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unternehmensübergreifende

English translation: enterprise-wide project tasks

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German term or phrase:unternehmensübergreifende
English translation:enterprise-wide project tasks
Entered by: Johanna Timm, PhD

04:02 Jun 8, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
German term or phrase: unternehmensübergreifende
Der Projektraum auf XYZ-Software ist das ideale Koordinationstool für Ihr Projektmanagement. In Sekunden erzeugen Sie per Mausklick eine komplette Arbeitsumgebung für die unternehmensübergreifende Projektarbeit - mit Ihren Zulieferern, Handwerkern, Planern und Architekten.

-- would also be obliged if one can tell me how to translate 'Planern'. Do they mean structural engineers???
Shilpa Dawda
India
Local time: 06:39
enterprise-wide project tasks
Explanation:
or: company- wide
for Planer: "designers" might work
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Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 18:09
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Summary of answers provided
4 +10cross-company
Beate Lutzebaeck
4 +2enterprise-wide project tasks
Johanna Timm, PhD
4 +2inter-company
Dr. Fred Thomson


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
enterprise-wide project tasks


Explanation:
or: company- wide
for Planer: "designers" might work

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 18:09
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 7773

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  nettranslatorde
1 hr
agree  Steffen Walter: with designers; "unternehmensübergreifend" in this case means involvement of (several) external co.s (as indicated by "Zulieferer", "Handwerker" etc.)
6 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
inter-company


Explanation:
My old brain.

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 19:09
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 5861

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  nettranslatorde
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  Kathi Stock
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Kathi.
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
cross-company


Explanation:
=> cross-company project work

See for example:
"... A young, dynamic and flexible organization, with informal communication between managers and employees and cross-company project work. ..."

As to planner, Cornelsen, Technisches Wörterbuch, offers "planner" - I don't see how "Planer" could be a translated as "structural engineer".

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Note added at 2002-06-08 04:14:15 (GMT)
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I meant, \"As to Planer\", of course ... ;-)

Btw: A structural engineer is a Bauingenieur in German (Ernst, Technisches WB) - whereas, as the name says, a Planer makes plans ...


    Reference: http://www.hotbuysell.com/careers/careers.jsp
Beate Lutzebaeck
New Zealand
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2079

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eva Blanar
7 mins
agree  Elvira Stoianov: i think this question has already been asked several times
1 hr
agree  Kathi Stock
2 hrs
agree  Ralf Lemster
3 hrs
agree  Chris Rowson (X): yes, there is a good discussion of the possible translations in the glossary.
3 hrs
agree  jerrie
4 hrs
agree  Sheila Hardie
5 hrs
agree  Steffen Walter
6 hrs
agree  Bob Kerns (X)
7 hrs
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD
13 hrs
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