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German: Abwicklung des Tagesgeschäfts

English translation: managing day-to-day business (or: transactions)



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German term or phrase:Abwicklung des Tagesgeschäfts
English translation:managing day-to-day business (or: transactions)
Entered by:Krokodil
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Advertising / Public Relations / advertising
German term or phrase: Abwicklung des Tagesgeschäfts
in a point form listing of duties of an accounts manager in an adverting agency.
What is the snappy American equivalent duty? (Please not "carrying out the day's business")
sylvie malich
Germany
Clarification request(s) and response
sylvie malich (asker): 10:05am Feb 21, 2003: But... - if it is managing/running day-to-day business, isn't this obvious and redundant? Why does is merit as a duty? I'm confused. I mean EVERYBODY carries out their daily duties. (C:

managing day-to-day business
Explanation:
Hope it's snappy enough!

The Snapper

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Note added at 2003-02-21 09:58:39 (GMT)
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or: dealing with, handling day-to-day business (maybe there\'s something snappier though that I can\'t think of at the mo\')

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Note added at 2003-02-21 11:13:51 (GMT)
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See your point about it perhaps being redundant.
Unless they mean something like chasing up errant accounts ...!
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Krokodil
Germany
Note from asker to answerer
Hey, a few of those points should go to Steffen Walter! My choice is "managing daily transactions"
My thanks to all of you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2managing day-to-day businessKrokodil
4 +1handling of day-to-day business
Alexander Schleber
5Operation Management
Martin Hesse
4manage the day trade
Eva Blanar
4Managing the (or management of the) day's business
Narasimhan Raghavan
3day-to-day running
jerrie


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
managing day-to-day business

Explanation:
Hope it's snappy enough!

The Snapper

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Note added at 2003-02-21 09:58:39 (GMT)
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or: dealing with, handling day-to-day business (maybe there\'s something snappier though that I can\'t think of at the mo\')

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Note added at 2003-02-21 11:13:51 (GMT)
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See your point about it perhaps being redundant.
Unless they mean something like chasing up errant accounts ...!

Krokodil
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Note from asker to answerer
Hey, a few of those points should go to Steffen Walter! My choice is "managing daily transactions"
My thanks to all of you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Steffen Walter: perhaps "day-to-day transactions" - it's an Accounts Manager position, after all...
1 hr
  -> Yes, transactions sounds pretty good ...

agree xxxGATI
5 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
day-to-day running

Explanation:
of the office

perhaps



jerrie
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Managing the (or management of the) day's business

Explanation:
Trying to be snappy pf course!

Narasimhan Raghavan
India
Native speaker of: Native in TamilTamil
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
handling of day-to-day business

Explanation:
would be my take on it.
Abwicklung = handling more than management.

Alexander Schleber
Belgium
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Trudy Peters
3 hrs
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
manage the day trade

Explanation:
would be my take for a financial business or an account manager with responsibilities of asset management. (Tagesgeschaeft = day trade or day trading)
But this sounds a little strange for an account mgr in the ad business, so perhaps it is sufficiently snappy to write something like keep an eye on the day-to-day business (as the others also suggested).
Of course, it is his/her duty, but many times things like "shall appear daily to work" also figure in these lists...
Also, perhaps what they mean is that he/she shall not be too "flat" about the duties and shall watch out for what the whole of the branch office / company / market are doing.

Eva Blanar
Hungary
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Operation Management

Explanation:
derived from Operations Manager

Operations Manager n MGMNT Leiter(in) der Ablauforganisation

That the duties will have to be carried out on a daily basis is, IMHO, a foregone conclusion.


Martin Hesse
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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