German term
ein großes Stück näher bringt
Non-PRO (2): philgoddard, Edith Kelly
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Proposed translations
United States
Real engineering & clinical experience
Native in: English (Variants: US, US South) 
Works in: German to English, Japanese to English, English
brings [them] a great deal closer to
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Andreea Sepi, MCIL (X)
: I think this works better in this context. The talk is of databases being brought closer to some goals, and not us, the public getting closer to something...
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United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
taking (Oracle databases) a big step closer
forging [databases] a big leap ahead
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forge ahead:
to suddenly make a lot of progress with something
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/forge-ah...
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You could also say:
"...offering [them] a major advance...", for example...
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
taking huge strides (towards achieving...)
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
gets us a lot closer to
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to enabling etc.
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wouldn't be poaching would you?
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anyway ok and gl
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or "that comes a lot closer to etc." as an alternative
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keeping it neutral...
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or: is/represents a great/major step forward in etc.
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couple more ideas for you to juggle around with...
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or: is much more in line with etc.
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a more idiomatic rendering...
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and you will obviously have to rework the phrasing but might be ok
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philgoddard
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thanks Phil
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Chris Pr
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you never know but maybe Chris :) the never-ending story...and surely the whole point is to share ideas and come up with the best solution...after all this is a platform to bounce ideas around and it's always up to the asker to take the final decision...
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