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target vs objective

German translation: Unterziel bzw. Zwischenziel (target) / Hauptziel/Fernziel/übergeordnetes Ziel (objective)

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English term or phrase:target vs objective
German translation:Unterziel bzw. Zwischenziel (target) / Hauptziel/Fernziel/übergeordnetes Ziel (objective)
Entered by: Mariana Rohlig Sa

11:22 Dec 16, 2014
English to German translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: target vs objective
This is a toolkit for young people who want to get involved in / create community projects. I would usually translate both target and objective as "Ziel"

Example 1
"What are your objectives?
Objectives are the key things that you want your project to achieve. Although it can be tempting to try and do everything in one go, it is usually wiser to focus your project on achieving just a few core outcomes. This keeps you focused.

What can you count about your idea?
Objectives are about numbers – like “how many?”, “how well?” and “how long?”. It’s important that you’re able to measure the success of your idea, and that you have a clear idea of what to focus on when things get busy."

Example2
"What are your targets?
Now you have identified what you want to count, you need to work out the number or size of these that you want to achieve. For example, you may want to have 100 people at your event, get five stories in the media, or plant 1000 trees.
Try and pick the three most important objectives to put in this table. Having a small number of objectives keeps you focused. Fill in your targets below – along with why you picked that number....

Objective:
Target:
"
Mariana Rohlig Sa
Germany
Local time: 17:42
Unterziel bzw. Zwischenziel (target) / Hauptziel/Fernziel/übergeordnetes Ziel (objective)
Explanation:
So habe ich das schon mehrfach gelöst, wenn ich Texte zum Thema "Strategie" übersetzte.
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BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 17:42
Grading comment
Vielen Dank für alle Beiträge
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3Unterziel bzw. Zwischenziel (target) / Hauptziel/Fernziel/übergeordnetes Ziel (objective)
BrigitteHilgner
4gesetzte Ziele, erreichte Ziele
Susanne Rindlisbacher
3Ziel
Heidi Bartlett (X)
3Ziel, Zielsetzung, Vorgabe, Planziel, Anliegen, Vorhaben...
Regina Eichstaedter


  

Answers


42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Ziel


Explanation:
Obwohl target und objective im Englischen verschiedene Definitionen haben, würde ich tatsächlich beide Wörter mit "Ziel" übersetzen.

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Note added at 46 mins (2014-12-16 12:08:18 GMT)
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Oder vielleicht so: objective = Zielvorstellung; target = Zielsetzung


    Reference: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/differences-between-objective...
Heidi Bartlett (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:42
Native speaker of: German
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Ziel, Zielsetzung, Vorgabe, Planziel, Anliegen, Vorhaben...


Explanation:
Es geht wohl einfach darum, sich nicht zu wiederholen... was hast du vor? was willst du erreichen? wie sieht dein Vorhaben aus? usw.

Regina Eichstaedter
Local time: 17:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 20
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
gesetzte Ziele, erreichte Ziele


Explanation:
wäre auch eine Möglichkeit

Susanne Rindlisbacher
Portugal
Local time: 16:42
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Unterziel bzw. Zwischenziel (target) / Hauptziel/Fernziel/übergeordnetes Ziel (objective)


Explanation:
So habe ich das schon mehrfach gelöst, wenn ich Texte zum Thema "Strategie" übersetzte.

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 17:42
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
Vielen Dank für alle Beiträge

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helga Woggon, Dr. phil.
11 mins
  -> Danke schön, Helga. Frohes Schaffen!
agree  Horst Huber (X)
2 hrs
  -> Danke schön, Horst. Frohes Schaffen!
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: Nice (but I find the Eng. becomes more confusing with each read)
8 hrs
  -> Thank you, Cilian. Yes, the original is a bit strange but I can't do anything about that. Have a pleasant day.
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