Disposition

English translation: placement request (employment agency)

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German term or phrase:Disposition
English translation:placement request (employment agency)
Entered by: transatgees

10:26 Jul 7, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Employment agency/head-hunter
German term or phrase: Disposition
In the "facts and figures" type section of a presentation by a Swiss employment agency.

Umsatz (in different years)
Anzahl aktiver Kunden
Anzahl users
Dispositionen 2006 - xxxx Print- und Onlineauftraege
Dispositionen 2007 - yyyy Print-und Onlineauftraege

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transatgees
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:30
placement requests
Explanation:
To keep with the theme of an Employment Agency, these Aufträge would be requests to fill a position, hence placements. CAUTION THOUGH! The use of Disposition might be closer to the English definition, where "to dispose of" can mean "etwas erledigen". In this case, that would mean the number of positions actually filled, or: placements. This seems unlikely though, since Aufträge is unambiguous. You may want to check with the client, just to be safe.
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Summary of answers provided
5orders [taken]
Helen Shiner
4placement requests
Highest Quality
2planning
hazmatgerman (X)
1transactions
Steffen Walter


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planning


Explanation:
Disposition hier für Planung des Umsatzes.

hazmatgerman (X)
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transactions


Explanation:
... might be worth a thought, provided "xxxx" and "yyyy" are placeholders for four-digit numbers. Please note that I am merely guessing.

Steffen Walter
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orders [taken]


Explanation:
Their business presumably comes either via the internet or in the post/by fax - hence print or on-line.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-07-07 11:52:57 GMT)
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or orders placed, ie may not yet have been fulfilled. This is what is given in my very old Langenscheidt dictionary.

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
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Dispositionen
placement requests


Explanation:
To keep with the theme of an Employment Agency, these Aufträge would be requests to fill a position, hence placements. CAUTION THOUGH! The use of Disposition might be closer to the English definition, where "to dispose of" can mean "etwas erledigen". In this case, that would mean the number of positions actually filled, or: placements. This seems unlikely though, since Aufträge is unambiguous. You may want to check with the client, just to be safe.

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