die es sich zum Ziel gesetzt haben - What is the English translation? English translators help technical English translators with the translation of die es sich zum Ziel gesetzt haben

Conges terminology question

208 months ago

ofltrans (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	die es sich zum Ziel gesetzt haben
Context:	Unsere Mitarbeiter, die es sich zum Ziel gesetzt haben

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208 months ago

wrote:

Our staff / employees / work force, who took it upon themselves to

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208 months ago

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Our employees, whose goal it is,

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208 months ago

M Taenzer wrote:

our employees who are aiming for

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208 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

This is my suggestion, too. Pretty literal translation but simply the best ...

208 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

Needs a comma, before and after the clause. In any case, it misses the sense somewhat. MB's literal answer "our employes, who have made it their goal to..., ..." is <i>much</i> better.

208 months ago

Joachim Kehr wrote:

as a goal our team has set...

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208 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

This is terrible English, and is going to be difficult to work into the sentence. Presumably, it goes on to say something about the employees.

208 months ago

Joachim Kehr wrote:

whose aim it is

My comment:

or: whose objective it is

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208 months ago

Aharon303 wrote:

our collaborators who strive to

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208 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

Past tense - who have striven to. The meaning is right though.

208 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

This is terrible. The present tense would be fine if the the answer were otherwise OK, but it misses the meaning and is unidiomatic.

208 months ago

Murad AWAD wrote:

Having aimed at it

My comment:

i.e. the goal set

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208 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

Huh??

208 months ago

Murad AWAD wrote:

who have set it as their goal

My references:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22zum+Ziel+setzen%22&btnG=Szukaj&hl=pl&lr=lang_en&sa=2

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208 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:4_CzmGF6q3UJ:www.kent.ac.uk/eiss/documents/pdf_docs/Spanish.pdf+%22zum+Ziel+setzen%22&hl=pl&ct=clnk&cd=34&lr=lang_en

208 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

This is just too clunky. "Our, employees, who have set it as their goal to ...,...."? What's wrong with standard English?

208 months ago

Michael Bennett wrote:

Who have made it their goal...

My comment:

Our employees, who have made it their goal (or objective)...

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208 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote: