Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
kaufmännischer Handlungsspielraum
English translation:
(pricing)leeway in contract negotiations/contract negotiations leeway
German term
kaufmännischer Handlungsspielraum
Kaufmännischer Handlungsspielraum in der Vertragsverhandlung
In der Richtlinie eines Großkonzerns bezüglich Verkauf von Anlagen
Jan 9, 2011 16:40: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Bus/Financial"
Jan 9, 2011 17:06: Astrid Elke Witte changed "Term asked" from "Kaufmännischer Handlungsspielraum " to "kaufmännischer Handlungsspielraum "
Jan 9, 2011 22:51: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Law: Contract(s)" to "Business/Commerce (general)"
Jan 10, 2011 10:01: Ingo Dierkschnieder changed "Term asked" from "kaufmännischer Handlungsspielraum " to "kaufmännischer Handlungsspielraum"
Proposed translations
(pricing)leeway in contract negotiations/contract negotiations leeway
thanks - like the idea of leeway |
agree |
Sebastian Witte
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Thank you!
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neutral |
AllegroTrans
: "negotiating leeway" would work (and sound better)
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yes, you have apoint there
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financial room for maneuver
It also sounds more "English" to my mind than the prior suggestion.
I also found "economic" and "commercial" room for maneuver, but I think this is a case where the German term kaufmännisch is better translated as financial - as that is what it is really talking about.
There are a fairly encouraging 1,500 hits for "financial room for maneuver", as opposed to 54 for "economic" and 2 for "commercial" and none (bar this) for Wendy's entry.
I shall submit references as I trace them.
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Note added at 25 mins (2011-01-09 12:50:54 GMT)
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I would consider this source quite authoritative:
https://www.allianz.com/static-resources/en/economic_researc...
Shame on me by the way for my Americanisation of manouvere. In referencing, I looked up the American English spelling, and forgot to switch back. One of the more significant different spellings between AE and BE so I guess pay extra attention to what the client is expecting.
Thanks for all your effort! Sound good to me - I had been playing with the word latitude for Spielraum but couldn't come up with anything sensible! |
bargaining flexibility
Bargaining flexibility in the negotiation process
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-01-09 14:03:11 GMT)
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Or, borrowing from Wendy S, "Scope for flexibility in the bargaining process"
http://tinyurl.com/3yzzjme
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Note added at 1 hr (2011-01-09 14:10:35 GMT)
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I think the problem here is 'kaufmännisch' and what this word adds to the meaning - if anything. 'Commercial' is far too woolly. I was wondering if 'business' could be worked in somewhere...
Thanks - would also fit - I guess the answer to my question as to whether there is a fixed term is no! ;) |
commercial scope of action
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AllegroTrans
: this does not convey the idea of being free to negotiate prices, terms, etc.
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(commercial) negotiating scope
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Note added at 8 hrs (2011-01-09 21:20:40 GMT)
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http://www.docstoc.com/docs/68622629/Co-Writing-Contract
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Note added at 8 hrs (2011-01-09 21:21:45 GMT)
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Sorry, didn't have time to substantiate it further, but there are many hits on Google.
Thanks - but can't find anything to back this up - have you found it anywhere? |
agree |
Horst Huber (X)
: Hard to choose among the answers. But "commercial" seems to be the key; the person has to stay away from legal matters. Other than that, I believe lawyers would use the word "discretion"?
9 hrs
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range of business transactions
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Steffen Walter
: Doesn't fit the context (contractual negotiations). How would you formulate the entire phrase?
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disagree |
AllegroTrans
: it doesn't mean this, it's about freedom to negotiate prices etc.
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Discussion
No worries, easy mistake to make. :-)
There are 16.000.000 entries for negotiating scope. Not all applicable obviously, but to say there are none is completely untrue.