Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Abstimmungsschleife
English translation:
coordination loop
Added to glossary by
Susan Welsh
Apr 24, 2012 22:57
12 yrs ago
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German term
United States
Psychology, economics, politics
Native in: English 
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Abstimmungsschleife
German to English
Bus/Financial
Advertising / Public Relations
The company's PR department is being reorganized for greater efficiency.
Wir alle haben das oft genug in unserer täglichen Arbeit gemerkt: Unnötige Schnittstellen und **Abstimmungsschleifen,** unklare Ansprechpartner, konzernweit unterschiedliche Prozesse und Produkte...
My draft:
We have all noticed often enough in our daily work that there are unnecessary points of intersection and approval cycles, unclarity about who the contact person is, different processes and products throughout the Group...
Thanks!
Wir alle haben das oft genug in unserer täglichen Arbeit gemerkt: Unnötige Schnittstellen und **Abstimmungsschleifen,** unklare Ansprechpartner, konzernweit unterschiedliche Prozesse und Produkte...
My draft:
We have all noticed often enough in our daily work that there are unnecessary points of intersection and approval cycles, unclarity about who the contact person is, different processes and products throughout the Group...
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | coordination loop |
Michael Martin, MA
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| 3 | being given the runaround |
Lancashireman
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| 3 | (frustrating) approval channels to go through |
David Hollywood
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Proposed translations
+4
2 hrs
Michael Martin, MA
United States
United States
Native in German
&
English
Works in field
United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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52
Selected
coordination loop
Seems to be used in human resources and organizational studies
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This sounds weird to me, so I used it, but with quotation marks around "loops." I chose this on the basis of the peer comments, although somehow I think it would be better to get in there the flavor of what Andrew and David proposed. But everything I could think of was too long for the construction of the sentence. Anyhow, thanks to all!"
1 hr
being given the runaround
... not sure about the 'superfluous interfaces' though.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/personal-finance...
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too many forms to fill in and too many signatures to get
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-04-25 00:20:42 GMT)
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A less negative way of expressing this might be 'excessive fine-tuning', but I get the impression that the author wants to be both critical and informal in his/her choice of language.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/personal-finance...
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-04-25 00:08:30 GMT)
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too many forms to fill in and too many signatures to get
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-04-25 00:20:42 GMT)
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A less negative way of expressing this might be 'excessive fine-tuning', but I get the impression that the author wants to be both critical and informal in his/her choice of language.
Note from asker:
| Yes, the company is explaining that it has had to lay people off, including in the HR department. So it is justifying its action, in part. |
2 hrs
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
24
(frustrating) approval channels to go through
something along these lines I would say
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-04-25 01:53:30 GMT)
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but just giving a possible way through this one
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-04-25 01:53:30 GMT)
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but just giving a possible way through this one
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