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Du bist viel zu weise, um dir darauf etwas einzubilden

English translation: You are way too smart to let it get to your head.

17:36 Feb 23, 2015
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German term or phrase: Du bist viel zu weise, um dir darauf etwas einzubilden
Can someone help me to translate this sentence:

Du bist viel zu weise, um dir darauf etwas einzubilden

I unfortunately have no other context other than this.
Kelly Martin
United States
Local time: 11:50
English translation:You are way too smart to let it get to your head.
Explanation:
One possibility.

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This is pretty informal, but you get the drift. Without any context it is hard to say which register is required.
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Usch Pilz
Local time: 17:50
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8You are way too smart to let it get to your head.
Usch Pilz
4You are much too wise to be vain about it
Katarina Peters
3 +1you are way too sensible to get conceited over that
Donald Jacobson
3You are far too shrewd to be fooled by such a thing
Ramey Rieger (X)
3You’re too level-headed/discerning to get a big head/to become full of yourself
Michael Martin, MA


Discussion entries: 7





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
You are way too smart to let it get to your head.


Explanation:
One possibility.

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This is pretty informal, but you get the drift. Without any context it is hard to say which register is required.

Usch Pilz
Local time: 17:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mill2: or go to your head, which I'm more familiar with
8 mins
  -> Thanks, mill2! Yes, let's go! (Found this: http://www.phrasen.com/uebersetze,Don-t-let-it-go-to-your-he...
agree  Edwin Miles: This (with "go to your head") is the best suggestion so far. I find "way" to be rather "street," so you might consider "You're much too smart to let it go to your head."
38 mins
  -> Thanks, Edwin! "Street", yes - must be the rather colloquially phrased source text I am working with. Rubbing off!
agree  Horst Huber (X): My first thought when I read the question.
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Horst! Long time! Hope you are well!
disagree  Donald Jacobson: smart and get are both very questionable here
1 hr
  -> “The important thing is not to stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: to let it "get" to your head is IMO less questionable than Donald's to "get" conceited below.
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Cilian! Have an unquestionably good day!
agree  Ventnai
13 hrs
  -> Thank you, Ian!
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): Go to the message? (Wonders, wonders)// Get the message- Go to one's head- Get it?
13 hrs
  -> Thank you, Ramey. Message? You are talking in riddles. Or is it me??
agree  Peter Keegan
14 hrs
  -> Thank you, Peter!
agree  Berit Kostka, PhD
17 hrs
  -> Thank you, Berit!
agree  Gudrun Wolfrath: go to your head
2 days 19 hrs
  -> Thank you, Gudrun. Yes, got it. ;-)
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
You are much too wise to be vain about it


Explanation:
another suggestion

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 11:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
You are far too shrewd to be fooled by such a thing


Explanation:
You are too deeply aware to be blinded by ego
You are much too perceptive to think it is your acheivement alone
You are too wise to believe it has anything to do with you

and so on.....

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 17:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 116
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
you are way too sensible to get conceited over that


Explanation:
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Why it's bad to be conceited | The Wise Sloth
https://wisesloth.wordpress.com/.../why-it...
Mobile-friendly - Apr 26, 2013 - The only way to get conceited is to obsess over yourself. Anyone who is conceited is the center of their ...

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Use conceited in a sentence | conceited sentence examples
sentence.yourdictionary.com/conceited
Mobile-friendly - And I am proud to say I am the most conceited ass in the Territory. 6. 4 ... I wo n't let him get conceited, do n't worry . 1. 1.

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2. sich (Dat) etwas/viel (auf etwas (Akk)) einbilden deutlich (u. meist auf arrogante Weise) zeigen, dass man stolz auf etwas ist

TheFreeDictionary.com Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache. © 2009 Farlex, Inc. and partners.

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"TO GET CONCEITED" SPANISH TRANSLATION Results: 1-6 of 6
to get conceited {verb}
to get conceited {vb}
encopetarse {v.r.}
to get conceited {vb}
endiosarse {v.r.}

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From Babylon online dictionary

Donald Jacobson
United States
Local time: 10:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Birgit Baur
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Birgit!
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: I still think e.g. grow/become are much better than get
18 hrs
  -> Not in this part of the world. Dialectic difference. Have to agree to disagree.
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
You’re too level-headed/discerning to get a big head/to become full of yourself


Explanation:
Astuteness balanced out by emotional maturity..

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 11:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 98
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