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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Verwaltungsebene

English translation:

levels of administrative hierarchy

Added to glossary by YorickJenkins
Jun 30, 2012 19:29
11 yrs ago
German term

Verwaltungsebene

German to English Bus/Financial Government / Politics Verwaltung
I am translating a text about the Greek crisis. The article refers to cuts in the second austerity package which foresees among other things:

"eine Reduzierung der Verwaltungsebenen"

"Reduction in adminstrative levels" is what it means but is there a pithier way of saying that? Help as always, appreciated. The text is for a university term paper.

Yorick Jenkins
Proposed translations (English)
3 cutting down the hierarchy
4 +3 administrative levels
3 administration
3 deflating/deflation of bureaucratic excess(es)
References
hierarchically organized civil service / hierarchical organization of public administration
Change log

Jul 1, 2012 01:55: philgoddard changed "Language pair" from "German to English" to "English to German"

Jul 1, 2012 15:00: Zea_Mays changed "Language pair" from "English to German" to "German to English"

Discussion

Juliet Dawnay Jul 2, 2012:
For example you could remove or do away with excess bureaucracy and red tape, depending on the register. Whatever you choose, I would avoid nominalisation and use a verb.
Horst Huber (X) Jul 1, 2012:
Of course they meant "bureaucracy". But then, they did not say so. Yes, "layer" is a good word here, whereas "Schichten" would be unusual. And cutting out excess layers is not an unusual demand.
philgoddard Jul 1, 2012:
That was my first thought - why not put it as an answer?
Wolf Draeger Jul 1, 2012:
Agree with meirs Maybe try "to streamline the(ir) bureaucracy".
meirs Jun 30, 2012:
They probably refer to bureaucracy using Verwaltung as an euphemism for it. Moreover, I would translate Ebene here as "layer" rather than level.

Proposed translations

10 hrs
German term (edited): Reduzierung der Verwaltungsebenen
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cutting down the hierarchy

just an idea
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Not pithy after all, buthere is what I decided to write (and thanks too to Andres Larson for pointing to "hierarchy") "a reduction in the number of levels of administrative hierarchy." My thanks to everyone."
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administrative levels

don´t understand why you find fault with this term.

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Note added at 51 Min. (2012-06-30 20:21:07 GMT)
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because, as is generally known, the Greek administrative apparatus or bureaucratic machinery is overly bloated and will thus be subjected to a reduction of some of its levels
Peer comment(s):
agree Horst Huber (X) : Richtig. Die Begriffsruppe selbst ist aus dem Englischen ins Deutsche gekommen. "Reduzierung" ist genau "reduction", Deutsch hätte man "Verringerung" gesagt. Und schon Theodor Heuß spottete, "Die Manager gedeihen, besonders auf der Bundesebene."
22 mins
neutral philgoddard : This sounds too literal to me.
5 hrs
agree Melissa Bakker (X)
17 hrs
thank you, Melissa !
agree Pauline Alexiou : (as a resident of Greece ......) I would say cut backs at administrative levels
2 days 14 hrs
thank you, Pauline !
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administration

Cuts in administration would be my suggestion for a translation of this term.
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1 day 10 hrs

deflating/deflation of bureaucratic excess(es)

another idea
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Reference comments

37 mins
Reference:

hierarchically organized civil service / hierarchical organization of public administration

Bureaucracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy
Many aspects of modern public administration go back to him, and a classic, ***hierarchically organized civil service of the Continental type is called "Weberian civil service"***. ...

Public organizations: what makes them work? how are they ...
www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/.../FlagshipOr...
Microsoft Powerpoint - Quick view
***Semi-autonomous public administrations: Self-regulation within structural and procedural constraints. Hierarchical organization of administrations (Max Weber)***: ...

V B V. Bureaucracy: Public Administration and Public Policy ...
homepage.usask.ca/.../pdf/05_Bureaucracy.pdf -
PDF/Adobe Acrobat
complexity has been a ***hierarchical organization of public administration***. The supposed advantages of hierarchical organization: Efficiency and keeping arbitrary ...

MPA: Public Administration
www.kupa.ku.edu/programs/degree.shtml
A survey of ethical issues faced by ***public administrators. Special attention will be given to ethical problems arising within hierarchical organizations*** and to the ...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Wendy Streitparth : Yes, administrative hierarchy would sound good.
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