FK 1 – Vorsitzende

English translation: Führungskraft

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German term or phrase:	FK
English translation:	Führungskraft
Entered by:	philgoddard

21:46 Dec 17, 2012

German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management

German term or phrase: FK 1 – Vorsitzende

Context:

Talking about variable remuneration for top level managers, e.g. the Executive Board.

* Sentence or paragraph where the term occurs: Heading
* Document type: Press release
* Target audience: Business readers
* Country and dialect (source): German
* Country and dialect (target): British English

David Williams KudoZ activity Questions: 1642 (4 open) (1 without valid answers) (89 closed without grading) Answers: 485 Germany
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Führungskraft

Explanation:
Manager.

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Note added at 28 mins (2012-12-17 22:14:36 GMT)
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"Das Vorgesetzten-Konzept stellt die klassische Form der Zusammenarbeit von. Führungskraft (FK) und MA dar."
www.maas-training.de/gif/doku_2.pdf

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philgoddard
United States

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Führungskraft

philgoddard

Chairman FK 1 (Managing Director, CEO)

Johannes Gleim

Chief Executive - Chairman

Steve Kerry

Discussion entries: 9

Johannes Gleim

@ philgoddard

21:34 Jan 8, 2013

"Führungskraft" is no translation of "FK", but an explanation. Therefore impossible to enter into the translation line of the KudoZ glossary.

Johannes Gleim

@ William

21:32 Jan 8, 2013

Could you please be so kind to let us know the term you've selected?

dkfmmuc

Maybe they try to implement/communicate structure

16:23 Dec 18, 2012

Some German corporations have different levels of "Führungskräfte". One company uses the wording "Mittlerer Führungskreis" as classification and to visualize their status within the company. Then there is a "Oberer Führungskreis". So if I would be you I just would ask the customer about the wording. It could also mean the 1st (highest) level of the "Führungskräfte".

Lancashireman

United Kingdom

Vorsitzende

11:09 Dec 18, 2012

Does the context reveal why this ends in -E? Chairwoman or chairpersons? If the latter, it could apply to the 'pay grade' or 'pay level', regardless of the present incumbent.
Another possibility is that FK1 is a pay grade applicable to a group of Directors that includes the chairman (depending on your full context).

Re "The fact that FK = Führungskraft = manager rather goes without saying": Are you really suggesting that the abbreviation was so obvious that you didn't even consider explaining it to the more slow-witted amongst us?

David Williams

Germany

ASKER

The context

07:56 Dec 18, 2012

It is a German building company. Under the geading it gives details of the new variable remuneration for its managers.

The fact that FK = Führungskraft = manager rather goes without saying, but my question was about "FK 1". "Führungskraft 1" = "Executive No. 1" sounds plausible, althout I've never heard of an "Executive No. 1", but would any company really introduce a new variable remuneration scheme just for one person?

Johannes Gleim

With philgoddart

07:15 Dec 18, 2012

What about context? Which kind of company or society? Where?

philgoddard

United States

22:11 Dec 17, 2012

Never mind. I think I've got the answer.

philgoddard

United States

22:10 Dec 17, 2012

But what's the context? If it's a heading, what does it say underneath?

David Williams

Germany

ASKER

21:47 Dec 17, 2012

FK 1 – Vorsitzende Geschäftsführer und Geschäftsführer der Teilkonzerne

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Führungskraft

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
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Chairman FK 1 (Managing Director, CEO)

Explanation:
Deutsche Terminologie
Amerikanische Terminologie
Englische Terminologie

Vorstandvorsitzender; Vorstandssprecher

Chief Executive Officer
President (CEO);
Chairman (of the Board);
Abk.: chm.

Chief Executive Officer
President (CEO);
Managing Director;
Chairman (of the Board)

Vorsitzender des Verwaltungsrates

Chairman of the Administrative Board;
Chairman of the Board (CoB)

Chairman of the Administrative Board;
Chairman of the Board (CoB)
http://www.code-knacker.de/gesellschaftsrechtlich.htm

Der Chief Executive Officer (CEO) ist die US-amerikanische Bezeichnung für das geschäftsführende Vorstandsmitglied (schweizerischer und österreichischer Begriff: Geschäftsführer) bzw. den Vorstandsvorsitzenden oder Generaldirektor (schweizerischer und österreichischer Begriff: Vorsitzender oder Präsident der Geschäftsleitung) eines Unternehmens oder einfach dessen allein zeichnungsberechtigten Geschäftsführer. Im Zuge der Internationalisierung von Unternehmen werden die aufgeführten angelsächsischen Titulierungen vermehrt auch von Organisationen im deutschsprachigen Raum verwendet, ohne dass sie jedoch eine handels- oder gesellschaftsrechtliche Relevanz besäßen.
Der Titel CEO wird unabhängig von Größe und Rechtsform des Unternehmens gebraucht. Der CEO vertritt die strategische Orientierung des Unternehmens und gibt damit die Ziele für das operative Geschäft vor, leitet dies aber in der Regel nicht selbst. Das ist Aufgabe eines Chief Operating Officer in der hierarchisch obersten Management- oder Leitungsfunktion.
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Im britischen Englisch wird diese Position mit dem Titel Managing Director bezeichnet, was jedoch im US-Amerikanischen mit einer niedrigeren (mittleren) Hierarchieebene assoziiert wird. In US-amerikanischen Unternehmen, in denen der Vorstand aus mehreren Personen besteht, wird das erste Vorstandsmitglied häufig als CEO bezeichnet, was dem deutschen Vorstandsvorsitzenden entspricht.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Executive_Officer

Die Bezeichnung Vorsitzender[1], Präsident, Direktor oder Obmann, wird in der Öffentlichkeit am häufigsten für einen Parteichef oder den Leiter eines großen Gremiums – beispielsweise einer Kommission oder eines Aufsichtsrates bzw. Verwaltungsrates – verwendet
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorsitzender

The chairman, also simply known as the chair,[1] is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the members of the group. The chairman presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its business in an orderly fashion.[2] When the group is not in session, the officer's duties often include acting as its head, its representative to the outside world and its spokesperson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman

Note: Did not try to translate 'FK' as this signification depends on the further context not provided.

Johannes Gleim
Local time: 14:03
Native speaker of: German

2 hrs confidence:

Chief Executive - Chairman

Explanation:
"Führungskraft 1" = Executive No. 1

Steve Kerry
Local time: 13:03
Native speaker of:

English

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