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Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

prestigelöshet

English translation:

humility

Added to glossary by Mario Marcolin
Jul 16, 2003 03:32
20 yrs ago
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Swedish term

prestigelöshet

Swedish to English Marketing
Here's the context:

Precis som tidigare i kedjan krävs nu god överblick, prestigelöshet och fantasi i planeringen.

"Lack of prestige" would not make any sense in English here, since prestige is usually considered to be something positive in business English. Suggestions?
Proposed translations (English)
5 humility
4 +2 down to earth approach
5 absence of prestige
3 +1 openness to the suggestions of others and lack of undue pride
3 +1 a positive profile
2 +2 impartiality, disinterest, self-effacement, customer-oriented
3 +1 dedication
3 low profile

Proposed translations

4 hrs
Swedish term (edited): prestigel�shet
Selected

humility

"Humility. More than just niceness, humility reveals that the leader understands that no one person can create a great organization."

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Note added at 5 hrs 59 mins (2003-07-16 09:32:10 GMT)
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\"Genuine humility, however, is truthfulness: we acknowledge both our talents and our failings. Humility come from the word humus, earth. Humble people are down to earth. They are honest in evaluating their strengths and their weaknesses.\"


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Note added at 6 hrs 7 mins (2003-07-16 09:39:45 GMT)
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from http://www.catholic-center.rutgers.edu/true.htm

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Note added at 6 hrs 26 mins (2003-07-16 09:59:18 GMT)
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\"Humility - the best project managers acknowledge they don\'t know everything. The stakeholders, project participants, and customers all have their our area of expertise and add value to the project.\"
Glen B. Alleman(2002) AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Reference:

http://www.cio.com/archive/120102/hs_humanity.html

http://myweb.cableone.net/brpeterson/Humility.htm

Peer comment(s):
disagree Helen Johnson : don't think that's what it means.
1 hr
Well I think it does.http://www.niwotridge.com/PDFs/PM Chapter (short no email) U...
agree lena blondel : I agree with this translation, not the one below. See note.... there is lots more on the net of the need for "humility" in business leadership.
3 hrs
Thank you! QV article on Jim Collins and his study: Dec. 1, 2002 Issue of CIO Magazine
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "This was a tough one...thanks for your help!"
1 hr

low profile

My last suggestion before bedtime.

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Note added at 2003-07-17 01:56:51 (GMT)
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I got it! Sobriety! Or how about one of the cardinal virtues: temperance? Other words that come to mind: meekness and modesty. Actually any of these would sound just as quaint as presigelöshet.

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Note added at 2003-07-17 02:00:20 (GMT)
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Serenity. Seriousness.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Helen Johnson : could sound dodgy.
4 hrs
If that were a problem, we wouldn
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+1
2 hrs

openness to the suggestions of others and lack of undue pride

Well, hopefully this can be of help to formulate something more brief and striking.

Perhaps just "openness to ideas" would be better.
Peer comment(s):
agree lena blondel : This is just in answer to the comment that "humility" in business is not at linked to "vision": please, do a search with the relevant terms.
7 hrs
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+1
2 hrs

a positive profile

I was thinking of backing Jonathan's suggestion, but perhaps 'low profile' in this case might give the wrong impression.
Peer comment(s):
agree Jonathan Widell : Let us show some prestigelöshet in action, so I will back yours. Thanks for the thought.
19 hrs
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+2
3 hrs
Swedish term (edited): prestigel�shet

down to earth approach

Implicit in answer.
Peer comment(s):
agree Helen Johnson : I think this gets over the implications in the best way. Glamour is excluded, whilst admiration/respect are not.
2 hrs
Thank you very much!
disagree lena blondel : it has nothing to do with lack of glamour or presence of admiration; it has to do with qualities, which are likely to be of a great value in business leadership and which is linked to vision.
4 hrs
I agree to that "it has nothing to do with lack of glamour or presence of admiration", but disagree with the rest of your comment.
agree Jonathan Widell : This is indeed the best way to put it (low profile excluded), and it is indeed implicit in answer, very implicit.
18 hrs
Thank you very much!
agree Yngve Roennike : hands-on approach
194 days
Thank you very much!
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+2
4 hrs

impartiality, disinterest, self-effacement, customer-oriented

Just some suggestions.
I think the meaning here is that the (project?) planning requires a broad (holistic?) overview, impartiality and imagination.
In more detail, 'prestigelöshet' to me implies that the planner is entirely focused on the project, regardless of possible personal benefits (promotion, bonuses, prestige). In a word, self-effacement, but that sounds a bit too saintly and other-worldly for this sort of business environment.
'Disinterest' would do nicely, except that too many people think it means 'lack of interest', when it really means 'no interest either way - exactly my reading of prestigelöshet.
Other more remote possibilities are 'win-win' (both sides win) or a phrase using 'customer-oriented'.
Peer comment(s):
agree Mario Marcolin : To me this is humility.
1 hr
I agree with you that 'humility' is what is meant, but you could never use that word in a business context - not assertive enough!
agree lena blondel : This is the case with Jim Collins’ recent study called “Level 5 Leadership ” (Harvard Business Review, January 2001). Collins maintains that the Level 5 leader who blends “extreme personal humility with intense personal will ” is the type who best succeed
2 hrs
You're right, that is a very good definition. I've come across a few in my time, but far more with the inverse charateristics.
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4 hrs

absence of prestige

....you need a good overview, absence of prestige and fantasy...
Reference:

Oxford Concise+MW

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+1
1 day 25 mins

dedication

Complete loyalty to some person or purpose. Self-effacement included. A typical English expression, so I am not surprised they had to settle for prestigelöshet here. "Perspective, dedication and imagination." It is starting sound more and more like one of those ProZ slogans.
Peer comment(s):
agree Yngve Roennike : Interesting suggestions, I don't see the other suggestions as working at all.
193 days
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