Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Ein-Frau-Betrieb
English translation:
one-woman operation / one-woman business
Added to glossary by
Ken Cox
Nov 17, 2008 17:45
15 yrs ago
German term
Ein-Frau-Betrieb
Non-PRO
German to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Unternehmensgründungen von Frauen beginnen oft als ***Ein-Frau-Betrieb***, in Deutschland ebenso wie in Europa. Allerdings entwickeln sich die Gründungen von Frauen in Deutschland besonders beschäftigungswirksam. Vergleicht man die Länder bezüglich des Anteils der Selbständigen mit Beschäftigten an den Selbständigen insgesamt, so gehört Deutschland zu den Spitzenreitern und nimmt beim Anteil der selbständigen Frauen mit Beschäftigen im Ländervergleich sogar die erste Stelle ein.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +12 | one-woman operation |
Ken Cox
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| 4 +1 | one-woman-enterprise |
lindaellen (X)
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| 4 | one woman business |
Charles Rothwell (X)
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Change log
Nov 17, 2008 17:48: Bernhard Sulzer changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Nov 17, 2008 17:50: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Social Sciences" to "Bus/Financial"
Nov 19, 2008 12:43: Ken Cox Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+12
3 mins
Selected
one-woman operation
by analogy to one-man operation
(or one-woman business)
sample refs:
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About Us | Savery Bags
A one-woman operation, there are no sweatshops; no farmed out assembly. I create each bag with my own two hands. Once completed, each bag is given a woman’s ...
www.saverybags.com/about - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
A BOULDER GRAPE ONE-WOMAN OPERATION IS CITY'S ONLY COMMERCIAL ...
A BOULDER GRAPE ONE-WOMAN OPERATION IS CITY'S ONLY COMMERCIAL WINERY .(Local) .. .find Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) articles. Byline: Kevin McCullen News ...
www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67428351.html
Roughing it in the Suburbs: Reading Chatelaine Magazine in the ... - Google Books Result
by Valerie J. Korinek - 2000 - Social Science - 460 pages
In these and many other ways she is a one-woman business contributing vitally to the welfare of her family and the stability of Canada. ...
books.google.nl/books?isbn=0802080413...
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Note added at 53 mins (2008-11-17 18:39:33 GMT)
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Iudging by the peer comments, 'business' is probably better for a UK audience or a relatively formal register in the USA, but IMO 'operation' would be fine for normal register in the USA (which tends to be fairly informal).
(or one-woman business)
sample refs:
#
About Us | Savery Bags
A one-woman operation, there are no sweatshops; no farmed out assembly. I create each bag with my own two hands. Once completed, each bag is given a woman’s ...
www.saverybags.com/about - 7k - Cached - Similar pages
A BOULDER GRAPE ONE-WOMAN OPERATION IS CITY'S ONLY COMMERCIAL ...
A BOULDER GRAPE ONE-WOMAN OPERATION IS CITY'S ONLY COMMERCIAL WINERY .(Local) .. .find Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) articles. Byline: Kevin McCullen News ...
www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67428351.html
Roughing it in the Suburbs: Reading Chatelaine Magazine in the ... - Google Books Result
by Valerie J. Korinek - 2000 - Social Science - 460 pages
In these and many other ways she is a one-woman business contributing vitally to the welfare of her family and the stability of Canada. ...
books.google.nl/books?isbn=0802080413...
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Note added at 53 mins (2008-11-17 18:39:33 GMT)
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Iudging by the peer comments, 'business' is probably better for a UK audience or a relatively formal register in the USA, but IMO 'operation' would be fine for normal register in the USA (which tends to be fairly informal).
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Danke schoen!"
+1
4 mins
one-woman-enterprise
There are a few companies on the web which use this as their name or on their website.
an example is given below
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-11-17 17:51:15 GMT)
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Ken's use of hyphens is also OK.
an example is given below
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-11-17 17:51:15 GMT)
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Ken's use of hyphens is also OK.
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
suew
: I think enterprise fits better with the subsequent topic - i.e. they go on to employ others - rather than operation, which could also cover piece workers
14 hrs
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29 mins
Charles Rothwell (X)
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
Related KudoZ points
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20
one woman business
"business' registers better, I think.
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Ulrike Kraemer
: as suggested by Ken ... // No, I mean Ken (read his explanation). No problem, happens to me, too ... ;-)
4 mins
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Do you mean 'Steffen' - sorry, I should have read all the responses in more depth.
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| neutral |
Armorel Young
: don't you need a hyphen somewhere?
40 mins
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