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skiljs från vetet

English translation: separate from wheat

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Swedish term or phrase:skiljs från vetet
English translation:separate from wheat
Entered by: Paul Lambert

08:52 Mar 26, 2009
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / business relations
Swedish term or phrase: skiljs från vetet
Sentence given:
"Här jobbar vi med ett företag där vi skulle vilja påstå att agnarna skiljs från vetet i vem som är bäst på att verkställa sina mål, inte sätta dem."
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 01:33
separate from wheat
Explanation:
(literally, of course) the entire sentence is "separate the wheat from the chaff"

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Note added at 10 mins (2009-03-26 09:02:59 GMT)
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Perhaps a bit unclear - "agnarna skiljs från vetet" is "separate the wheat from the chaff"
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David Siebert
Local time: 00:33
Grading comment
Thanks for your help.
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5 +9separate from wheat
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +9
separate from wheat


Explanation:
(literally, of course) the entire sentence is "separate the wheat from the chaff"

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Note added at 10 mins (2009-03-26 09:02:59 GMT)
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Perhaps a bit unclear - "agnarna skiljs från vetet" is "separate the wheat from the chaff"

David Siebert
Local time: 00:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 66
Grading comment
Thanks for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Béatrice Öman: yep
1 min
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agree  Antje Harder: That is exactly the idiom the author uses.
5 mins
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agree  Christine Andersen
17 mins
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agree  Anna Herbst: the wheat or the grain
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agree  e-beth (X)
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agree  De Novi
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agree  Gayle Rolando (X)
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agree  Annabel Oldfield
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agree  Michele Fauble
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