German term
Erwerbstätige vs. Beschäftigte
Beschäftigte ist hier auf den Arbeitsplatz bezogen, es entspricht den Personen, die im Zielbezirk angestellt sind und dorthin zur Arbeit fahren (vom Wohnort aus).
Employees würde für beide gehen, aber ich kann es nicht doppelt verwenden. Wie könnte man die Ausdrücke im Englischen unterscheiden?
| 1 +4 | employees who work in their local community vs. employees who commute to work |
Paul Cohen
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Proposed translations
Greenland
Will work for blubber
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Danish to English
employees who work in their local community vs. employees who commute to work
Locally-employed vs. commuters?
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David Moore (X)
: Looks a pretty good guess to me...
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An uneducated guess, I guess, since I never actually studied translation...
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Susan Zimmer
: yes, Paul, your sesond answer was what I was thinking - Local employees vs. commuters
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Thanks, Susie
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Michael Harris
2 hrs
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RobinB
: Definitely with your second answer.
4 hrs
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Yes, since the text needs to fit into a chart, my second answer would be better. ;-)
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Discussion
The zone can be the home, the workplace, the shopping area etc. They have "structural properties" that describe what kind of trips start or end there and what kind of persons (person groups) make those trips.
The person group is a group of persons with the same "profile" e.g. persons that are active vs. pensioners, children under the age of six, students, pupils of secondary school etc.
Ich habe meine eigene Erklärung dazu geschrieben, nachdem mir der Unterschied im Deutschen erklärt wurde, im Dokument sind die Ausdrücke Spaltenüberschriften in einer Tabelle mit Zahlen pro Bezirk.
Die Unterscheidung ist insofern wichtig, als es um eine Personengruppe einerseits und um eine Strukturgröße andererseits geht. Diese dürfen nicht gleich heißen.
Ich hatte für Erwerbstätige an "active popultation" gedacht, so dass ich "employees" für "Beschäftigte" im Sinne von "Angestellte" verwenden kann.