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German: Ansprechpartner

English translation: you had an open ear for everyone, sounding board







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German term or phrase:Ansprechpartner
English translation:you had an open ear for everyone, sounding board
Entered by:Hilary Davies
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7:46pm Jun 28, 2005Login or register (free) for more options.
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / referring to doyen of consular corps
German term or phrase: Ansprechpartner
Hello all,

This is something said to a retiring doyen of the Consular Corps by a fellow diplomat at his farewell party. "„Sie waren ein wunderbarer Ansprechpartner für jeden und ein echter Diplomat“. "

I couldn't find a gloss. entry (or think of anything else) that would fit here. Any ideas?
Hilary Davies
United Kingdom
you had an open ear for everyone
Explanation:
Maybe re-phrase?
Selected response from:

Heike Behl, Ph.D.
United States
Note from asker to answerer
Many thanks! I also liked "sounding board" - thanks also to Silfilla!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6you had an open ear for everyone
Heike Behl, Ph.D.
4 +1You were generous with your time and advice
xxxIanW
3 +1contact
Susanne Rindlisbacher
3representativeR.Raghunathan
3conversational partner
Johanna Timm, PhD
3interlocutorsilfilla
3opposite number
Andrew Swift


  

Answers

2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Ansprechpartner (here) interlocutor

Explanation:
perhaps

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Note added at 6 mins (2005-06-28 19:53:35 GMT)
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*sounding board* is another option

silfilla
United States
Works in field
PRO pts in category: 8
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
contact

Explanation:
the neutral choice

Susanne Rindlisbacher
Portugal
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree vptrans: yes, or contact partner or person
30 mins
  -> Danke, Eberhard. Auch ich würde den "partner" weglassen.
neutral xxxIanW: I think "contact" is not enough on its own (and "contact partner" is Germlish at its worst, Eberhard)
10 hrs
  -> I know what you mean, Ian. But I do seem to remember diplomats and politicians using this term, even in an affectionate way, from the many years I worked as a journalist.
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
you had an open ear for everyone

Explanation:
Maybe re-phrase?

Heike Behl, Ph.D.
United States
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Note from asker to answerer
Many thanks! I also liked "sounding board" - thanks also to Silfilla!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Ute Wietfeld: I think that's what's meant here, too - specially as he's called "wunderbar"
5 mins
agree Aniello Scognamiglio
8 mins
agree Frosty
19 mins
agree Lori Dendy-Molz
38 mins
agree Olaf Reibedanz
3 hrs
agree silfilla
1 day3 hrs
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
conversational partner

Explanation:
another option if you want to stress his approachability and his human qualities

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral xxxIanW: Sounds a bit like a "Konversationsaustausch" ...
10 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
opposite number

Explanation:
i.e. parallel rank

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Note added at 2 hrs 50 mins (2005-06-28 22:37:09 GMT)
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‘Fellow diplomat’ could mean someone from the same embassy/consulate or from the embassy/consulate of another country. If the former, my contribution is wide of the mark. Your context will show if this was, say, a German diplomat toasting his Russian counterpart (i.e. ‘opposite number’).

Andrew Swift
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 89
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
representative

Explanation:
representing the Embassy on various issues .... may be a one possibility

R.Raghunathan
India
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
You were generous with your time and advice

Explanation:
I might be going off at a tangent here, but I'd be inclined to say "You were always generous with your time and advice" - that's what is meant: he was there for anyone who wanted to talk to him.

xxxIanW
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 50

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Susanne Rindlisbacher: does sound nice
13 hrs
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