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23:04 Dec 16, 2011

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German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources

German term or phrase: Diejenige, welche das Licht löschen

Source sentence: "Plan für diejenigen, welche das Licht löschen"

This comes from proposals (by a Swiss company) for corporate development, and refers to a certain section of the workforce. However - as so often - it is one of a list of bullet-points compiled by some dim-witted bright light, and is not referred to or expanded upon elsewhere.

Though I may well be wrong, I suspect that this is alluding to employees nearing retirement rather than those responsible for switching the lights off in the building at the end of the day.

Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

Many thanks in advance for your enlightenment!

Jan Liebelt KudoZ activity Questions: 194 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (14 closed without grading) Answers: 205 United States
Local time: 04:27

Summary of answers provided

Those who are there to switch off the lights

Horst Huber

the ones who switch off the lights / the last ones out

Jayne Fox

Discussion entries: 7

Answers

3 hrs confidence:

the ones who switch off the lights / the last ones out

Explanation:
This comes from "will the last one out switch off the lights?" i.e. the last person still employed at a company after downsizing

Reference: http://www.google.co.nz/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=la...

Jayne Fox
Local time: 20:27
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English
PRO pts in category: 7

Notes to answerer

Asker: As in, "Will the last person to propose a solution to this closed question please turn off the lights"? ;-)

3 hrs confidence:

Those who are there to switch off the lights

Explanation:
Just to get it rolling.

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Note added at 4 Stunden (2011-12-17 03:35:31 GMT)
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Still there, maybe.

Horst Huber
Local time: 04:27
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 8

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