German term
jetzt ist er weider ausgeglichener
Nov 10, 2013 12:09: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "in a newspaper article "
Nov 29, 2013 11:42: Marie Jackson changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Lancashireman, Yorkshireman, Marie Jackson
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Proposed translations
He's a lot calmer now / He's calmed down again
more relaxed
more equable
more at ease with himself
less flappable
Wie ist es Ihrem Bruder in den anderthalb Jahren ergangen, in dem er keinen Verein hatte?
Da war er total unruhig. Er wollte unbedingt wieder einen Verein trainieren, war fast jedes Wochenende in irgendeinem Stadion. Dass er jetzt was gefunden hat, ist gut. Das freut auch seine Lebensgefährtin. Jetzt ist er wieder ausgeglichener. Außerdem kann er den Job ja noch lange machen. Er ist körperlich und geistig noch topfit.
http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.tsv-1860-wolfgang...
We would call him a manager or a coach, not a trainer.
equable
http://thesaurus.com/browse/equable
agreeable, composed, consistent, constant, easy-going, even, even-tempered, imperturbable, level-headed, methodical, orderly, placid, regular, serene, smooth, stabile, stable, systematic, temperate, tranquil, unchanging, unexcitable, unflappable, unfluctuating, uniform, unruffled, unvarying
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AllegroTrans
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Yorkshireman
: The brother uses expressions like "total unruhig", "ist noch alles drin", "Spielermaterial", "hat aber alles nochmal getoppt", "ist ein Schlitzohr" - the brother he's talking about is a coach, he was a footballer.
Only if we agree on the tonality :-)
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philgoddard
: He's a coach.
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Ramey Rieger (X)
: I bow to the inevitably appropriate suggestion. Don't you just love your thesaurus?
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Thanks, Ramey. I think Horst sums it up well: ellipsis.
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Lonnie Legg
: "at ease"--"free from worry, awkwardness, or problems."(OAD)
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Cilian O'Tuama
: pretty bullshitty
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Netherlands
M.Sc. in Architecture, B.A.
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: Dutch to German, German to Dutch, English to Dutch, and 5 more.
now, his life is back in balance again
http://10000days.org/getting-your-life-back-in-balance/
http://womenstoolbox.com/2013/09/12/how-do-we-get-life-back-...
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writeaway
: http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.tsv-1860-wolfgang...
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Okay...
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he's back on his feet again
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Yorkshireman
: Indeed it is
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writeaway
: better than what? how was this derived from weider ausgeglichener?? /yes, it's a very common Eng. expression, often used after an illness or a personal tragedy. Don't see how it fits here at all.
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Better than my first answer. He was suffering a crisis. It's a very common idiom, actually.// or after a loss, such as the trainer/coach experienced. After anything that knocks on OFF their feet. I don't see that it's so very obscure.
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he's back to his old form again
I think anything that sounds like a medical diagnosis is a bit out of place.
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In fact, depending on the readership of the paper, it could be even more colloquial:
Like "He's back on the ball again"
or
"He's finally got his head back together"
"He's up with the best again"
"He's back on the lines again"
"He's alive and kicking again"
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Lancashireman
: Very nice, but that's not what it says. His 'old form' might have been frenzied. // See source text: "Da war er total unruhig... Jetzt ist er wieder ausgeglichener."
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Do you think that that would interest a football journalist? :-) Seriously, though, old form is as good as always meant in a positive sense. Otherwise, it would be back to his old tricks again.
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Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
he seems (much) more at ease now
"he's much more well-adjusted now" might work, too, but not as well.
Example below:
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writeaway
: it's just a passing comment, not a psych evaluation.
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If that's a psych evaluation, anything is..
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BrigitteHilgner
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Thanks, Brigitte
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Lancashireman
: "more at ease with himself" already proposed at 21 minutes. "Well-adjusted" definitely out of order coming from a brother.
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This would impress me more if "at ease" was at the front and center of your contribution. Throwing 20 phrases against the wall hoping that some of them will stick merely suggests that you were unable to make up your mind...
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fwiw
Da war er total unruhig. Er wollte unbedingt wieder einen Verein trainieren, war fast jedes Wochenende in irgendeinem Stadion. Dass er jetzt was gefunden hat, ist gut. Das freut auch seine Lebensgefährtin. Jetzt ist er wieder ausgeglichener. Außerdem kann er den Job ja noch lange machen. Er ist körperlich und geistig noch topfit.
ww.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.tsv-1860-wolfgang-funkel-ueber-seinen-bruder-er-ist-ein-schlitzohr.ae5a396f-f59b-462a-bc07-3a52b88f31f7.html
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http://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.tsv-1860-wolfgang...
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Johanna Timm, PhD
: thanks for finding & posting this context! Knowing the immediately preceding sentence "Das freut auch seine Lebensgefährtin" is very helpful.
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Lancashireman
: with Johanna
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