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Gleichbehandlungsbeauftragte(r)

English translation: equal opportunities officer

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German term or phrase:Gleichbehandlungsbeauftragte(r)
English translation:equal opportunities officer
Entered by: Maureen Millington-Brodie

17:34 Dec 5, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
German term or phrase: Gleichbehandlungsbeauftragte(r)
In the following text:

"Mit der offenen Ausschreibung halten wir den Kreis der potenziellen Anbieter relativ groß", ergänzt Herr X, der vom Vertriebsteam für die Ausschreibung verantwortlich war. Ein weiterer Vorzug des Verfahrens: Das ausschreibende Unternehmen kann sich einen guten Überblick über die derzeitige Marktsituation verschaffen. Dabei konnte ABC bereits auf die guten Erfahrungen mit derartigen Ausschreibungen vom letzten Jahr zurückgreifen. Von der ordnungsgemäßen Durchführung der Ausschreibung hat sich auch der ABC-Gleichbehandlungsbeauftragte, Herr Y, überzeugt.

I imagine "equal treatment" is OK for Gleichbehandlung, but what about the "beauftragte"? Would "representative" be a suitable translation?
Robin Ward
Germany
Local time: 04:16
equal opportunities officer/representative
Explanation:
this is what it is usually called here
Selected response from:

Maureen Millington-Brodie
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:16
Grading comment
Yes, I just couldn't think of it - just goes to show what happens when one's away from one's home country for 20 years or more ....

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5equal opportunities officer/representative
Maureen Millington-Brodie
3Equality and Diversity Officer
analina


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
equal opportunities officer/representative


Explanation:
this is what it is usually called here

Maureen Millington-Brodie
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 14
Grading comment
Yes, I just couldn't think of it - just goes to show what happens when one's away from one's home country for 20 years or more ....

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: http://www.connexionsdirect.com/jobs4u/index.cfm?catalogueCo...
3 mins
agree  Trudy Peters: I'd say equal opportunity
25 mins
agree  Amphyon: that's it.
48 mins
agree  KARIN ISBELL
1 hr
agree  Steffen Walter: Also used in the singular (Equal Opportunity Officer), albeit less frequently.
15 hrs
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Equality and Diversity Officer


Explanation:
... is another option, these days, at least within the public sector, the term 'diversity' has pretty much replaced 'equal opportunities'. If you type the term into google, you'll find plenty of examples of job offers.

analina
Germany
Local time: 04:16
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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