Feb 25, 2009 21:49
15 yrs ago
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German term
quer zu ... ansetzen
German to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
Die Inhalte der Lokalen Agenda stellen letztlich eine Übertragung der „globa-len“ Agenda 21 mit Anpassungen an die jeweilige spezifische lokale Situation dar. Die Lokale Agenda 21 soll für alle Bereiche wie Stadtentwicklung, Sozia-les, Arbeit, Wirtschaft und Ökologie Umsetzungsschritte enthalten. Die kom-munale Nachhaltigkeit wird daher – wie die Behandlung der Nachhaltigkeit auf den anderen Ebenen – als Querschnittsaufgabe betrachtet. Dies bedeutet, dass die Steuerung der Prozesse und Strategien quer zu den kommunalen Handlungsfeldern in der Umwelt-, Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftspolitik ansetzen.
I seem to have hit a brick with this one. The best I can come up with is:
quer zu = laterally, transversely
ansetzen = take action, but it just does not fit together.
Any help is much appreciated!
I seem to have hit a brick with this one. The best I can come up with is:
quer zu = laterally, transversely
ansetzen = take action, but it just does not fit together.
Any help is much appreciated!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | that proc. & strat. across the comm. areas of intervention are geared towards this overarching goal |
Silvia Autenrieth
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| 3 | complement |
Allesklar
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| 4 -1 | in opposition to... |
Kphred
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Change log
Feb 26, 2009 00:52: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "Government / Politics"
Mar 2, 2009 21:15: Steffen Walter changed "Removed from KOG" from "quer zu ... ansetzen > that processes & strategies across the comm. areas of intervention are geared towards this overarching goal by <a href="/profile/73754">Christine Lam</a>" to "Reason: Source and target not equivalent."
Proposed translations
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Silvia Autenrieth
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Specializes in field
Germany
Dolmetschen & Übersetzen seit 1994
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English
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that proc. & strat. across the comm. areas of intervention are geared towards this overarching goal
… that processes and strategies across the communal areas of intervention are geared towards this overarching goal in environmental [etc.] politics.
Just a spontaneous attempt, and there might be a better solution, but the jest is that "quer zu" indicates "across" or a "cross-cutting" issue in this case.
There are quite a few hits for "Querschnittsaufgabe" which you can check on Eur-lex using the bilingual display for EN/GE.
Here is another one:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl〈=en&lng1=en,de&lng2=cs,da,de,el,en,es,et,fi,fr,hu,it,lt,lv,mt,nl,pl,pt,sk,sl,sv,&val=433609:cs&page=1&hwords=Querschnittsaufgabe~
The European Community’s development policy adopted in November 2000, the overarching objective of which was poverty reduction, sought to address the environment by treating it as one of several "cross-cutting issues" to be integrated into all development programmes and projects.
Or also:
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do
Gender mainstreaming = Einbeziehung der Dimension der Chancengleichheit in sämtlichen Bereichen der Politik; Querschnittsaufgabe Frauen und Gleichstellungspolitik
Also see the definition of "Querschnittsaufgabe" on Wikipedia.
Just a spontaneous attempt, and there might be a better solution, but the jest is that "quer zu" indicates "across" or a "cross-cutting" issue in this case.
There are quite a few hits for "Querschnittsaufgabe" which you can check on Eur-lex using the bilingual display for EN/GE.
Here is another one:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do?mode=dbl〈=en&lng1=en,de&lng2=cs,da,de,el,en,es,et,fi,fr,hu,it,lt,lv,mt,nl,pl,pt,sk,sl,sv,&val=433609:cs&page=1&hwords=Querschnittsaufgabe~
The European Community’s development policy adopted in November 2000, the overarching objective of which was poverty reduction, sought to address the environment by treating it as one of several "cross-cutting issues" to be integrated into all development programmes and projects.
Or also:
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do
Gender mainstreaming = Einbeziehung der Dimension der Chancengleichheit in sämtlichen Bereichen der Politik; Querschnittsaufgabe Frauen und Gleichstellungspolitik
Also see the definition of "Querschnittsaufgabe" on Wikipedia.
Example sentence:
Als Querschnittsaufgabe wird die Kommission sich darum bemühen, ...
Across EU policies, …
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Comment: "thank you very much!"
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complement
That's just a guess, another option could be 'to approach from a different angle'.
Depending on the context, there is also the less likely possibility that it means they conflict with or get in the way of the communal areas of action.
Seems the author got lost a bit as well (Steuerung=singular, ansetzen=plural).
Depending on the context, there is also the less likely possibility that it means they conflict with or get in the way of the communal areas of action.
Seems the author got lost a bit as well (Steuerung=singular, ansetzen=plural).
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in opposition to...
"This means that the organization of the processes and strategies is in opposition to the communal fields of operation in environmental, social, and economical politics." is basically how I read the German. Opposition in this case is less a declaration of conflict, and more the sense of offering an alternative approach.
That said, perhaps you would be better off saying something like: "The role of the ... is to QUESTION the traditional standpoints of env., soc., and econ. politics."
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-02-26 03:23:10 GMT)
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After some reflection, I would like to edit my final statement to read: The role of those (who are) directing procedures and strategies is to question the traditional stances of env., soc., and econ., politics (policies?)
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-02-26 03:30:55 GMT)
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stances: viewpoints, points of view, attitudes, positions, opinions, beliefs, policies, etc.
That said, perhaps you would be better off saying something like: "The role of the ... is to QUESTION the traditional standpoints of env., soc., and econ. politics."
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-02-26 03:23:10 GMT)
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After some reflection, I would like to edit my final statement to read: The role of those (who are) directing procedures and strategies is to question the traditional stances of env., soc., and econ., politics (policies?)
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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-02-26 03:30:55 GMT)
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stances: viewpoints, points of view, attitudes, positions, opinions, beliefs, policies, etc.
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