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Deelactiviteiten

English translation: subactivities


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Dutch term or phrase:Deelactiviteiten (projectplan)
English translation:subactivities
Entered by: EgonWegh
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13:04 Nov 25, 2005
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Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Dutch term or phrase: Deelactiviteiten
"Deelactiviteiten", but not in the sense where one activity leads to another (as in, say, car assembly) -in that case I would be perfectly happy with "stages"
Context: a project where several activities need to be taken into account (or actions that need to be performed) simultaneously in order to complete the entire project.
EgonWegh
Netherlands
Local time: 08:48
subactivities
Explanation:
See the following website:
http://jeffsutherland.org/oopsla98/schmid1.html
"A business activity is often composed by subactivities. For example, the business activity "checking validity of notice" consists of the subactivities "searching the customer", "selecting the correct customer from search result", "selecting the policy", "displaying the policy", and "comparing policy and notice". "
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Marijke Singer
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:48
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3 +1concurrent activitiesKen Cox
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subactivities


Explanation:
See the following website:
http://jeffsutherland.org/oopsla98/schmid1.html
"A business activity is often composed by subactivities. For example, the business activity "checking validity of notice" consists of the subactivities "searching the customer", "selecting the correct customer from search result", "selecting the policy", "displaying the policy", and "comparing policy and notice". "

Marijke Singer
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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concurrent activities


Explanation:
Another possibility. Dutch speakers often use 'deelactiviteiten' to refer to a set of related activities, without there necessarily being any higher-level activity for which they could be 'subactivities'.

If they must be performed in parallel, you could call them 'concurrent activities' if the register of your text permits.

Ken Cox
Local time: 08:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44

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