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agent of change

German translation: Verfechter von Neuerungen

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English term or phrase:agent of change
German translation:Verfechter von Neuerungen
Entered by: David Seycek

12:39 May 25, 2007
English to German translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Entrepreneurship
English term or phrase: agent of change
The purpose of this article is to explore the persistence, in the face of considerable evidence to the contrary, of the notion that entrepreneurship is a purely individualistic practice. (...)
To conceive the entrepreneur as an atomistic and isolated ***agent of change*** is to ignore the milieu that supports, drives, produces and receives the entrepreneurial process.
BirgitBerlin
Germany
Local time: 20:16
Verfechter von Neuerungen
Explanation:
bzw. Pionier, Wegbereiter, ...
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David Seycek
Austria
Local time: 20:16
Grading comment
Auch wenn die "offizielle" Übersetzung Träger des Wandels ist, passt diese Version hier vom Kontext besser. Vielen Dank!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3Träger des Wandels
Stephan Elkins
3 +1Verfechter von Neuerungen
David Seycek
3Macher
Cetacea
3Agent des Wandels
Bernhard Sulzer


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Verfechter von Neuerungen


Explanation:
bzw. Pionier, Wegbereiter, ...

David Seycek
Austria
Local time: 20:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in CzechCzech
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Auch wenn die "offizielle" Übersetzung Träger des Wandels ist, passt diese Version hier vom Kontext besser. Vielen Dank!

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agree  avantix
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Macher


Explanation:
Könnte hier vielleicht passen?

Cetacea
Switzerland
Local time: 20:16
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 16
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Träger des Wandels


Explanation:
Quite commonly used in German social sciences.

Cf. Wolfgang J Koschnick, Compact Dictionary of the Social Sciences, Munich: Saur, 1995

Stephan Elkins
United States
Local time: 20:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bernhard Sulzer: das ist der gängige Ausdruck
1 hr
  -> Thanks Bernhard!
agree  Cetacea: Klingt gut.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Cetacea!
agree  Steffen Walter
3 days 20 hrs
  -> Thanks Steffen!
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Agent des Wandels


Explanation:
um die aktive Eigenschaft des "Agierens" auszudrÙcken.
http://www.bauernverband.de/print/pressemitteilung_1749.html



Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 14:16
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Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 24
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