to take ownership

English translation: Accountability

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)

English term or phrase:	to take ownership
Selected answer:	Accountability
Entered by:	Antonio Camangi

11:01 Aug 26, 2002

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial / customer relations

English term or phrase: to take ownership

"taking ownership = understanding the client's specific needs and taking responsibility for solving the problem."

English synonims for "ownership" in this context?

Alexandru Pojoga KudoZ activity Questions: 262 (13 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 88 Romania
Local time: 02:48

Accountability

Explanation:
I would rather use such a synonim in that context.

Selected response from:

Antonio Camangi
Local time: 01:48

Grading comment

Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

4 +3

taking responsibility

CLS Lexi-tech

5 +2

initiative and responsibility

Hermeneutica

4 +2

taking on - taking over

AnneM (X)

to make one's own

Fuad Yahya

Accountability

Antonio Camangi

assume

Herman Vilella

Your needs are our needs and we'll sort it out!

jerrie

the state, relation, or fact of being an owner

cheungmo

to champion

cillegio

to champion

cillegio

ABSOLUTE INTEREST

Maika

accept responsibility

RHELLER

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

taking on - taking over

Explanation:
It's a little difficult to give more ideas without knowing how it fits into your sentence

AnneM (X)
Local time: 01:48
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 4

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

taking responsibility

Explanation:
you have it in your question

paola l m

CLS Lexi-tech
Local time: 19:48
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 12

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

initiative and responsibility

Explanation:
The point is that an employee should handle the matter as if it concerned him or herself directly, as ifthe problem were their own, and not as if it were a problem "belonging" to someone else such as the employer.

Good luck!

Dee

Hermeneutica
Switzerland
Local time: 01:48
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in pair: 4

19 mins confidence:

ABSOLUTE INTEREST

Explanation:
absolute interest, i think it's the most suitable in this case.

Maika
Local time: 01:48
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Catalan

54 mins confidence:

Your needs are our needs and we'll sort it out!

Explanation:
Is another way of saying it.

If you have any problems we will make them our problems (take possession of them) and find a solution.
Give us your issues and we'll solve them for you.
We will take away all your problems by making them our own.

hth

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:48
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 773

1 hr confidence:

the state, relation, or fact of being an owner

Explanation:
When you purchase a car, for example, at some point you take ownership: you officially acquire it.

I think that, here, "taking ownership" either improperly used or, more likely, the phrase is incomplete. I think it should have read something like "taking ownership of the problem" or "taking ownership of a client's problem".

If I'm right, then "ownership" would be use figuratively in this instance. The phrase would mean something like "acting as if a client's problems were your own problems and acting accordingly".

cheungmo
PRO pts in pair: 27

1 hr confidence:

to make one's own

Explanation:
To take ownership of anything is make the thing one's own.

In this case, the object of ownership is "the client's specific needs." The business representatives are admonished here to make the clients' needs their own, to step right into the client's shoes, to identify with the client's needs, to become the client.

The goal is identified as "taking responsibility for solving the problem." The idea is that by identifying with the client, the business representatives would assume and face up to their responsibility for solving the problem, rather than passing the problem to others.

Fuad

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

English
PRO pts in pair: 893

5 hrs confidence:

accept responsibility

Explanation:
to accept responsibility

... supervisor encourages the student to take ownership ... It should encourage the student
to take ... developing self-confidence, learning to accept responsibility ...

Reference: http://www.ptsem.edu/climb/fe/handbook/learning.htm

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 17:48
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1252

5 hrs confidence:

Accountability

Explanation:
I would rather use such a synonim in that context.

Antonio Camangi
Local time: 01:48
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 3

Grading comment

Thanks!

21 hrs confidence:

assume

Explanation:
To begin with, "to take ownership" seems to be a direct (literal) translation from the standard Spanish phrase "tomar posesión", which in English is usually phrased "assume posession" (of the property)", "assume the property", "accept proprietary right", "take over", etc. The whole context of your phrase could be rendered as "to assume ...... as your own"

Herman Vilella
Local time: 01:48
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 14

1 day 5 hrs confidence:

to champion

Explanation:
to champion the project

cillegio
Local time: 03:48
Native speaker of:

Russian

1 day 5 hrs confidence:

to champion

Explanation:
to champion the project

cillegio
Local time: 03:48
Native speaker of:

Russian

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:

ProZ.com term search

Search millions of term translations

to take ownership

English translation: Accountability

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

Your current localization setting

Select a language

to take ownership

English translation: Accountability

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

You have native languages that can be verified

Your current localization setting

Select a language