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Projektauftraggeber

English translation: project principal

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German term or phrase:Projektauftraggeber
English translation:project principal
Entered by: Rowan Morrell

10:54 Sep 22, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management / Staff Magazine
German term or phrase: Projektauftraggeber
"Projekte sind zieldeterminierte Aufgaben, da die Ziele bezüglich des Leistungsumfangs, der Termine, der Ressourcen und der Kosten zwischen dem Projektauftraggeber und dem Projektteam vereinbart werden."

I know this one has been asked about a week ago. Of the suggestions made in that query, I'm leaning rather strongly towards "project owner". But would "project owner" be OK for an in-house project as opposed to one that was assigned externally? TIA for your comments.
Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 12:12
project principal
Explanation:
Implicit in answer.
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 02:12
Grading comment
The "agrees" have swayed me, but "project manager" sounded pretty good as well. Thank you both for your help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2project principal
Sven Petersson
5 +1Project Manager
lone (X)
5senior management, or , Customer
David Welch


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Project Manager


Explanation:
If, as you say, it's an in-house project, I would lean towards Project Manager.

For external projcts, I would suggest "projects from clients/customers"

Good luck!


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lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 20:12
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Ron Stelter
73 days
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
project principal


Explanation:
Implicit in answer.

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 02:12
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
The "agrees" have swayed me, but "project manager" sounded pretty good as well. Thank you both for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kostan
18 mins
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agree  Pro Lingua
1 hr
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
senior management, or , Customer


Explanation:
If it is internal, then one can not translate this without more knowledge of the organization, e.g. if the Engineering Department ordered the project then they would replace "senior management" in my example. Why not use "customer" if the projcect results from a commercial transaction with an outside buyer?

David Welch
United States
Local time: 20:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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