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tatig werden konnten

English translation: assign ... to duties here

10:16 Oct 28, 2000
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents
German term or phrase: tatig werden konnten
I need to translate the folowing sentence:
Das Bundesgrenzschutzamt war bemuht, die Praktikanten so einzusetzen, dass sie sowohl von der Fuhrungsebene als auch von der Einsatzart analog ihrer tatsachlichen Verwendung im Heimatland tatig werden konnten.
Astro Jaroslaw Rutkowski
Local time: 07:47
English translation:assign ... to duties here
Explanation:
>>The [Federal Frontier Guard Office/Agency] did everything possible to assign the trainees/student employees/interns to duties here that would be analogous to their actual duties back in their own country, both with respect to rank as to type of work.<<

HTH Tom
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Tom Funke
Local time: 01:47
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Summary of answers provided
nacould be employed
Anita Millar (X)
nacould take part or could participate
Dan McCrosky (X)
naresponse to the answers given
Astro Jaroslaw Rutkowski
na. . . could become active/could work/could do their service . . .
Elisabeth Moser
naan answer to your second question
Dan McCrosky (X)
naSee below
Ulrike Lieder (X)
naassign ... to duties here
Tom Funke


  

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10 mins
could be employed


Explanation:
They are talking about the placemnt of trainees, but I would assume that they get paid for the job they are doing. So we are talking about proper employment.
Good luck!

Anita Millar (X)
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24 mins
could take part or could participate


Explanation:
I think it is more a matter of giving the interns/trainees/practical trainees, whatever term you want, a chance to actively do something of use to them in their work at home rather than to use or employ them.

- HTH - dan

Dan McCrosky (X)
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37 mins
response to the answers given


Explanation:
I actually know the meaning of this phrase, but I don't get the context of this sentence starting from "von der Fuhrungsebene....
If you can, please translate this ENTIRE sentence for me

Astro Jaroslaw Rutkowski
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42 mins
. . . could become active/could work/could do their service . . .


Explanation:
I don't think that "employed" is the right translation, because they are already employed and the context is, where/in what area they can be active/working.
taetig werden=to take an active part in s.th., (beruf. taetig sein)to be employed, to work, to have a job -- this
one I don't think applies --
taetig sein als=1. to work as 2. to have a job as 3. to act as
(im Sinne von Funktion)-to function as

good luck,
Lis


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Elisabeth Moser
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1 hr
an answer to your second question


Explanation:
That part means that the practical trainees are allowed to participate at the levels of command and types of assignment as similar as possible to the work they do at home. A captain works with captains and a corporal works with corporals. An airport guard from wherever, guards airports in Germany.

- HTH - Dan


Dan McCrosky (X)
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1 hr
See below


Explanation:
...so that they [the interns] could be deployed (work) in positions similar (analogous) to their actual positions (tasks) at home, both in terms of command level and in terms of assignment type.

HTH

Ulrike Lieder (X)
Local time: 22:47
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1 hr
assign ... to duties here


Explanation:
>>The [Federal Frontier Guard Office/Agency] did everything possible to assign the trainees/student employees/interns to duties here that would be analogous to their actual duties back in their own country, both with respect to rank as to type of work.<<

HTH Tom

Tom Funke
Local time: 01:47
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2419
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