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übergegangen

English translation: transferred employees

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
German term or phrase:übergegange Mitarbeiter
English translation:transferred employees
Entered by: Dr.G.MD (X)

02:55 Jun 14, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management / Checklist
German term or phrase: übergegangen
Checkliste Fragebogen Mitarbeiterthemen


Sozialversicherung
Sonstige Rentenansprüche
Pensionszusagen übergegangener Mitarbeiter/bestehender Rentner
individuelle Rentenansprüche (Höhe, Anpassungsmodus)
Niamh Mahony
Local time: 17:44
transfered/ reassigned employees
Explanation:
Would be my suggestion

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Note added at 1 hr 39 mins (2005-06-14 04:34:53 GMT)
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transferred (darn it)

Transferred Officers’ Compensation Award
CROWN EMPLOYEES (TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION) AWARD ... A transferred
employee shall be entitled to compensation for the accelerated depreciation of ...
www.premiers.nsw.gov.au/our_library/employment_conditions/ crown_employees_transferred_award_2002.htm - 163k - Cached - Similar pages

Untitled Document
CROWN EMPLOYEES (TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION) AWARD ... The provisions of
this circular apply to transferred employees as defined under the Crown ...
www.premiers.nsw.gov.au/pubs_dload_part4/ prem_circs_memos/prem_circs/circ2003/c2003_27.htm - 3k - Cached - Similar pages

Job Classifications of Typically Transferred Employees | workforce.com
Feature: Who moves more: middle managers or salespeople? (2/1/2000)
www.workforce.com/archive/feature/22/23/32/223740.php - Similar pages

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Dr.G.MD (X)
Local time: 17:44
Grading comment
I decided "transfer" was the safest translation. I did take David's advice and I got the agency to ask the company what they meant. Noone there had the slightest idea but they said they would try and find the person who had written the text. In the meantime however I got a message saying the translation was needed immediately and so I am afraid we will never know who these “Übergegangene” are.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4transfered/ reassigned employees
Dr.G.MD (X)
4 +1passed over
David Moore (X)


  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
übergegangen
transfered/ reassigned employees


Explanation:
Would be my suggestion

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Note added at 1 hr 39 mins (2005-06-14 04:34:53 GMT)
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transferred (darn it)

Transferred Officers’ Compensation Award
CROWN EMPLOYEES (TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION) AWARD ... A transferred
employee shall be entitled to compensation for the accelerated depreciation of ...
www.premiers.nsw.gov.au/our_library/employment_conditions/ crown_employees_transferred_award_2002.htm - 163k - Cached - Similar pages

Untitled Document
CROWN EMPLOYEES (TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION) AWARD ... The provisions of
this circular apply to transferred employees as defined under the Crown ...
www.premiers.nsw.gov.au/pubs_dload_part4/ prem_circs_memos/prem_circs/circ2003/c2003_27.htm - 3k - Cached - Similar pages

Job Classifications of Typically Transferred Employees | workforce.com
Feature: Who moves more: middle managers or salespeople? (2/1/2000)
www.workforce.com/archive/feature/22/23/32/223740.php - Similar pages



Dr.G.MD (X)
Local time: 17:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
I decided "transfer" was the safest translation. I did take David's advice and I got the agency to ask the company what they meant. Noone there had the slightest idea but they said they would try and find the person who had written the text. In the meantime however I got a message saying the translation was needed immediately and so I am afraid we will never know who these “Übergegangene” are.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BrigitteHilgner: That's how I see it, too.
1 hr
  -> Thank you
agree  Olav Rixen
2 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Natalie Wilcock (X)
3 hrs
  -> Thank you
neutral  David Moore (X): Yes, but these don't supply a translation, do they? They merely prove that the term exists....
3 hrs
  -> Danke
agree  silfilla
5 hrs
  -> Thank you
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
übergegangen
passed over


Explanation:
I think this is more likely in the given context; I think another word altogether could/would have been used to denote "employees transferred away". This is another case where I personally would advise you to seek clarification from the customer - I certainly would. This type of shorthand note lends itself so well to being misunderstood; the company may have fixed, special arrangements for employees who ARE actually promoted; here they may well be meaning "those who are not".

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Note added at 5 hrs 30 mins (2005-06-14 08:25:29 GMT)
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In an internal type of note like this, I suggest there will be little by way of confirmation available on the web, hence my comment to Gerhard; and hance also my lack of references - they cannot prove anything here, IMO, and that\'s why I\'d ask....

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Note added at 5 hrs 37 mins (2005-06-14 08:32:30 GMT)
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Oooh, now where did \"hance\" come from?? The gremlins got me again...
\"H*E*nce\", of course...

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Note added at 8 hrs 9 mins (2005-06-14 11:04:12 GMT)
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Thanks to silfilla, it is clear that this should be \"employees who have transferred\" and not \"transferred employees\". The latter would I think be \"versetzte(r) Mitarbeiter\".

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Note added at 8 hrs 10 mins (2005-06-14 11:05:13 GMT)
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In any case, it is even more advisable to contact the customer for confirmation.

David Moore (X)
Local time: 17:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 55

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  silfilla: [...] the German would be *übergangen* but it isn't; the German is *überGEgangen*=transferred // right German word; refers to employees transferred from xxx to yyy icw a merger or the like :-) // agree with correction posted whenever :-)
2 hrs
  -> The wrong German word has been used, hasn't it...see added note.
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