uitbesteden

English translation: outsource

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Dutch term or phrase:	uitbesteden
English translation:	outsource
Entered by:	Jacki Uitslag

09:01 Nov 19, 2001

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Marketing

Dutch term or phrase: uitbesteden

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Jacki Uitslag KudoZ activity Questions: 183 (none open) (5 without valid answers) Answers: 191 Netherlands
Local time: 05:49

Outsourcing

Explanation:
Hi Jacki!

"Outsourcing is een veel gebruikte term binnen personeelszaken en de IT-Business.

Veel eigen ervaring/kennis,

Groeten,

Pieter_H

Selected response from:

Pieter_H
Norway
Local time: 05:49

Grading comment

Bedankt. Outsourcing past goed binnen de context. Jacki
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

Outsourcing

Pieter_H

Sub-contracting is the general term.

jarry (X)

Hi Alex,

jarry (X)

5 -1

contract out

Alexander Schleber (X)

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Outsourcing

Explanation:
Hi Jacki!

"Outsourcing is een veel gebruikte term binnen personeelszaken en de IT-Business.

Veel eigen ervaring/kennis,

Groeten,

Pieter_H

Pieter_H
Norway
Local time: 05:49
Native speaker of:

Dutch,

Norwegian
PRO pts in pair: 105

Grading comment

Bedankt. Outsourcing past goed binnen de context. Jacki

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

contract out

Explanation:
"outsourcing" is the hip word for "uitbesteden" today.
"to contract out" is slightly older and more formal term, as it is often based on a formal contract.

Outsourcing als also most frequently used for limited services of a type of kind. "contracting oput" can include larger areas of operations, including "aanbesteding" (offer for tenders, contractor works - civil engineering).

HTH

Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 05:49
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in pair: 826

30 mins confidence:

Sub-contracting is the general term.

Explanation:
Outsourcing specifically refers to the world of IT.

jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 05:49
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 3855

3 hrs confidence:

Hi Alex,

Explanation:
Kramers, you will agree, is not an authority on the ENGLISH language. Having said that, I found one English dictionary to back you up.

The Chambers says about 'contract out':
to decide not to participate in a pension scheme, etc.; to withdraw from an obligation, agreement, etc,; to arrange that certain conditions shall not apply; to offer (work previously carried out by in-house staff, in a school, hospital, etc.) to private contractors.
Collins: to agree not to participate in something, especially the state pension scheme;
Oxford: choose to withdraw or remain out of a scheme or commitment;
Longman: to agree to exclusion (of) from a particular scheme.

It seems that the term 'contract out' is probably confined to health care and educational institutions, and is therefore rather specific. I would not easily use it as a translation of "uitbesteden", unless I knew the specific context.

In part because of the ambiguity of the word 'contract out', I would therefore like to stick to 'sub-contracting' as my suggested answer.

jarry (X)
South Africa
Local time: 05:49
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 3855

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