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English translation: person-months

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German term or phrase:	FM
English translation:	person-months
Entered by:	Kevin Fulton

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18:29 Feb 7, 2005

German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - International Org/Dev/Coop / Staffing

German term or phrase: FM

The context is staffing an international study
"Internationale Kurzzeitfachkräfte bis zu 7,5 FM"
Thanks, Kevin

Kevin Fulton KudoZ activity Questions: 183 (none open) (13 closed without grading) Answers: 258 United States
Local time: 12:16

person-months

Explanation:
If it is indeed Fachkraft-Monate, then, to be politically correct, I'd suggest this as an English translation (in preference to man-months).

Selected response from:

Krokodil
Germany
Local time: 17:16

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This is it. Thanks. Kevin
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Summary of answers provided

3 +5

Fachkraft-Monate

Renate Cisne

person-months

Krokodil

Answers

2 hrs confidence:

person-months

Explanation:
If it is indeed Fachkraft-Monate, then, to be politically correct, I'd suggest this as an English translation (in preference to man-months).

Krokodil
Germany
Local time: 17:16
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

This is it. Thanks. Kevin

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Fachkraft-Monate

Explanation:
siehe link

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Note added at 30 mins (2005-02-07 19:00:10 GMT)
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http://ifsp-srilanka.org/doc-PFB-3.pdf

Es scheint sich hier um die zeitlich beschränkte, eventuell projektspezifische, Entsendung von Kurzzeitfachkräften zu handeln.

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Note added at 4 hrs 56 mins (2005-02-07 23:26:43 GMT)
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In this case I only suggested the German term \"Fachkraft-Monate\" since I thought that Kevin was simply trying to figure out what \"FM\" stands for and could then think of an appropriate translation himself.

So, in order to provide an actual translation I would suggest \"international short-term employment of skilled labor up to 7.5 months\".

Reference: http://www.cofad.de/syrien/34Syrien.htm

Renate Cisne
United States
Local time: 10:16
Native speaker of: