Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Romanian term or phrase:
socoteala de acasă nu se potriveşte cu cea din targ
English translation:
Various
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iuliapat
May 8, 2011 16:53
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Romanian term
socoteala de acasă nu se potriveşte cu cea din targ
Romanian to English
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
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Desigur, socoteala de acasă nu se potriveşte mereu cu cea din targ, pentru că, între timp, planurile unora dintre cei motivaţi să participe au fost puţin deviate de nişte urgenţe obiective.
Proposed translations
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4 +2 | Various | Lara Barnett |
5 +1 | There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip | Anca Nitu |
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May 8, 2011 19:36: Peter Shortall changed "Field (specific)" from "Poetry & Literature" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Proposed translations
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Various
There are various idioms that have slightly different idioms. I would recommend one of these:
"Don't count your chickens (before they are hatched)"
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Don't count chicken...
This idiom could be rephrased as:
"Of course, seeing that we can't really count our chickens before they are hatched..."
"Best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray"
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/best-laid plans of mice ...
This is a well understood, but less common idiom. It could be integrated into your text in a similar way to my suggestion above.
"Things never turn out as planned...."
http://www.boardofwisdom.com/mailquote.asp?msgid=298728
This is not so much an idiom, as a commonly used expression (or perhaps they are the same thing). However, it is such a common expression.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-05-08 21:13:56 GMT)
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In addition to my last suggestion, in English we also use the term "pan out"
"—Verb phrase
18. pan out, Informal . to turn out, especially successfully: The couple's reconciliation just didn't pan out."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pan out
i.e. "As things don't always PAN OUT as we expect..."
"Don't count your chickens (before they are hatched)"
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Don't count chicken...
This idiom could be rephrased as:
"Of course, seeing that we can't really count our chickens before they are hatched..."
"Best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray"
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/best-laid plans of mice ...
This is a well understood, but less common idiom. It could be integrated into your text in a similar way to my suggestion above.
"Things never turn out as planned...."
http://www.boardofwisdom.com/mailquote.asp?msgid=298728
This is not so much an idiom, as a commonly used expression (or perhaps they are the same thing). However, it is such a common expression.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-05-08 21:13:56 GMT)
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In addition to my last suggestion, in English we also use the term "pan out"
"—Verb phrase
18. pan out, Informal . to turn out, especially successfully: The couple's reconciliation just didn't pan out."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pan out
i.e. "As things don't always PAN OUT as we expect..."
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Gabrielle Weatherhead
: I think the "Don't count your chickens..." is fairly well known, so it could work well in the context, or your last suggestion might be even better. At times might be better not to stick to the equivalence of an idiom for an idiom :-)
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Thank you - I got the feeling asker was looking for an expression/idiom though.
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Roxana Nechita
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Discussion
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- .....
Desigur, socoteala de acasă nu se potriveşte mereu cu cea din targ, pentru că, între timp, planurile unora dintre cei motivaţi să participe au fost puţin deviate de nişte urgenţe obiective. Din fericire însă, după regula compensării, am avut şi o surpriză extrem de plăcută: implicarea a două noi departamente, dintre cele care au legături puternice cu Mrketingul.