Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Personaldiskussion

English translation:

discussion of individuals

Added to glossary by Kim Metzger
May 9, 2004 12:19
20 yrs ago
German term

Personaldiskussion

Homework / test German to English Bus/Financial Economics
Sengera widersprach Spekulationen, wonach die erst Anfang dieser Woche bekannt gewordenen weiteren Wertberichtigungen eine Personaldiskussion im Aufsichtsrat der WestLB ausgelöst haben: "Weder in der Sitzung am vergangenen Donnerstag noch zu irgendeinem anderen Zeitpunkt ist über Personen gesprochen worden."

I know what they're trying to say, of course, but I have yet to find a simple way of transferring it into English. The sentence is long enough as it is...

Proposed translations

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discussion of individuals

Based on the context, I don't think they're talking about the entire staff of employees, but about specific individuals.

Sengera disputed speculations according to which the additional valuation adjustments had triggered a discussion of individuals among members of the supervisory board: "Neither in the meeting held last Thursday nor at any other time was there a discussion about individuals."
Peer comment(s):

agree Aniello Scognamiglio (X) : exactly, Kim!
21 mins
agree Siegfried Armbruster
25 mins
agree Gisela Greenlee
2 hrs
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+1
2 mins

discussion about human resources

discussion about personnel
Peer comment(s):

agree Rowan Morrell : Discussion about human resources might work quite well here.
17 mins
neutral Aniello Scognamiglio (X) : what does it really mean? Are they thinking about dismissing somebody, hiring somebody else?
28 mins
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+1
17 mins

personnel discussions

another option
Peer comment(s):

agree cologne
21 hrs
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