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Personaldiskussion

English translation: discussion of individuals

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German term or phrase:Personaldiskussion
English translation:discussion of individuals
Entered by: Kim Metzger

12:19 May 9, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
German term or phrase: Personaldiskussion
Sengera widersprach Spekulationen, wonach die erst Anfang dieser Woche bekannt gewordenen weiteren Wertberichtigungen eine Personaldiskussion im Aufsichtsrat der WestLB ausgelöst haben: "Weder in der Sitzung am vergangenen Donnerstag noch zu irgendeinem anderen Zeitpunkt ist über Personen gesprochen worden."

I know what they're trying to say, of course, but I have yet to find a simple way of transferring it into English. The sentence is long enough as it is...
Jalapeno
Local time: 23:10
discussion of individuals
Explanation:
Based on the context, I don't think they're talking about the entire staff of employees, but about specific individuals.

Sengera disputed speculations according to which the additional valuation adjustments had triggered a discussion of individuals among members of the supervisory board: "Neither in the meeting held last Thursday nor at any other time was there a discussion about individuals."
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 15:10
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3discussion of individuals
Kim Metzger
5 +1personnel discussions
Ingrid Blank
4 +1discussion about human resources
swisstell


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
discussion about human resources


Explanation:
discussion about personnel

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 23:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rowan Morrell: Discussion about human resources might work quite well here.
17 mins
neutral  Aniello Scognamiglio (X): what does it really mean? Are they thinking about dismissing somebody, hiring somebody else?
28 mins
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
personnel discussions


Explanation:
another option

Ingrid Blank
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cologne
21 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
discussion of individuals


Explanation:
Based on the context, I don't think they're talking about the entire staff of employees, but about specific individuals.

Sengera disputed speculations according to which the additional valuation adjustments had triggered a discussion of individuals among members of the supervisory board: "Neither in the meeting held last Thursday nor at any other time was there a discussion about individuals."


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 15:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aniello Scognamiglio (X): exactly, Kim!
21 mins
agree  Siegfried Armbruster
25 mins
agree  Gisela Greenlee
2 hrs
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