Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
so weit, wie Ihr derzeitiger Einfluss reicht
English translation:
commensurate with your current position
Added to glossary by
Steffen Walter
Jun 3, 2009 16:26
14 yrs ago
German term
wie Ihr derzeitiger Einfluss reicht
German to English
Tech/Engineering
IT (Information Technology)
KONTEXT: ,,Zunächst müssen Sie also verstehen, was das Management erreichen möchte. Dazu müssen Sie einige Gespräche führen. Steigen Sie in der Hierarchie so weit oben ein, wie Ihr derzeitiger Einfluss in Ihrem Unternehmen reicht. Sie sind auf der Suche nach den Strategien, an die der Chef durch seine Chefs gebunden ist. Schließlich bekommt jeder Mitarbeiter eine Leistungsbeurteilung. Was ist das Ziel dieser so genannten Leistungsbeurteilungen? Sicherzustellen, dass die Erwartungen des jeweiligen Chefs erfüllt wurden! Und je weniger Stationen die ursprünglichen Ideen und Anforderungen durchlaufen haben, desto höher ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass Sie sie richtig erfassen."
The context relates to meetings held before a new software is implemented in a company. Not entirely sure what the author means here with "wie Ihr derzeitiger Einfluss in Ihrem Unternehmen reicht." Does he mean the person in question must access the hierarchy up to the level that he or she (still) has some influence (in decision making, for instance)?
The context relates to meetings held before a new software is implemented in a company. Not entirely sure what the author means here with "wie Ihr derzeitiger Einfluss in Ihrem Unternehmen reicht." Does he mean the person in question must access the hierarchy up to the level that he or she (still) has some influence (in decision making, for instance)?
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Change log
Jun 9, 2009 09:56: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/112841">macrettoc's</a> old entry - "wie Ihr derzeitiger Einfluss reicht"" to ""commensurate with your current position""
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commensurate with your current clout
In your context:
commensurate with your current clout in the company
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Note added at 10 hrs (2009-06-04 02:50:34 GMT)
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Alternatively, as Anne-Marie Grant suggests:
to the extent your current clout in the company will allow ;
commensurate with your current position in the company.
[I simply love it when I see global teamwork on KudoZ and feel ever so thankful to the Internet for having made this possible :-) ]
commensurate with your current clout in the company
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Note added at 10 hrs (2009-06-04 02:50:34 GMT)
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Alternatively, as Anne-Marie Grant suggests:
to the extent your current clout in the company will allow ;
commensurate with your current position in the company.
[I simply love it when I see global teamwork on KudoZ and feel ever so thankful to the Internet for having made this possible :-) ]
Peer comment(s):
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Anne-Marie Grant (X)
: In my opinion 'clout' is too colloquial to accompany 'commensurate with'.// 'Depending on' isn't as good as 'commensurate with' though!! Maybe: 'to the extent your current clout in the company will allow' or more formally, 'commensurate with y
42 mins
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Hmm...in that case, how about saying 'depending on' instead of "commensurate with" ? // Thank you so much, Anne-Marie. I wholeheartedly endorse your suggestions. Am adding a note to my answer.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks, Audrey. And to everyone else for their contributions and peer comments. "
+2
3 mins
as far as your leverage extends
My gut feeling.
Peer comment(s):
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Sangeeta Joshi
14 mins
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Bernhard Sulzer
: "current" leverage/ leverage "currently" extends
1 hr
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| agree |
robin25
1 day 13 hrs
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+1
14 mins
up to the level of your current influence in the company
not easy to find out what is meant here, but this is how I understood the sentence.
+1
1 day 2 hrs
[as high] as your current clout will let you
At first, I agreed with one of the other answers here, then decided to post one of my own.
2 days 22 hrs
as far as your influence will take you, at the moment.
just another way of saying the same thing as everybody else.
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