über das Tagesgeschäft hinaus denken

English translation: to think far beyond the boundaries of something

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German term or phrase:über etwas weit hinaus denken
English translation:to think far beyond the boundaries of something
Entered by: Steffen Walter

11:23 Jan 14, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management
German term or phrase: über das Tagesgeschäft hinaus denken
This text describes the environment in a think tank of an automobile manufacturer.

"Rund 200 Spezialisten aus dem Bereich Antriebs- und Fahrzeugtechnik können hier weit über das Tagesgeschäft hinaus denken."

Does anyone have a good idea of how to deal with this? Thanks.
Ilka Nahmmacher
Germany
Local time: 18:09
think far beyond the boundaries of
Explanation:
It means that these employees can think about the "big picture", without the distractions of the day-to-day business.

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Matthew Kinch (X)
Local time: 17:09
Grading comment
Thank you.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +9think far beyond the boundaries of
Matthew Kinch (X)
3 +4to think laterally//to think outside the box
casper (X)
5think far beyond day-to-day-business
Clara Ogwuazor
4deliberate an agenda that transcends daily routine
Frosty
3indulge in blue skies thinking
Lucy Brooks
2to brainstorm ideas which transcends the usual business
Raghunathan Rajagopalan


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
darüber hinausdenken
to think laterally//to think outside the box


Explanation:
In the context

casper (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henry Schroeder: Seems like some nice options
6 mins

agree  Rowan Morrell: Both are great for this context! It's often something we translators need to do ...
13 mins

agree  Ulrike Kraemer
20 mins

agree  Lori Dendy-Molz
1 hr

disagree  David Moore (X): I think "lateral thinking" is quite inappropriate here.
1 hr

agree  Melanie Nassar: I think this terminology is what typically is used for a think tank.
1 hr
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
darüber hinausdenken
think far beyond the boundaries of


Explanation:
It means that these employees can think about the "big picture", without the distractions of the day-to-day business.



Example sentence(s):
  • Here they could spend time thinking far beyong the boundaries of day-to-day business
  • Here they could engage in blue-sky thinking, unencumbered by the daily business of...
Matthew Kinch (X)
Local time: 17:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nesrin: Yes, I think that's simply what it means, not necessarily thinking laterally.
15 mins

agree  David Moore (X)
1 hr

agree  Steffen Walter: Yes, definitely.
1 hr

agree  DDM
5 hrs

agree  franglish
7 hrs

agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
9 hrs

agree  Julia Lipeles
12 hrs

agree  erika rubinstein
23 hrs

agree  Diana Loos
1 day 2 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
über das Tagesgeschäft hinausdenken
think far beyond day-to-day-business


Explanation:
In order to be sccessful, one has to have more ideas

Clara Ogwuazor
Ireland
Local time: 17:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ulrike Kraemer: Your suggestion is VERY similar to Matthew's answer (posted almost three hours earlier)
1 hr
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
über das Tagesgeschäft hinausdenken
deliberate an agenda that transcends daily routine


Explanation:
Might work?

Frosty
Local time: 18:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
über das Tagesgeschäft hinausdenken
indulge in blue skies thinking


Explanation:
This is the kind of jargon I hear sometimes.

Lucy Brooks
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:09
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Steffen Walter: already suggested by Matthew Kinch as one of his example sentences (see above) / Sure, no problem at all. My apologies if my comment sounded a bit harsh.
1 min
  -> In my desire to be of help (and this is my first post on this forum) I failed to notice Matthew's use of the term in his example. It is not always possible to respond within minutes, yet, I still want to help if I can.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
to brainstorm ideas which transcends the usual business


Explanation:

Since we are talking about 200 specialists who can think beyond their scope of existing/usual business to come up with ideas and solutions for the problems, i take this to be a spontaneous group discussion, or a brainstorming session.

I am not sure about the brainstorming and hence the low level of confidence

Raghunathan Rajagopalan
Local time: 22:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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