CMJ_Trans (X) Aug 11, 2006:

To be clear, in BE your Dutch word translates as "to second" or "secondment" - on secondment from one place to another. No idea if the US has this expression. Now if the context suggests something else, that is another matter. Post whole thing on NL-EN?

Suzan Hamer (asker) Aug 11, 2006:

Thanks, DarekS. What would you call an organization who provides the employees to be transferred?
I need a term, Steffan, understood by both British and Americans, if that's possible, for a company who provides mid- or high-level employees to other companies for either a limited or indefinite period. They call it "detacheren" in Dutch; the British apparently refer to it as secondment. I am not sure that Americans would understand that term, and also don't really know if it's commonly used by the British. It seems to me that it's a temp agency for mid- and high-level employees, but "temporary agency" doesn't seem a "professional" enough term. Actually, I need a term also for the act of secondment too. An employee works for Company B, which is a client of Company A. The employee remains on the payroll of Company A while working for Company B. Is there a word, besides secondment, for that? Something other than temporarily transferred?

Steffen Walter Aug 11, 2006:

Are we talking about secondment of employees within one and the same company here (i.e. to other departments or foreign countries)?

DarekS Aug 11, 2006:

AMEX Dictionary of Financial Risk Management: Secondment - Brit Temporary transfer of a mid-level or high-level employee to another organization.