über etwas weit hinaus denken - to think far beyond the boundaries of something ( translation glossary) Management,Bus/Financial

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German term or phrase:	über etwas weit hinaus denken
English translation:	to think far beyond the boundaries of something
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11:23am Jan 14, 2007

German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management

German term or phrase: über das Tagesgeschäft hinaus denken

This text describes the environment in a think tank of an automobile manufacturer.

"Rund 200 Spezialisten aus dem Bereich Antriebs- und Fahrzeugtechnik können hier weit über das Tagesgeschäft hinaus denken."

Does anyone have a good idea of how to deal with this? Thanks.

Ilka Nahmmacher

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Answers: 35

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xxxFrancis Lee: 8:28am Jan 15, 2007: Context/readership for the translation? What are the preceding and following sentences (if available)?

think far beyond the boundaries of

Explanation:
It means that these employees can think about the "big picture", without the distractions of the day-to-day business.

Selected response from:

Matthew Kinch
United Kingdom

Note from asker to answerer

Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +9

think far beyond the boundaries of

Matthew Kinch

3 +4

to think laterally//to think outside the box

Chetan Sampat

think far beyond day-to-day-business

Clara Ogwuazor

deliberate an agenda that transcends daily routine

Frosty

indulge in blue skies thinking

Lucy Brooks

to brainstorm ideas which transcends the usual business

R.Raghunathan

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

darüber hinausdenken to think laterally//to think outside the box

Explanation:
In the context

Chetan Sampat
India
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 10

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

darüber hinausdenken think far beyond the boundaries of

Explanation:
It means that these employees can think about the "big picture", without the distractions of the day-to-day business.

Example sentence(s):

Here they could spend time thinking far beyong the boundaries of day-to-day business
Here they could engage in blue-sky thinking, unencumbered by the daily business of...

Matthew Kinch
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Note from asker to answerer

Thank you.

3 hrs confidence:

über das Tagesgeschäft hinausdenken think far beyond day-to-day-business

Explanation:
In order to be sccessful, one has to have more ideas

Clara Ogwuazor
Ireland
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

3 hrs confidence:

über das Tagesgeschäft hinausdenken deliberate an agenda that transcends daily routine

Explanation:
Might work?

Frosty
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 6

5 hrs confidence:

über das Tagesgeschäft hinausdenken indulge in blue skies thinking

Explanation:
This is the kind of jargon I hear sometimes.

Lucy Brooks
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

English

5 hrs confidence:

to brainstorm ideas which transcends the usual business

Explanation:

Since we are talking about 200 specialists who can think beyond their scope of existing/usual business to come up with ideas and solutions for the problems, i take this to be a spontaneous group discussion, or a brainstorming session.

I am not sure about the brainstorming and hence the low level of confidence

R.Raghunathan
India
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

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German: über das Tagesgeschäft hinaus denken

English translation: to think far beyond the boundaries of something