类别中专业问题的积分： 60

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German德语: an der falschen Stelle sparen

English英语 translation: trying to save money in the wrong places