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English translation: A different management style

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Spanish term or phrase:Un estilo de gestion diferente.
English translation:A different management style
Entered by: Maru Villanueva

05:15 Oct 27, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: Un estilo de gestion diferente.
I would like to know what will be the best way to translate this phrase from European Spanish into American English.

Here is the full phrase:

Un estilo de gestion diferente. Los enfermeros son supervisores. El director es enfermero.
yugoslavia
United States
Local time: 01:11
A different management style
Explanation:
Es mi sugerencia
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Maru Villanueva
Mexico
Local time: 23:11
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Summary of answers provided
5 +6A different management style
Maru Villanueva
5 +1A different style of management
Rupert Spedding (X)
4 +1An unusual style of management.
Maria Mastruzzo
4A different management style
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
4A different approach to managment.
Lisa McCarthy


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
A different management style


Explanation:
Es mi sugerencia


Maru Villanueva
Mexico
Local time: 23:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 20
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
1 min
  -> Gracias, Luis
agree  Remy Arce
28 mins
  -> Gracias, Remy
agree  Yvette Neisser Moreno: This was the first thing that came to my mind too.
5 hrs
agree  Ruth Ramsey
5 hrs
  -> Gracias, Ruth
agree  patricia scott
5 hrs
  -> Gracias, Patricia
agree  Victoria Frazier
12 hrs
  -> Gracias, Victoria
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
A different management style


Explanation:
I think this sounds ok.

Hth.

Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 23:11
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 36
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
An unusual style of management.


Explanation:
In this context, I think this is appropiate. Good luck!

Maria Mastruzzo
Australia
Local time: 15:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Boulter: Sure! Lacking context, this sounds better as a stand-alone statement of 'style'. Use of 'different' here begs the question, "Different from what?"
3 hrs
  -> Exactly what I thought, thank you very much Richard :)
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
A different style of management


Explanation:
All suggestions here work!

Rupert Spedding (X)
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  alidalc: As a stand-alone sentence, I like "style of management" better than "management style".
58 mins
  -> Thank you Alison
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
A different approach to managment.


Explanation:
Another way of putting it.

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Manage women: how to
17 Jul 2008 ... Tales from the Glass Ceiling, says, "We [women] don't come from another planet but we do need a wholly **different approach to management***. ...
www.personneltoday.com/.../manage-women-how-to.html - Cached - Similar

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 07:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 192
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