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auf Kernkompetenzen konzentrieren

English translation: concentrate on core competencies

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German term or phrase:auf Kernkompetenzen konzentrieren
English translation:concentrate on core competencies
Entered by: italia

20:29 Jan 30, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Business/Commerce (general) / corporate presentation
German term or phrase: auf Kernkompetenzen konzentrieren
Konkret heisst dies, dass sich die vier Profitzentren xx, YY, ZZ und YY auf ihre *Kernkompetenzen konzentrieren* und klar defi-
nierte Marktsegmente betreuen.
Thanxs again!
italia
Germany
Local time: 11:50
concentrate on core competencies
Explanation:
if we must
Selected response from:

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 11:50
Grading comment
Thanks!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6concentrate on core competencies
Cilian O'Tuama
5 +3to concentrate on core competences
Stephen Sadie
5 +1to focus on core competencies
Leonor Maia (X)


Discussion entries: 2





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
to concentrate on core competences


Explanation:
standard business speak

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Note added at 10 mins (2007-01-30 20:39:16 GMT)
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Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 11:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 264

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Annette Scheulen: or: focus ...
0 min
  -> ok, both work...thanks annette
agree  Nicole Schnell
3 mins
  -> danke nicole
neutral  casper (X): Oops! I didn't notice the spelling of 'competence/competency' earlier. My fault!
14 mins
  -> thanks chetan
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: seems to be the popular choice among German native speakers.//OK, let me rephrase that: seems to be the popular choice among renowned German native speakers. ;-)
13 hrs
  -> jein!! a renowned british consultancy company I work for uses competence (sing.) and competences (pl.)//they are very british, me too
agree  Olga Cartlidge: Britannia Building Society also uses "focus on our key strenghts".
1 day 1 hr
neutral  Textklick: Olga - literally?
1 day 3 hrs
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
concentrate on core competencies


Explanation:
if we must

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 11:50
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 151
Grading comment
Thanks!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Stephen Sadie: exists too, but competences is the standard term used IMHO
1 min
  -> Funny you should say that: I always thought that "competences" felt better too, but somewhere along the line I admitted defeat.
agree  Languageman: I always thought that "core competencies" was the usual term, Google seems to back that up: 'core competencies" 1,270,000, "core competences" 301,000. Wikipedia prefers this one too // competency (Google )// Not for a business context
24 mins
  -> - which singular form would you use - competence or competency? Just interested. I'd never say e.g. " he has the competencY to do sth."//much the same defns. google gives for competencE. Interesting that it's not a BE v. AmE thing.
agree  Lancashireman: sing. '-y' > pl. '-ies'
1 hr
agree  Textklick: Die Zustimmung liegt im Rahmen meiner Kompetenzen. ;-)>>Beim Freiberufler sind die Kompetenzen unbegrenzt. ;-)
2 hrs
  -> hör mal, wo hören deine Kompetenzen überhaupt auf? (Hi)
agree  Michael Engley
5 hrs
agree  Ulrike Kraemer
11 hrs
agree  casper (X)
15 hrs
neutral  Francis Lee (X): curious about the non-pro / pro swap - what happened?
2 days 13 hrs
  -> was initially pro, i changed to non-pro, and strangely when I submitted this answer, it was bumped back up to pro again. Na, curiosity satisfied? ;-)
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to focus on core competencies


Explanation:
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Leonor Maia (X)
Local time: 10:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  casper (X)
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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