to be in question

English translation: to be in the running/under consideration/on the short list

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English term or phrase:	to be in question
Selected answer:	to be in the running/under consideration/on the short list
Entered by:	Yvonne Gallagher

20:22 Dec 11, 2013

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)

English term or phrase: to be in question

Dear colleauges,

the minutes I am currently translating state as follows:

Your bargaining position must have been wonderful. It is a great position *to be in question*.

Background: This is about someone that company X desperately wanted to hire.

Question: What does "to be in question" mean here? "to be sought after", "to be wanted"? Or is there some meaning that eludes me?

Thanks!

innsbruck

to be in the running/under consideration/on the short list

Explanation:
or possibly even

headhunted

I assume the witness is the person the company wanted to hire?

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-12-11 21:25:59 GMT)
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confidence medium without full context

or

it could be as simple as "be wanted" or "sought after"

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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-12-11 22:32:07 GMT)
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I just note that your previous question was from a transcription. Is it possible that something is missin here, e.g. to be "THE PERSON" in question? i.e the person sought/looked for or required...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-12-11 22:36:37 GMT)
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or

"the person in question" could mean the person in the spotlight"

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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 01:06

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to be in the running/under consideration/on the short list

Yvonne Gallagher

to be wanted

Musa Alzghoul

Discussion entries: 8

Answers

16 mins confidence:

to be wanted

Explanation:
The deemed the most suitable for the position.

Musa Alzghoul
United States
Local time: 20:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic

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peer agreement (net): +2

to be in the running/under consideration/on the short list

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 01:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
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