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Arbeitnehmer/Angestellte

English translation: employees/salaried staff

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German term or phrase:Arbeitnehmer/Angestellte
English translation:employees/salaried staff
Entered by: Sebastian Witte

19:20 Sep 14, 2017
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Auditor\'s report: Notes for the Financial Year: Other Disclosures
German term or phrase: Arbeitnehmer/Angestellte
Hi,

How would you distinguish between the two?

Im Berichtsjahr waren neben der Geschäftsleitung durchschnittlich 36 ***Arbeitnehmer*** beschäftigt.
Es handelt sich ausschließlich um ***Angestellte***.

My take:

Besides the management, 36 ***employees*** were deployed on average in the year under review.
These were exclusively ***commercial, white-collar staff as opposed to workers***.

Cheers,

Sebastian Witte
Sebastian Witte
Germany
Local time: 13:59
employees / salaried staff
Explanation:
would be one way to go, making the distinction between Arbeiter who are paid a wage and Angestellte who are paid a salary.

Personally I would avoid "as opposed to workers" as it seems to suggest that Angestellte don't work!
Selected response from:

Armorel Young
Local time: 12:59
Grading comment
Again, thanks very much, Armorel. This is very good. Also, thank you everybody who participated.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7employees / salaried staff
Armorel Young
4employees/non-manual staff
philgoddard


Discussion entries: 2





  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
employees / salaried staff


Explanation:
would be one way to go, making the distinction between Arbeiter who are paid a wage and Angestellte who are paid a salary.

Personally I would avoid "as opposed to workers" as it seems to suggest that Angestellte don't work!

Armorel Young
Local time: 12:59
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 166
Grading comment
Again, thanks very much, Armorel. This is very good. Also, thank you everybody who participated.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Armorel.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway
5 mins
agree  Michael Martin, MA: Yes. Salaried employees
13 mins
agree  RobinB: This is perfectly OK. Sebastian doesn't need to go into any long explanation. PS: Arbeiter are "hourly workers".
4 hrs
agree  milinad
9 hrs
agree  BrigitteHilgner
9 hrs
agree  Steffen Walter
15 hrs
neutral  philgoddard: We don't know how they're paid, and whether it's (say) an hourly wage or a fixed annual salary. I think this is more about whether they do manual or non-manual work.
16 hrs
  -> It's a valid point, but as the company has no manual workers it is presumably in a business that doesn't involve manual work at all (e.g. a bank), in which case the distinction starts to sound odd
agree  gangels (X): correct (hourly paid staff/wage earners vs. salaried staff/workforce
22 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
employees/non-manual staff


Explanation:
I don't believe the distinction between wages and salary is very meaningful these days. Angestellte are office/non-manual/white-collar workers.


    Reference: http://dictionary.reverso.net/german-english/Angestellte
philgoddard
United States
Meets criteria
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 58
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