Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Potenzialträger
English translation:
potential future executives
Added to glossary by
Costello
Dec 5, 2005 14:43
18 yrs ago
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German term
Potenzialträger
German to English
Bus/Financial
Human Resources
vielversprechende Nachwuchsführungskräfte, einmal pro Jahr identifiziert
Proposed translations
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| 3 | potential future executives |
CHRICKNIC
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| 3 +6 | employees with high potential |
BrigitteHilgner
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Proposed translations
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German term (edited):
Potenzialtr�ger
Selected
potential future executives
Vielleicht passt ja auch potential future executives (oder ohne das potential). Gruss Nicole
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Went with this in the end, thanks. Even if "hipos" is commonly used, you don't have to spread it even further ;-)"
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1 min
BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Austria
Native in German
Austria
b2b/economics/marketing/market research/
Native in: German 
Works in: German to English, French to German, English to German
Related KudoZ points
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German term (edited):
Potenzialtr�ger
employees with high potential
Should fit.
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-12-05 14:46:44 GMT)
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Or the other way round:
high potential employee
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-12-05 14:46:44 GMT)
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Or the other way round:
high potential employee
Peer comment(s):
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Frosty
: Yes, the other way round - and in the plural!
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Thank you! Yes, of course, plural - I tend to make silly mistakes when in a hurry ... :-)
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Rebecca Holmes
: Or simply "high potentials"
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Thank you! An other possibility, indeed.
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Monika Leit
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thank you.
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Jeremy Amos
: I hope Rebecca's wrong, it certainly sounds wrong to me as BE native speaker, but nothing is impossible in the newspeak world of business.
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Thank you. I am afraid Rebecca is right in so far as this expression is being used (see google).
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Sabine Griebler
: Rebeccas version is usual in business newspeak
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Thank you. I agree - although I personally don't like Rebecca's version this much, it is quite a common expression.
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roeland
: hipo staff was the common term when i was still in 9to5 business (jap/am company)
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Wow! "Hipo staff" is a term I have never heard before - reminds me somewhat of a hippopotamus ...;-)
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