ledarskap/ledare

English translation: leadership / leaders

15:51 Mar 2, 2010
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general) / Business plan
Swedish term or phrase: ledarskap/ledare
Can 'leader' and 'manager' be used interchangeably?
This word crops up in a range of contexts: 'ledarskapsutbildning', 'att vara bra ledare', 'våra ledare', etc. They've used leadership in one reference document but manager seems equally appropriate. and good for avoiding too much repetition!Any suggestions?
Phlebas
Local time: 01:16
English translation:leadership / leaders
Explanation:
In my view, there is a slight but subtle difference between leaders and managers, basically depending on the context.

Sometimes a company wants to emphasise the leadership aspect. See ref below. At other times it wants to be neutral.

I agree with you about repetition.
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Peter Linton (X)
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Thanks for that. Will consult with client too.
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leadership/leader


Explanation:
Yes they are in my opinion synonyms. Note that ledership = management (group of leaders). Compare http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/leadership with http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/management

Robert Sommerfelt (X)
Norway
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Asker: Thanks for your reply. The client wants to emphasise leadership vis-a-vis management


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leadership / leaders


Explanation:
In my view, there is a slight but subtle difference between leaders and managers, basically depending on the context.

Sometimes a company wants to emphasise the leadership aspect. See ref below. At other times it wants to be neutral.

I agree with you about repetition.


    Reference: http://www.ge.com/company/leadership/index.html
Peter Linton (X)
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Thanks for that. Will consult with client too.
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Asker: PS. Reference was helpful.

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Reference information:
'ledarskapsutbildning', 'att vara bra ledare', 'våra ledare', etc.

I would stick to English "leader"/"leadership" in these cases. "Manager" is usually translated "chef" in Swedish.

"Leadership" has a more abstract sense than "management".

Repetition: should perhaps be avoided in literature/fiction, but in many other types of texts, authors use the same word to indicate that they are talking about the same concept, and then it would be wrong to translate with different words.

Thomas Johansson
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