entscheidungsrelevant

English translation: relevant decision making departments ...

21:05 Jan 20, 2003

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / IT Project Management

German term or phrase: entscheidungsrelevant

Following on from my previous question:
Dort (in the steering committee) sind dann die entscheidungsrelevanten Fach und IT-Bereiche vertreten.
I can't seem to think of an elegant yet short(ish) way of saying 'entscheidungsrelevant' in this context. Presumably, 'relevant decision makers' is not right. Any ideas gratefully received.

Nicole Tata KudoZ activity Questions: 225 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 1335 United Kingdom
Local time: 15:29

English translation:relevant decision making departments ...

Explanation:
First, just for the sake of it, I searched for "decision relevant", and it's quite frequently used, but only with things like information or data, not with people or departments. Anyway, I don't see, what could be wrong with relevant decision makers or relevant decision making departments; that's the meaning, anyway.

Greetings,

nikolaus

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http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/ir/sacsweb/WordDocs/Sect...
\"Class officers have voting privileges within the General Assemblies, with specific student suggestions passed on to relevant decision-making departments or individuals (i.e. Information Technology Services, the Provost, etc.).\"

Selected response from:

Elisabeth Ghysels
Local time: 16:29

Grading comment

Thanks everyone. Nikolaus' answer seemed to just have the edge but I can't quite explain why.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

relevant decision making departments ...

Elisabeth Ghysels

affected by the decision

William Stein

Those ... departments relevant to the decision-making process

Edward L. Crosby III

involved in the decision-making

Chris Rowson (X)

decision-specific

gangels (X)

having a say in the decision(s)

Yngve Roennike

relevant decision makers

Kim Metzger

Answers

4 mins confidence:

affected by the decision

Explanation:
I think the idea is that the representatives of the departments that will be affected by the decision have to be present, not the people actually making the decision.

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Note added at 2003-01-20 21:11:08 (GMT)
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or \"having a stake in the decision\"

William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 08:29
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1734

9 mins confidence:

relevant decision makers

Explanation:
I think your choice would work here.

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 08:29
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English
PRO pts in pair: 22192

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

relevant decision making departments ...

Elisabeth Ghysels
Local time: 16:29
PRO pts in pair: 971

Grading comment

Thanks everyone. Nikolaus' answer seemed to just have the edge but I can't quite explain why.

1 hr confidence:

Those ... departments relevant to the decision-making process

Explanation:
are represented (in the steering comte.)

Inference: not all depts. will be involved in making decisions.

The above isn't short, but maybe shortISH.

See also www.internettg.org/newsletter/ mar99/decision_making.html:

"In order for consumers to be able to make decisions over the internet (whether purchase related or otherwise), they need to be able to easily retrieve, digest, manipulate, and utilize information relevant to the decision making process."

Edward L. Crosby III
Local time: 07:29
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 527

3 hrs confidence:

involved in the decision-making

Explanation:
The steering committee has to have representatives from all divisions that are involved in making decisions about the project. Not necessarily everybody affected, it is everyone who has a say in the decisions.

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Note added at 2003-01-21 01:21:45 (GMT)
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Taking it together with the -palette sentence, I would want to write \"... may call a steering committee which will take the decisions necessary for the project. All business and IT divisions involved will be represented.\"

Come to that, I want to write \"will call\" rather than \"may call\", but that´s maybe where the boundary with re-writing lies - I want to delete \"ggf.\" :-)

Chris Rowson (X)
Local time: 16:29
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 768

18 hrs confidence:

decision-specific

Explanation:
I'd call it

They mean 'narrowly focused' i.e. applying to specialized (specific) sectors, I think

gangels (X)
Local time: 08:29
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in pair: 5559

1 day 7 hrs confidence:

having a say in the decision(s)

Explanation:
x

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Note added at 2003-01-22 04:31:28 (GMT)
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influencing decisions, right to be heard, what have you, as synonyms.

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Note added at 2003-01-25 21:11:45 (GMT) Post-grading
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seems the author is confusing Entscheidung with Beschlussfassung, just like in the previous related question where Entscheidungspallette was taken and probably intended to mean more or less a decision-making pallette, eine Palette von Entscheidungsbefugnissen.

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Note added at 2003-01-25 23:57:25 (GMT) Post-grading
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Actually, looking into it a bit more, it really just means important and relevant, nothing more. Forget about decision or decision-making.

Yngve Roennike
Local time: 10:29
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 34

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