Deutsch: auf den Säulen ruhenEnglisch translation: to be based on pillars 
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Bus/Financial - Idiome/Maximen/Sprichwörter | | Deutsch Begriff oder Satz: auf den Säulen ruhen | Kontext: Laut Aussage des Unternehmens ruht die Geschäftsstrategie auf den folgenden drei Säulen:
Could this be translated with "is based on the following three foundations"? |
| | Notiz(en) an den/des Fragesteller(s)Armorel Young: 7:24pm Oct 10, 2007: For me "three foundations" doesn't work, because it sounds as though the analogy is with the foundations of a building but a building only has "foundations" in the collective sense - you can't have 2 or 3 of them.
Hilary Davies: 9:21am Oct 11, 2007: Armorel's right about the "foundations" - they aren't countable.
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is whhat I have often used and read in similar contexts
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Note added at 3 mins (2007-10-10 19:13:07 GMT)
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"based on the following three pillars" is fine
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Note added at 4 mins (2007-10-10 19:14:21 GMT)
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googl "based on" & pillars, you get more than 2 million hits |
| Ausgewählte Antwort von:
 Stephen Sadie
Deutschland
| Hinweis von Fragesteller an den AntwortendenMany thanks, Stephen, and to all who contributed. Thanks also Armorel - of course, foundations can only be collective. Schoenes Wochende to you all! M.
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is whhat I have often used and read in similar contexts
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Note added at 3 mins (2007-10-10 19:13:07 GMT)
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"based on the following three pillars" is fine
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Note added at 4 mins (2007-10-10 19:14:21 GMT)
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googl "based on" & pillars, you get more than 2 million hits
| | Hinweis von Fragesteller an den Antwortenden| Many thanks, Stephen, and to all who contributed. Thanks also Armorel - of course, foundations can only be collective. Schoenes Wochende to you all! M. |
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