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211 months ago

art1234 (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

German > English

Subject:

Technical / Engineering

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

an die Weichen

Context:

Mit unserem Stand von 125 m2 und einer guten Platzierung an einem Messeeingang und am Hauptgang waren dafür schon von Anfang an die Weichen richtig gestellt.

 

 

The answer of Joachim Kehr  See profile was rated best

...made the right arrangements from the very beginning

My comment:

"an die Weichen" is a wrong connection of the words.

"von Anfang an" = from the (very) beginning
"Weichenstellung" = the right arrangements in the sense of:
"going in the right direction"

The asker's comment:

Thanks