Alleingänge

English translation: solo efforts/attempts

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German term or phrase:	Alleingänge
English translation:	solo efforts/attempts
Entered by:	Manuela Junghans

10:00 Aug 5, 2005

German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources

German term or phrase: Alleingänge

Used negatively to describe work undertaken by someone in an office environment. Example:

"Erschwert wird die Zusammenarbeit auch durch Ihre oben erwähnte Einstellung und Ihre immer wiederkehrenden Alleingänge."

I have a few ideas but would appreciate any inspired suggestions.

Steve Yates KudoZ activity Questions: 42 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 200
Local time: 18:56

go it alone

Explanation:
The cooperation is made more difficult/complicated by you repeatedly going it alone. OR: your solo attempts/efforts.

Selected response from:

Manuela Junghans
Germany
Local time: 19:56

Grading comment

Thanks for all the suggestions. Choosing one answer was difficult. The same term came up a few times in the text, and I finally went with 'solo efforts' which Manuela suggested as an alternative.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

go it alone

Manuela Junghans

single-handed initiatives

MandyT

your constant solo initiatives

Katharine Checketts (X)

do it alone approach

Raghunathan Rajagopalan

independent actions

Trudy Peters

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Alleingänge

go it alone

Explanation:
The cooperation is made more difficult/complicated by you repeatedly going it alone. OR: your solo attempts/efforts.

Manuela Junghans
Germany
Local time: 19:56
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thanks for all the suggestions. Choosing one answer was difficult. The same term came up a few times in the text, and I finally went with 'solo efforts' which Manuela suggested as an alternative.

25 mins confidence:

Alleingänge single-handed initiatives

Explanation:
I'm not an English native, but maybe something like the above ... Just an idea.

MandyT
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

31 mins confidence:

Alleingänge your constant solo initiatives

Explanation:
"constant" adds to the negative overtone here

Katharine Checketts (X)
Local time: 18:56
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

Alleingänge do it alone approach

Explanation:
or go it alone approach

Raghunathan Rajagopalan
Local time: 23:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 18

1 hr confidence:

Alleingänge independent actions

Explanation:
your repeated independent actions

Would insubordination be too strong?

Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 13:56
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 32

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