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English translation: profile


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Dutch term or phrase:Profielbepaling
English translation:profile
Entered by: Henk Peelen
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18:48 Dec 9, 2002
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Human Resources / HR
Dutch term or phrase: Profielbepaling
once again the glossary had 0. So, I'd like to know if this apparently common NL (HR ?) term can be translated as profile requirements and if not how please.
TIA
writeaway
Local time: 10:48
profile
Explanation:
Please note that they are talking about "komen tot een juiste profielbepaling". They man just "profiel" or better "profielschets", to translate with "profile"
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Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Local time: 10:48
Grading comment
Once again, everybody's input was very helpful. This term came up a lot as it turned out and sometimes profile requirements was the best solution. But finding out I could just use 'profile' was a big help, also in terms of style, since it was used so often. I also appreciate the peers' comments.
Thank you everyone!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3profile
Henk Peelen
4 +2profile requirements/specifications
Mary McCusker
4qualifications profile / (job) requirements profile
Bryan Crumpler
4profile definition
João Carlos Pijnappel


Discussion entries: 3





  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
profile requirements/specifications


Explanation:
Yes, profile requirements is fine. Otherwise profile specifications - there's not really enough context given to decide.


    hr background
Mary McCusker
Local time: 04:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simo Blom
38 mins
agree  Allison Klein: or profile description perhaps?
1 hr
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
profile definition


Explanation:
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João Carlos Pijnappel
Local time: 05:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
profile


Explanation:
Please note that they are talking about "komen tot een juiste profielbepaling". They man just "profiel" or better "profielschets", to translate with "profile"

Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Local time: 10:48
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Once again, everybody's input was very helpful. This term came up a lot as it turned out and sometimes profile requirements was the best solution. But finding out I could just use 'profile' was a big help, also in terms of style, since it was used so often. I also appreciate the peers' comments.
Thank you everyone!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saskia Steur
1 hr
agree  Chris Hopley: Absolutely! The -bepaling is just an incidence of establishing a profile. It is the profile itself that they're actually talking about here.
4 hrs
agree  Tina Vonhof: You're absolutely right. A profile is already a description/definition/specification.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
qualifications profile / (job) requirements profile


Explanation:
"profile" alone (as Henk suggested) probably works best IMO. It's general, neutral, doesn't leave you the mess of specifics that could be wrong... But in any case I found several websites, some using "profielbepaling" w.r.t. focus groups and target audiences for marketing, and some used it in terms of HR when it was in terms of a candidate profile for a job.

Considering the 2nd example you gave, it seems to me this is with respect to the list of required qualifications for a potential employee, which is what a profielbepaling is according to http://www2.vlaanderen.be/ned/sites/werk/vio97p2.htm. They write "vereiste kwalificaties" in contrast to a vacatureprofiel which is the list of desired qualifications (qualifications you don't necessarily _have_ to possess, but would be a plus if you have them - hence, "gevraagde kwalificaties").

In such instances "qualifications profile" and "requirements profile" would be my suggestions... and a few websites I have found seem to agree with the terminology. I'm no HR expert, so I'm not the inside guy on HR jargon. Seems to work, however.

Hope this helps

B

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Bryan Crumpler
United States
Local time: 04:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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