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English translation: combine

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07:35 Jun 24, 2009

German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Retail / merging of 2 companies

German term or phrase: bündeln / gebündelt

From a Swiss text concerning the implications of a merger:

Vor diesem Hintergrund werden die Unternehmen Bla und Bla Bla strategisch Schritt für Schritt enger zusammengeführt und Kompetenzen *gebündelt*. Dies gilt vor allem für die Beschaffung, in der wir die bestehenden Synergiepotentiale durch eine länderübergreifende Zusammenarbeit konsequent nutzen werden. Zukünftig wird daher die Beschaffung von Möbeln und möbelnahen Sortimenten in einem Kompetenzzentrum Dingsbums *gebündelt*.

Is it possible to talk about 'bundling competences'? And could I translate the second use of gebündelt with 'coordinated' or 'streamlined' or something similar?

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English translation:combine

Explanation:
I actually really like Audrey's 'pool', but if you translate the second usagewith something like streamlined then I wonder if pool may be too positive. I know combine is from binden not bündeln, but when I looked it up in the English dictionary it seemed quite fitting with definitions such as:to co-operate, to unite and form a new compound (albeit chemical) ,and this Shakespearean use: To come into close union

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-06-24 09:13:05 GMT)
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Meant to add that imho combining could imply a level of reduction that pooling does not.