Realitätsnähe statt akademischer Weltfremdheit
English translation: Practical rather than theoretical
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(Sharing of) hands-on experience instead of an ivory tower approach [instead of academic isolation] Explanation: Instead of "hands-on", you might also use a phrase including "real-life". The above suggestion is only a first approximation - please wait for other colleagues to improve on it. |
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13 mins confidence:
Practicality rather than academic theory Explanation: I must say I like your "inexperience" for the academic, but I'm not too sure sure your text would be able to handle that; it does look like a sleas pitch to me, and I'm doubtful that it comes over too well. So this is an idea you might consider using in such a context. Just by the by: my wife is continually complaining that the MS software writers cannot possibly have any experience of working in offices, because they keep removing useful "office" tools... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2008-05-22 09:42:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "sleas"???? Sorry - that should have read "sales"... |
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37 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2Down to earth instead of ivory tower Explanation: A slightly more succinct twist on Steffen's suggestion. The title should be short IMO, because it's explained in the sentence that follows. As a result, I think you can get away with 2 pithy idioms like this. You could think about whether to add hyphens to make them sound more adjective-like. Alternative: Down to earth instead of lofty theory |
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47 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
21 hrs confidence:
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