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English translation: report to / be responsible to / be accountable to sb.

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German term or phrase:jemandem unterstellt sein
English translation:report to / be responsible to / be accountable to sb.
Entered by: Ulrike Kraemer

09:17 Dec 15, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management / hotel organisation
German term or phrase: unterstellen
Name und Pflichtenheft des Sicherheitsbeauftragten
Muss von allen Betrieben ausgefüllt werden
(Formular geht nicht an die kantonalen Feuerversicherungen)
Der Sicherheitsbeauftragte hat mindestens die Aufgaben gemäss Ziffern 1–3 wahrzunehmen.
Als Sicherheitsbeauftragter ist ein Mitarbeiter zu bestimmen. Seine Stellvertretung muss gewährleistet
sein. Er ist für seine Tätigkeiten direkt der Betriebsleitung zu **unterstellen**. In kleineren
Betrieben muss sich der Betriebsleiter selbst mit den Belangen der Sicherheit befassen.
greville
Germany
Local time: 00:25
he will report to...
Explanation:
or

he will be directly responsible to...

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Note added at 10 mins (2005-12-15 09:28:18 GMT)
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he will report *directly* to...
Selected response from:

Ulrike Kraemer
Germany
Local time: 00:25
Grading comment
Thanks for that.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7he will report to...
Ulrike Kraemer
4accountable to
Yngve Roennike
3to be subordinated to
CHRICKNIC


  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to be subordinated to


Explanation:
Eine Möglichkeit.

CHRICKNIC
Switzerland
Local time: 00:25
Native speaker of: German
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
he will report to...


Explanation:
or

he will be directly responsible to...

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Note added at 10 mins (2005-12-15 09:28:18 GMT)
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he will report *directly* to...

Ulrike Kraemer
Germany
Local time: 00:25
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks for that.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stephen Sadie: he will report directly to (is my favourite)
2 mins
  -> thanks + good morning :-)
agree  AnjaR
7 mins
agree  Samira Goth
10 mins
agree  Steffen Walter
20 mins
agree  Francis Lee (X): or: "is directly accountable to"
1 hr
agree  lone (X)
2 hrs
agree  Sabine Griebler
4 hrs
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
accountable to


Explanation:
answerable to

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Note added at 2 days 21 hrs 5 mins (2005-12-18 06:22:39 GMT) Post-grading
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or: answer directly to
report to suggests a bit that there is something to report, which there may not be.

Yngve Roennike
Local time: 18:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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