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German term or phrase:	auf jdn. eingehen
English translation:	connect with
Entered by:	John Hein-Hartmann

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12:53 May 17, 2011

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Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Management skills

German term or phrase: auf jdn. eingehen

Context:

"Ich fand es äußerst spannend herauszufinden, wie ich das Vertrauen meines Teams gewinnen kann und wie man am effektivsten auf seine chinesischen Mitarbeiter eingeht."

In an interview with a German manager who was seconded to China for a few years.

* Sentence or paragraph where the term occurs: See above
* Document type: Employee magazine
* Target audience: Industrial automation engineers
* Country and dialect (source): Germany
* Country and dialect (target): American English

David Williams KudoZ activity Questions: 1362 (7 open) (68 closed without grading) Answers: 463
Local time: 03:10

connect with

Explanation:
To emphasise understanding as well as communication.

Selected response from:

John Hein-Hartmann
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:10

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

connect with

John Hein-Hartmann

4 +3

approach

Ramey Rieger

4 +2

to cater to sb.'s needs

xxxtrans4biz

4 +1

be responsive

Ferguson

to relate to somebody

Mech White

interact with someone

TechLawDC

to communicate

David Seycek

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

(auf jdn.) eingehen to cater to sb.'s needs

Explanation:
or:
to show an interest in
to respond to sb.

xxxtrans4biz
Local time: 03:10
Native speaker of:

German

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

(auf jdn.) eingehen be responsive

Explanation:
how to be responsive to
how to address their needs and to respond
how to approach to

Ferguson
Local time: 03:10
Native speaker of:

English,

German

21 mins confidence:

to communicate

Explanation:
Das vorangestellte "am effektivsten" weist eher in Richtung Kommunikation bzw. "was muss ich tun, damit mein Wille geschehe". Übersetzungsvorschlag (wohlgemerkt ESL):

For me, it was really exciting to earn my team’s trust and to find ways to efficiently communicate with our Chinese employees.

David Seycek
Austria
Local time: 03:10
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

Czech
PRO pts in category: 4

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

approach

Explanation:
my thoughts

Example sentence(s):

It was very exciting to discover how I could best win the confidence of my team (colleagues/co-workers), and how I could most effectively approach my Chinese colleagues.

Ramey Rieger
Local time: 03:10
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 14

55 mins confidence:

interact with someone

Explanation:
(Literally, "engage with someone".)
wie man am effektivsten auf seine chinesischen Mitarbeiter eingeht = how to most effectively interact with my Chinese colleages (or co-workers).

TechLawDC
United States
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

connect with

Explanation:
To emphasise understanding as well as communication.

John Hein-Hartmann
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:10
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

16 hrs confidence:

to relate to somebody

Explanation:
'....how I could relate most effectively to my Chinese colleagues'

wäre noch eine Möglichkeit.

Mech White
Local time: 03:10
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

English

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Changes made by editors

May 31, 2011 - Changes made by John Hein-Hartmann:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term
May 17, 2011 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field	Other => Bus/Financial
May 17, 2011 - Changes made by Ingo Dierkschnieder:
Term asked	(auf jdn.) eingehen => auf jdn. eingehen

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