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English translation: practice group

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German term or phrase:	Praxisgruppe
English translation:	practice group
Entered by:	Jonathan MacKerron

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12:53 Jan 3, 2007

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German term or phrase: Praxisgruppe

In a job application:
"In meiner früheren Tätigkeit bei xxx habe ich als Mitglied der *Praxisgruppen* „YYY" und „ZZZ" das notwendige Handwerk über diese Industrien lernen können"
Seemingly simple notion, but what to call it?
Thanks in advance

Jonathan MacKerron KudoZ activity Questions: 1450 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 8950
Local time: 16:34

practice group

Explanation:
... if "Praxisgruppe" refers to law firms.

Selected response from:

René Laszlo
Germany
Local time: 16:34

Grading comment

Thanks, also got confirmation elsewhere - thanks to all
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

practice group

René Laszlo

4 +1

practice group

Alison Riddell

working group

ciliegina

workshop

gangels

Discussion entries: 6

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

practice group

Explanation:
... if "Praxisgruppe" refers to law firms.

René Laszlo
Germany
Local time: 16:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks, also got confirmation elsewhere - thanks to all

8 mins confidence:

working group

Explanation:
Not knowing what field you are talking about it's a bit of a guess. I had "praxis" in a different context this morning and tried to avoid the literal translation of practice!

ciliegina
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

3 hrs confidence:

workshop

Explanation:
you'd call it in the US

gangels
Local time: 08:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in category: 43

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

practice group

Explanation:
Generally used by management consultants to describe their specialist areas.

"Grant Lehman is a Consultant in the Finance & Operations Practice Group. He specializes in placing executives in the professional services area and has experience working with technology, financial, retail, legal and consulting practices. "

"David Krippene is a Consultant with The McCormick Group’s Real Estate practice group. He specializes in placing professionals in both the residential and commercial construction and property management markets. "

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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-01-03 17:55:16 GMT)
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Given your information, I'm absolutely certain that he means "practice groups". At McKinsey they just call them "Practices", but practice groups is pretty standard consulting parlance.

Reference: http://www.mccormickgroup.com/biodocs/GrantLehman.html
Reference: http://www.mccormickgroup.com/biodocs/DavidKrippene.html

Alison Riddell
Local time: 16:34
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

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Changes made by editors

Jan 4, 2007 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field (specific)	Business/Commerce (general) => Management

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