Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Der Erfolg unseres Unternehmens steht und fällt mit der Begeisterung dafür, zum Erfolg der Kunden beizutragen.
English translation:
Our success is intrinsically linked to the employee's enthusiasm to contribute to customers' success.
German term
Germany
Responsive with well-rounded knowledge
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
Works in: English to German, German to English, Spanish to German, and 5 more.
steht und fällt
From the realm of vehicle sales:
Der eigene Erfolg ***steht und fällt*** mit der Begeisterung dafür, zum Erfolg der Kunden beizutragen.
The trouble is: I need help with the entire sentence, not just this idiomatic expression, which is actually covered on Linguee, but, due to the fact that, as I had to urgently attend to some other thing on site to do with moving the normal deadline by agency standards is now transforming into a rush job, I had to give up sifting through the results after the 10th instance of "stands and falls" which is simply not good enough for Switzerland.
Best regards,
Sebastian Witte
www.jwstrans.net
| 3 | intrinsically linked with |
Birgit Gläser
|
| 5 +1 | stands and falls |
Alexander Schleber (X)
|
| 3 +3 | make or break |
Michael Martin, MA
|
| 4 | our success primarily depends on our .... |
Ellen Kraus
|
| 4 | is based on |
Kyra OL
|
| 3 | is crucial for |
Bernhard Sulzer
|
Sep 10, 2016 12:11: Sebastian Witte changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/60654">Sebastian Witte's</a> old entry - "Der Erfolg unseres Unternehmens steht und fällt mitmit der Begeisterung dafür, zum Erfolg der Kunden beizutragen."" to ""Our success is intrinsically linked with our ability and commitment to contribute to our customers\' success. ""
Sep 10, 2016 12:13: Sebastian Witte changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/60654">Sebastian Witte's</a> old entry - "Der Erfolg unseres Unternehmens steht und fällt mit der Begeisterung dafür, zum Erfolg der Kunden beizutragen."" to ""Our success is intrinsically linked with our ability and enthusiasm to contribute to our customers' success. ""
Sep 10, 2016 12:14: Sebastian Witte changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/60654">Sebastian Witte's</a> old entry - "Der Erfolg unseres Unternehmens steht und fällt mit der Begeisterung dafür, zum Erfolg der Kunden beizutragen"" to ""Our success is intrinsically linked with our ability and commitment plus our enthusiasm to contribute to our customers' success ""
Sep 10, 2016 16:05: Sebastian Witte changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/60654">Sebastian Witte's</a> old entry - "Der Erfolg unseres Unternehmens steht und fällt mit der Begeisterung dafür, zum Erfolg der Kunden beizutragen."" to ""Our success is intrinsically linked with our enthusiasm to contribute to our customers' success. ""
Sep 10, 2016 16:06: Sebastian Witte changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/60654">Sebastian Witte's</a> old entry - "Der Erfolg unseres Unternehmens steht und fällt mit der Begeisterung dafür, zum Erfolg der Kunden beizutragen."" to ""Our success is intrinsically linked to the employee's enthusiasm to contribute to our customers' success. ""
Proposed translations
intrinsically linked with
Das wäre mein Vorschlag... fiel mir spontan ein... sicher nur eine von vielen Möglichkeiten ;-D
stands and falls
For instance, "Success stands and falls with the quality of what is delivered."
"One's own success stands and falls with one's enthusiasm, in contributing to the success of one's customers."
| neutral |
Ellen Kraus
: the correct preposition would be BY
18 mins
|
| neutral |
Michael Martin, MA
: It’s not a saying. It’s an idiom. Besides, one-solution-only approaches are rarely plausible unless you translate isolated phrases without context (e.g. dictionary entries)
4 hrs
|
| agree |
Edwin Miles
: With a caveat or two: the idiom works best with "or" and "on" — "stands or falls on." Also, it is far from the "only translation" of the idiom...
