Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Apr 6, 2006 13:51
20 yrs ago
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German term
win
Leitgedanke
Leitgedanke eines Unternehmens
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | values |
Ike Roetman
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| 4 +5 | mission/ guiding principle |
David Hollywood
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| 3 | basic idea |
Daisy7
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| 3 | main idea |
Alev Ellington
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Change log
Apr 6, 2006 13:57: Ian M-H (X) changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Proposed translations
14 mins
Ike Roetman
Works in field
For quality and customer satisfaction
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: English to Dutch, Dutch to English, German to Dutch
Related KudoZ points
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3
Selected
values
Seems best to me.
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+5
6 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
Works in field
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
75
mission/ guiding principle
Peer comment(s):
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Lesley Burgon
2 mins
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thanks Lesley :)
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Ian M-H (X)
: "guiding principle" would probably fit - but that obviously depends on the (con-)text, which Asker is keeping under wraps
2 mins
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thanks Ian, more context would be useful I agree
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| agree |
Robert Kleemaier
: with Ian
10 mins
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thanks Robert and Ian has a good point
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| agree |
Raghunathan Rajagopalan
: guiding principle
39 mins
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thanks RR :)
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| agree |
Emilie
: Guiding principle!
1 hr
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5 mins
basic idea
perhaps 'mission' would fit also.... or 'main principle'
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Note added at 7 mins (2006-04-06 13:59:13 GMT)
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also 'guiding idea', 'main idea'
http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType...
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Note added at 7 mins (2006-04-06 13:59:13 GMT)
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also 'guiding idea', 'main idea'
http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType...
13 hrs
Alev Ellington
17 years of legal translations
Native in: Turkish
Works in: English to Turkish, German to Turkish, Turkish to English, and 1 more.
main idea
guiding idea
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