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German translation: massgeblich

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English term or phrase:	high-stakes
German translation:	massgeblich
Entered by:	Simon Kramer

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17:06 Jul 19, 2007

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Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy

English term or phrase: high-stakes

Many are Managers who, unaware of the complex nature of language testing, look to university and secondary school language teachers to produce ***high-stakes*** tests on their behalf.

Simon Kramer KudoZ activity Questions: 570 (none open) (14 closed without grading) Answers: 85 Italy
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anspruchsvoll

Explanation:
anspruchsvolle Prüfungen

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oder vielleich sogar: hochgradig anspruchsvolle Prüfungen

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vielleicht, sorry

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in diesem Kontext könnte es sich allerdings auch um "wichtige Prüfungen" handeln...

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oder "entscheidende Prüfungen"

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"richtungsweisende/wegweisende/massgebliche Prüfungen"

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sicherlich können und werden solche Prüfungen auch anspruchsvoll sein, aber hier - da hast du Recht - passt es nicht...klar

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oder "berufsrelevante Prüfungen"

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bzw. "studienrelevante Prüfungen" (je nach Kontext)

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Vielen Dank, Simon!

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DDM
Local time: 19:23

Grading comment

Dieser Vorschlag war für meinen Text der passendste.

Danke
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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

ausschlaggebende

Kristin Sobania

3 +1

anspruchsvoll

DDM

herausfordernde

Heinen-Klebes

relevante

Thomas Rupp

Discussion entries: 2

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10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

ausschlaggebende

Explanation:
Hier sind Tests bzw. Prüfungen gemeint, bei denen *viel auf dem Spiel steht.*

Als gut in den Text passendes Synonym schlage ich *ausschlaggebende Prüfungen* vor.

Kristin Sobania
Germany
Local time: 02:23
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 1

29 mins confidence:

herausfordernde

Explanation:
nur ein spontaner Einfall... vielleicht passt es ja

Heinen-Klebes
Germany
Local time: 02:23
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

4 hrs confidence:

relevante

Explanation:
Ich glaube eher, dass die Tests genau das testen sollen, für was die Fremdsprache eingesetzt werden sollen; sie müssen also angepasst sein; der Manager ohne Sprachgefühl kann solche Tests nicht entwerfen.

Thomas Rupp
Local time: 02:23
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German
PRO pts in category: 4

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

anspruchsvoll

DDM
Local time: 19:23
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PRO pts in category: 11
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Grading comment

Dieser Vorschlag war für meinen Text der passendste.

Danke

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Changes made by editors

Jul 19, 2007 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field	Other => Social Sciences

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