German: am DrahtEnglish translation: interested in going into 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | am Draht | | English translation: | interested in going into | | Entered by: | Lisa Davey |
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Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy | | German term or phrase: am Draht | Context: company wishing to market products to *Swiss* education system.
The text below is a note in the margin of a table.
Beamte, interessiert *am Draht* in die Wirtschaft. Wunsch sich in der Bildungslandschaft Schweiz zu profilieren.
I have found all sorts of phrases with Draht - but none of them "am Draht". Is this perhaps Swiss usage?
Any help much appreciated. |
| | | interested in going into | Explanation:
in this contact I guess it means that officials who want to go into industry are referred to. |
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 Sabine Odinga
Germany
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| interested in going into
Explanation:
in this contact I guess it means that officials who want to go into industry are referred to.
| Sabine Odinga
Germany
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  German
PRO pts in category: 7
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| to have good connections, be on good terms
Explanation:
am Draht = "einen (guten) Draht haben zu ..."
Draht for connection
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-03-01 12:45:07 GMT)
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The translation is: "... interested in connections to ..."
"interessiert an" = "interested in"
"der Draht" = "connections".
I think the term is not restricted to Switzerland, at least in Southern Germany we also know this term "einen (guten) Draht haben". - Whether or not the "Beamte" already have such connections (or only now intend to establish them) or whether they (later) want "to go into" (or not), this we do not know from the original text. All we know is that they are "interested" (in connections).
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The translation workplace 
