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English translation: players

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19:23 May 19, 2011

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Bus/Financial - Marketing / Market Research

German term or phrase: handelnde Akteure

A Master's thesis on personal contact in business.

"Dazu wurde zum einen eine Literaturanalyse vorgenommen, die einen Überblick über argumentative Positionierungen zum Phänomen gibt. Zum anderen sollten Experteninterviews die theoretischen Ausführungen mit den Erfahrungen und Einschätzungen der handelnden Akteure aus der Praxis vergleichen."

lirka KudoZ activity Questions: 836 (17 open) (8 without valid answers) (44 closed without grading) Answers: 1737
Local time: 16:01

English translation:players

Explanation:
Or leading figures. You don't need to translate "handelnd", and "players" is a widely used piece of business jargon that basically means "fairly important people".

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philgoddard
Local time: 15:01

Grading comment

Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

players

philgoddard

principal agents

xxxtrans4biz

active stakeholders

casper

those involved

Ramey Rieger

active participants

Horst Huber

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25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

players

Explanation:
Or leading figures. You don't need to translate "handelnd", and "players" is a widely used piece of business jargon that basically means "fairly important people".

philgoddard
Local time: 15:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 23

Grading comment

Thanks!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi philgoddard,and thanks! In the meantime, I came up with "field players". Do you think it's OK ( or only reserved for sports)? I'm not that familiar with the business idiom...

3 hrs confidence:

active participants

Explanation:
Here assuming that the emphasis is on people with practical experience.

Horst Huber
Local time: 16:01
Native speaker of:

German

10 hrs confidence:

those involved

Explanation:
It still seems rather stilted, but it's the best I can do at the moment!

Example sentence(s):

On the other hand, experts compare theory to the experiences and evaluations of practice by interviewing those involved.

Ramey Rieger
Local time: 22:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 30

11 hrs confidence:

principal agents

Explanation:
relevant actors is also possible

xxxtrans4biz
Local time: 22:01
Native speaker of:

German

11 hrs confidence:

active stakeholders

Explanation:
Active stakeholders
Seek to participate in the organisation’s activities. e.g. managers, employees, pressure groups.

Passive stakeholders
Do not normally seek to participate in an organisation’s policy making. e.g. most shareholders, government, local communities.

http://tutor2u.net/business/strategy/stakeholders-interests-...

casper
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 11

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