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Profilierungsneurotiker

English translation: person who just wants to be noticed

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German term or phrase:Profilierungsneurotiker
English translation:person who just wants to be noticed
Entered by: David Moore (X)

09:30 May 28, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
German term or phrase: Profilierungsneurotiker
Entsprechend gereizt gerierte sich Haselsteiner in den Tagen vor dem Initial Public Offering (IPO) Mitte Oktober. Als »Profilierungsneurotiker« beschimpfte Haselsteiner schon im Vorfeld jene lästigen Aktionäre, die, wie er meint, »ungewaschen zu den Hauptversammlungen erscheinen, nur eine Aktie halten und den Vorstand mit sinnlosen Fragen quälen«.
njbeckett
Germany
Local time: 22:11
(people) who just want to be noticed
Explanation:
or "are desperate to be noticed/seen" is how I'd handle this in the given context. "Profile neurotic" seems mostly to be "Profile: neurotic" if you google the term.
Selected response from:

David Moore (X)
Local time: 22:11
Grading comment
Thanks for all your help David, it is much appreciated.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4(people) who just want to be noticed
David Moore (X)
3 +1profile neurotics
Ingrid Moore
3 +1Heckler
John Dale D.D.
3(a person with a) craving for recognition
Gert Sass (M.A.)
2 +1self promoters
Jonathan MacKerron
3 -2neurotic profiler
Lirka


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
profile neurotics


Explanation:
Profile Neurotics by Susan Batson.
http://ace-pieszecki.livejournal.com/3430.html

Example sentence(s):
  • don't worry ... while reading the current "Linux Magazin" I had a similar feeling 01:20 < morfoh> too much "profile neurotics" around :p 01:26 < rxr> ? ...

    Reference: http://www.t2-project.org/irclogs/t2-2005-11-05
Ingrid Moore
Local time: 22:11
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  hazmatgerman (X): Few hits and online Merriam-Webster doesn't recognize this meaning.
5 mins
  -> Agree with you!
agree  Barbara Wiebking
52 mins
  -> Thank you!
neutral  Lirka: don't get it
1 hr
  -> I was not sure myself!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
(people) who just want to be noticed


Explanation:
or "are desperate to be noticed/seen" is how I'd handle this in the given context. "Profile neurotic" seems mostly to be "Profile: neurotic" if you google the term.

David Moore (X)
Local time: 22:11
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks for all your help David, it is much appreciated.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Dale D.D.: an exhibitionist (with, or without, sexual impetus)
3 mins
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X)
2 hrs
agree  TonyTK: Yes, probably best to paraphrase it as it's such a common German term and "profile" or "neurotic" look strange in this context. Perhaps even "(self-obsessed) narcissists"?
3 hrs
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
18 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Heckler


Explanation:
I think in the context heckler would be good, it best descibes someone who interupts a meeting.

John Dale D.D.
Local time: 22:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  hazmatgerman (X): Within the context, and with the intended slight, yes. "image neurotic" (see my note to asker) sound untrue to me.
1 hr
  -> thanks, also I would agree the phrase "image neurotic" is construed. I find most usage of neurotic misusage. It seems the label is applied as a slur not a medical condition.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
neurotic profiler


Explanation:
I think that what is meant here is "profiling" ( surely most know the well-known racial profiling, although not the case here), so I thought that neurotic profiler or possibly also "judgemental neurotic" would suit the context.


Lirka
Austria
Local time: 22:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  John Dale D.D.: you seem to be describing a) profiler who happens to be neurotic or b) a neurotic who also is judgemental. As an aside, since we all make judgements are we all neurotic?
1 hr
  -> Ok, thanks
disagree  hazmatgerman (X): With Dale; would seem not to conform with source context.
22 hrs
  -> OK, thanks
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(a person with a) craving for recognition


Explanation:
… always trying to push him/herself to the fore

Pro|fil|neu|ro|se die; -, -n: Befürchtung, Angst, zu wenig zu gelten [u. die daraus resultierenden größeren Bemühungen, sich zu profilieren].

(c) Dudenverlag.


Gert Sass (M.A.)
Germany
Local time: 22:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 3
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
self promoters


Explanation:
self-promoting neurotics

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Note added at 21 hrs (2008-05-29 07:15:27 GMT)
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self-agrandizers

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bernhard Sulzer: yes, I agree a strong term like "self-promoting neurotics" is needed to reflect the German meaning.
1 day 6 hrs
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