Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
herunterwirtschaften
English translation:
mismanaged
Added to glossary by
Kim Metzger
Jul 16, 2005 05:44
18 yrs ago
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German term
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
herunterwirtschaften
German to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
The meaning is clear, but I can't find a suitable term. Help appreciated.
Ihre Manager haben das XX-Geschäft von ca. 90% Marktanteil auf nur noch 20% Marktanteil heruntergewirtschaftet.
Ihre Manager haben das XX-Geschäft von ca. 90% Marktanteil auf nur noch 20% Marktanteil heruntergewirtschaftet.
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mismanaged
The directors have mismanaged the company to an extent that its ....
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Comment: "Thanks everybody. It's amazing how such a simple word that we encounter all the time can cause problems. This is a good solution."
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Stephen Sadie
Germany
Germany
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Germany
Practical business experience, reliable
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German
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to tun-down
may be what you are looking for, kim
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-07-16 05:50:22 GMT)
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sorry mis-typed: run-down
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-07-16 05:50:22 GMT)
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sorry mis-typed: run-down
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Olaf Reibedanz
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thanks, it's by no means always true! guten morgen!
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thanks aniello, but i thought kim capable of fitting it in!
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thanks too
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Olaf Reibedanz
Colombia
Colombia
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Colombia
Finance / Trading / Blockchain / Crypto
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, French to German, Spanish to German, and 2 more.
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to run down
The managers run down the company and it's market share fell from 90 to 20%.
The managers run down the company causing the company's market share to fall from from 90 to 20%.
(something along those lines, perhaps...)
The managers run down the company causing the company's market share to fall from from 90 to 20%.
(something along those lines, perhaps...)
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Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
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muito obrigado!
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BrigitteHilgner
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Ulrike Kraemer
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Cilian O'Tuama
: in your examples, ran, not run and its, not it's (just to show casual passers-by that we care ;-))
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oops...
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Kieran McCann
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
Qualified finance professional
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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manage to reduce
I feel there is an ironic element here
'...have managed to reduce their market share from 90% to 20%' or 'managed to turn a 90% market share into a 20% one' or 'managed/presided over a decline in market share...'
'...have managed to reduce their market share from 90% to 20%' or 'managed to turn a 90% market share into a 20% one' or 'managed/presided over a decline in market share...'
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Cilian O'Tuama
: very good, could well be irony involved - I'd nearly put the "managed" in inverted commas (as I have done:-))
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Raghunathan Rajagopalan
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Quality legal / financial translation
Native in: English
Works in: German to English
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not exploited the opportunities in full
or, did not operate to his full potential
..... which resulted in the company losing its market share from 90% to 20%
..... which resulted in the company losing its market share from 90% to 20%
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Jonathan MacKerron
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Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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brought to the edge of ruin
what drama
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perhaps rephrase
I might go for something along the lines of:-
"Under the management of A, XX's market share has declined from - to - "
which hints at their responsibility without being unduly blunt about it.
"Under the management of A, XX's market share has declined from - to - "
which hints at their responsibility without being unduly blunt about it.
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Cilian O'Tuama
: or "under the mismanagement of..."
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Yes, that sounds right. Or "under the incompetent (or insert any other suitable adjective :-) management of...
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