Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Stellen mit den besten Köpfen zu besetzen
English translation:
Put the right people in the right places
German term
United States
Providing Nordic language solutions
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English, Swedish to English, Dutch to English, and 5 more.
Köpfe auf Stellen zu setzen
Köpfe auf Stellen zu setzen
| 2 +5 | Put the right heads in the right places |
Danik 2014
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| 3 | match the right heads with the right places |
Horst Huber (X)
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| 3 | Place people in jobs/positions |
Jennifer Lambert (X)
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Mar 11, 2015 11:25: Danik 2014 changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Mar 20, 2015 23:49: Danik 2014 changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1882466">Kelly Martin's</a> old entry - "Köpfe auf Stellen zu setzen "" to ""Put the right heads in the right places""
PRO (3): Ramey Rieger (X), Steffen Walter, Danik 2014
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Proposed translations
Brazil
German, English, Spanish to Portuguese!
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: German to Portuguese, English to Portuguese, English to German, and 2 more.
Put the right heads in the right places
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Johanna Timm, PhD
: maybe even: head hunting? (as in: recruiting top execs)
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Thanks, Johanna!It might have to do with head hunting, yes. But as it is we can only guess at it. :)
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Ramey Rieger (X)
: I would say 'minds' instead of heads. Very nice!
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Thanks, Ramey! Yes heads is more literal!
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Yorkshireman
: sounds very plausible
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Thanks, YSM!
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Gudrun Wolfrath
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Thanks, Gudrun!
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Armorel Young
: For me, that just conjures up images of severed heads - why not "put the right people in the right places" and get the alliteration bonus?
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Because I`m not at all sure about what was going on in the heads of the first translators! I hope I get at least a bonus of a good answer from you.;))
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Michael Martin, MA
: Perhaps the author was too hurried to spell out "Stellen mit den besten Köpfen zu besetzen"
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Thanks, Martin! I strongly suspect the translator (this is for a revision) to be a machine!But yours is probably the correct rendering!It was chosen as gloss entry.
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match the right heads with the right places
Place people in jobs/positions
Kopf --> Count heads = count people
Stelle --> Can mean place, spot, job, position
This translation would make sense if the phrase is found in a Human Resources (HR) article or publication.
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