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Beslutningsdygtig

English translation: competent

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Danish term or phrase:Beslutningsdygtig
English translation:competent
Entered by: rajagopalan sampatkumar

19:16 Feb 27, 2011
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management / Criteria for composition of decision-making team
Danish term or phrase: Beslutningsdygtig
Er der nok erfarne og beslutningsdygtige ledere til at kunne gennemføre beslutningsprocessen?

Jeg synes 'experienced leaders competent to transact business' lyder tungt. Har nogen et bedre forslag?
Pernille Kienle
Canada
Local time: 16:54
competent
Explanation:
Er der nok erfarne og beslutningsdygtige ledere...
Are there sufficient experienced and competent manager...
see also L &H Business Ordbog Dansk-Engelsk, Copenhagen, Denamrk
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rajagopalan sampatkumar
Switzerland
Local time: 01:54
Grading comment
Tak!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2competent
rajagopalan sampatkumar
3 +1decisive
Susanne Friesen
3senior managers
Christine Andersen
3with good decision making abilities
Hans Wang


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
senior managers


Explanation:
It is not the most elegant Danish, and I would probably rephrase it a little:

Are there enough experienced managers with the authority/authorised to make decisions?

Are there enough senior managers with the right experience as decision makers?

Perhaps even:
Are there enough experienced managers empowered to make decisions?

Something along those lines might fit your context


Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 01:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 29
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
with good decision making abilities


Explanation:
I would try moving the word "ledere" forward in the sentence:

Are there a sufficient number of managers with experience and good decision making abilities to complete the decision making process?


Hans Wang
Local time: 18:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in NorwegianNorwegian
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
competent


Explanation:
Er der nok erfarne og beslutningsdygtige ledere...
Are there sufficient experienced and competent manager...
see also L &H Business Ordbog Dansk-Engelsk, Copenhagen, Denamrk

rajagopalan sampatkumar
Switzerland
Local time: 01:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 11
Grading comment
Tak!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christopher Schröder
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Chris S.
agree  Helen Johnson: Context should automatically imply that "competent" is meant in the sense of "authorised to make decisions owing to experience, qualifications, position, etc."
13 hrs
  -> Thanks, Helen. Fully agree with your explanatory comment.
neutral  Hans Wang: there is already a word in Danish for the "English" word competent, it would be "kompetente" if used in this sentence. The only place I have seen it substituted is in "competent to make decisions" in the medical sense. See also http://www.consolvo.no/
16 hrs
  -> It is not exclusively in the medical sense. It can be used where ever (including business) decisions have to be made.
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
decisive


Explanation:
This would be another appropriate alternative, especially in the context of leadership. In fact, over on this side of the pond the two words very often appear to go hand in hand. A closer look at the Danish definition of beslutningsdygtig in DDO (see 2nd link below) seems to support this nuance of the word, synonymous with resolute.


    Reference: http://www.definitions.net/definition/decisive
    Reference: http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?entry_id=40000314&query=beslutni...
Susanne Friesen
Canada
Local time: 19:54
Native speaker of: Danish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hans Wang: "willing to make decisions" is a longer version of decisive in the context of the above sentence. Competent in the business sense of the word is broader than both my answer and this answer.
2 hrs
  -> Yes, thank you, I agree. To me it seems more precise and shorter.
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