1 day 21 hrs
|
Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German 
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
our success primarily depends on our ....
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 58 Min. (2016-09-09 12:11:08 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
better still: depends COMPLETELY on
stand or fall by sth Meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary
dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stand-or-fall-by-sth
steht oder fällt = to depend completely on something for success.
United States
High quality at a reasonable price
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, German, and 1 more.
is crucial for
hinges on
Der eigene Erfolg ***steht und fällt*** mit der Begeisterung dafür, zum Erfolg der Kunden beizutragen.
Only our enthusiasm for helping our clients succeed will ensure/secure our own success.
Our enthusiasm for helping our clients succeed is crucial for our own success.
Enthusiasm for /an enthusiastic commitment to helping our client(s) succeed is pivotal/crucial for our own success (for one's own success).
Our own success hinges on our enthusiastic commitment to contribute to the success of our clients.
Only by striving to help our clients succeed will we ensure our own success
success hinges on:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:20...
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
make or break
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 day43 mins (2016-09-10 11:56:34 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Example:
"Ultimately, their ability in attracting, retaining and developing the best and brightest talent in the industry (not just your company) will make or break your own success." https://ayoubhr.com/why-you-need-to-measure-performance/
| agree |
Ramey Rieger (X)
: Your enthusiasm for a client's success makes or breaks your own progress/acheivement/triumph. Simple present.
27 mins
|
|
Thanks, Ramey. Present tense sounds good.
|
|
| agree |
Gudrun Wolfrath
1 hr
|
|
Thanks, Gudrun.
|
|
| agree |
Edith Kelly
3 hrs
|
|
Thank you, Edith.
|
|
| neutral |
Bernhard Sulzer
: make or break someone or even something sometimes, but make or break your own success would not be my idiomatic choice.
18 hrs
|
|
It is mine until somebody gives me a convincing reason why it shouldn't be
|
is based on
Just another idea; I also liked some of the above.
Discussion
By ensuring your customer's success you are contributing/ensuring your own.
In some ways, this discussion is similar to the recent one about "Klemmpatent." Far too few Ghits to provide any good examples. However, this kind of phrasing should occur more frequently, IMO, so it's a bit odd that there are so few results out there. Typically, that indicates there's a more common way to say this in English (or German).
Incidentally, which option do you prefer: "customers' success" as in the original question or "customer's success" as in half of the answers?
The question was about "steht und fällt," so "hinges on/contingent upon" would be sufficient and get you three votes already.
@Alison
I was hoping for some more ENS examples. Still not sold on the doubling down. To me, the repetition of "Erfolg" in German sounds much different from putting two instances of the word "success" in striking distance to each other in English. But that's just my personal opinion.
Armorel has avoided the issue by using "success" and "succeed." A similar wording to the one I suggested below (not repeating "success" at all):
"When you link arms with the customer to ensure his success, you ensure your own."
http://www.mrlweb.com/tips/keepcust.html
@Sebastian - How free can you be? Instead of looking at Linguee, perhaps you could try searching for monolingual examples.
Your Customers’ Success Is Your Success https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/your-customers-success-tamara...
Ricoh and EFI are both companies that define our own success by how greatly we contribute to our customers' success http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050509006008/en/EFI-...
success happens when you’re more interested in your customers’ success than your own. ... The bottom line is this: Your success depends on your customers’ success. http://kathrynaragon.com/blog/what-your-prospect-wants-to-kn...
Treat your customers’ success as you most important goal—it’s the gating factor to your own success. https://www.salesforce.com/blog/2012/11/5-activities-that-ta...
OED - to stand or fall: often used fig. of a person or thing, to indicate that his or its fate is contingent on the fate of another person or thing, or must be governed by some event or rule. Const. with (a person or thing), together, also by (a rule, an uncertain event).
"Your success hinges on your client’s best interest"
http://marketingfunnelautomation.com/your-success-hinges-on-...