Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
aus der Praxis für die Praxis
English translation:
by professionals for professionals / by the business for the business
German term
aus der Praxis für die Praxis
"Wir bedanken uns für die vielfältige positive Resonanz und die konstruktive Kritik, auf der wir auch weiterhin angewiesen sind, wollen wir dieses Handbuch aus der Praxis für die Praxis lebendig weiterentwickeln"
Mar 8, 2008 13:45: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Marketing"
Mar 8, 2008 13:45: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Management" to "Human Resources"
Mar 8, 2008 13:46: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/71152">David Hollywood's</a> old entry - "aus der Praxis für die Praxis"" to ""by professionals for professionals, by the business for the business""
Proposed translations
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
by professionals for professionals/by the business for the business
Germany
IT and marketing translations
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German, Portuguese to German
... develop [this manual] with our practical experience for your practice
or:
"... develop [this manual] with our practical experience for your use"
By the way: "auf der wir auch weiterhin angewiesen sind" should read as "auf DIE wir auch weiterhin angewiesen sind".
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Note added at 7 mins (2004-04-13 12:57:26 GMT)
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You might want to leave the \"practical\" out and just use \"experience\". Sounds more fluent in English.
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
practical business solutions
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Nancy Arrowsmith
: minimalist ain't bad - the German buzz phrase is often used without much thought
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Style – accuracy – customer focus
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 1 more.
rephrase in this instance...
We're really keen to take users' input on board in future editions of this handbook.
(BTW the original is also incorrect grammatically in another way. It would work better if the last clause began "weil..." or something. Just thought I'd mention this!)
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Cilian O'Tuama
: IMO nothing wrong with the German. 'wollen wir dieses Buch weiterentwickeln' = if we want to ...
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Hi Cilian - I see your point; I hadn't thought of that sense. But it still is poorly phrased IMO, as surely they're saying they *do* want to take acct of users' views - it shouldn't be an "if" clause.
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Agius Language & Translation
: I like this reworking best!
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