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Beauftragtenwesen

English translation: Antidiscrimination review panel/board/etc. or Antidiscrimination officer(s)

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German term or phrase:Beauftragtenwesen
English translation:Antidiscrimination review panel/board/etc. or Antidiscrimination officer(s)
Entered by: Johanna Timm, PhD

13:30 Aug 13, 2001
German to English translations [PRO]
German term or phrase: Beauftragtenwesen
in a report about an EU project to develop ideas against discrimination in the labour market.
Authorities, companies etc. are supposed to appoint anti-discrimination "Beauftragte".
I know what they mean and I can think of several ways of expressing the term in English, but what would be the exact equivalent used in GB or "Euro"-English administrative terminology?
beermatt
Local time: 01:27
Antidiscrimination review panel/board/etc. or Antidiscrimination officer(s)
Explanation:
Is the word in question Beauftragte or Beauftragtenwesen? Beauftragte(n) are generally \"officers\" in administrative speak, i.e. Sicherheitsbeauftragter is a safety officer. Wesen on the other hand could in this case refer to a reivew board, panel or committee. My suggestions would be depending on the word and context in question:
Antidiscrimination review panel/board/etc. or Antidiscrimination officer(s).

Good luck!
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Anthony Frey
United States
Local time: 19:27
Grading comment
Thanks a lot to everybody who contributed - Leipzig's suggestion is closest to what I'll use myself.
Maybe my context explanation wasn't good enough - I didn't mean a concrete, official EU panel of people in charge of anti-discrimination activities, but a widespread system of individual officials or officers or persons in charge appointed for various organisations, with no real central administration.
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Summary of answers provided
na +1engagement service
Marcus Malabad
na +1research committee
lone (X)
na +1Representatives
enphiniti
na +1Antidiscrimination review panel/board/etc. or Antidiscrimination officer(s)
Anthony Frey
naCommissioner
Johanna Timm, PhD
naspecial representative
gangels (X)


  

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20 mins peer agreement (net): +1
engagement service


Explanation:
A German company (see links below) translates it this way.


    Reference: http://www.faithppp.com/Partner.htm
    Reference: http://www.faithppp.com/Partners.htm
Marcus Malabad
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in TagalogTagalog
PRO pts in pair: 1798

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agree  gangels (X)
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22 mins peer agreement (net): +1
research committee


Explanation:
Just a thought...

However, I don't know whether this is Euro"-English administrative terminology?

Good luck!



    knowledge of the language
lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 19:27
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in pair: 330

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agree  Helen Jordan
18 mins
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40 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Representatives


Explanation:
This seems to fit the context and keeps it simple.

-Jason


    Oxford-Duden German Dictionary
enphiniti
Local time: 18:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 8

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agree  Trudy Peters
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1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
Antidiscrimination review panel/board/etc. or Antidiscrimination officer(s)


Explanation:
Is the word in question Beauftragte or Beauftragtenwesen? Beauftragte(n) are generally \"officers\" in administrative speak, i.e. Sicherheitsbeauftragter is a safety officer. Wesen on the other hand could in this case refer to a reivew board, panel or committee. My suggestions would be depending on the word and context in question:
Antidiscrimination review panel/board/etc. or Antidiscrimination officer(s).

Good luck!


Anthony Frey
United States
Local time: 19:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 444
Grading comment
Thanks a lot to everybody who contributed - Leipzig's suggestion is closest to what I'll use myself.
Maybe my context explanation wasn't good enough - I didn't mean a concrete, official EU panel of people in charge of anti-discrimination activities, but a widespread system of individual officials or officers or persons in charge appointed for various organisations, with no real central administration.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  gangels (X)
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1 hr
Commissioner


Explanation:
I'm not sure whether you are looking for the English term for *Beauftragter* or * *Beauftragtenwesen*?
The former is definitely *commssioner*, evidenced by various URLs.

Interview with Günther
Verheugen German EU-Commissioner Seeking asylum for asylum ...
www.playground.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/~morse/archive/dw/msg0022...

EU Commissioner for Enterprise and Information ... might bring for
the EU. He also asked him ... problem is their school system. There are so many ...
www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/8052/1.html

If you try to convey the* wesen* part I suggest using EU commissioner system.
Hope to have helped!


    given above
Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 16:27
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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5 hrs
special representative


Explanation:
for anti-discrimination efforts.

"Beauftragtenwesen" would be "the special representative system" [for anti-discrimination efforts}

gangels (X)
Local time: 17:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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