English-Danish translations for reinvent the wheel

opfinde den dybe tallerkenJeg anser det for at være vigtigt, at alle stater har samlet mange erfaringer, og jeg mener ikke, at vi bør forsøge at opfinde den dybe tallerken igen. I see it as important that all the Member States have gathered a great deal of experience, and I take the view that we should stop trying to reinvent the wheel. Vi bør ikke forsøge at opfinde den dybe tallerken igen, men derimod gribe fat i fru Ferrero-Waldners forslag med henblik på at gennemføre en forebyggende indsats mod tab. Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, we should take up Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner’s proposals by preventing deficits and doing away with those that occur.

To do work#Noun|work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily by others; to attempt to devise a solution to a problem when a solution already exists

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