den faglige tænkemåde

English translation: the professional work ethos

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Danish term or phrase:den faglige tænkemåde
English translation:the professional work ethos
Entered by: Jande

11:54 Nov 15, 2006
Danish to English translations [PRO]
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Danish term or phrase: den faglige tænkemåde
The text is about changing work cultures and 'den faglige tænkemåde'.

Would 'professional way of thinking' be adequate?
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the professional work ethos
Explanation:
A suggestion if you need to emphasise underlying values etc.
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Jande
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1the professional mentality
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
3the technical mindset
Bjørnar Magnussen
2 +1conventional expert opinion
Mark Gallacher
3the professional work ethos
Jande


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the technical mindset


Explanation:
...or "the technical mentality"

"Business Mindset vs Technical Mindset. The Business process owners and the technies just think differently."


    Reference: http://www.anticlue.net/archives/000126.htm
Bjørnar Magnussen
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conventional expert opinion


Explanation:
you could even use 'conventional thinking' or perhaps even use "'accepted professional thinking'

Mark Gallacher
Denmark
Local time: 16:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  Lingua Danica: Den kan der også laves noget godt med.
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the professional mentality


Explanation:
my suggestion in that "tænkemåde" is also translated to mentality according to EN<>DA Gyldendals dictionary

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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-11-15 16:33:53 GMT)
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See page 5, about new professional mentality

http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla71/papers/040e-Kuzmin_Kuznetsova....

Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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the professional work ethos


Explanation:
A suggestion if you need to emphasise underlying values etc.


Jande
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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