Entscheidungsspielräume

English translation: leeway in decision-making

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German term or phrase:Entscheidungsspielräume
English translation:leeway in decision-making
Entered by: franglish

08:01 Aug 24, 2019
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
German term or phrase: Entscheidungsspielräume
Achten Sie auf klare Definition und ggf. auf Einschränkungen der Entscheidungsspielräume. Can you please help me to translate "Entscheidungsspielräume"? Thank you in advance.
Pınar Atasoy
Türkiye
leeway in decision-making
Explanation:
leeway, always used in the singular form. Definition here: a degree of freedom of action or thought.
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franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 14:50
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4leeway in decision-making
franglish
5scope for decision-making
Cillie Swart
4impose/put limits on discretionary decision-making
Michael Martin, MA
3decision-making scope / flexibility
Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
Summary of reference entries provided
play spaces choice/selection
José Patrício

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
impose/put limits on discretionary decision-making


Explanation:
This works as a general translation that can be applied to many scenarios. But you should still provide more context,i f you can, to get more clarity on this.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2019-08-24 11:33:10 GMT)
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..or "imposing limits on the scope of discretionary decision-making"

But there's no significant loss of meaning, if you leave that out, in my opinion.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2019-08-24 12:38:44 GMT)
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Example:
"They don't want to “tie their officers' hands” by imposing administrative limits on discretionary decision making." https://books.google.com/books?id=I2HdSsCL5swC&pg=PA65&lpg=P...

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 08:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: any refs?and where do you see the verbs in the German text provided?
42 mins
  -> I'll post one later. I added those verbs as a bonus - no extra charge. I am aware the query didn't request that specifically
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
decision-making scope / flexibility


Explanation:
make sure to limit the flexibility of the decisions
or
make sure to limit the scope of decision-making
or
make sure to limit the decision-making scope
or
make sure to limit the decision-making scope
or any variety of these


Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
Germany
Local time: 14:50
Native speaker of: German
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
leeway in decision-making


Explanation:
leeway, always used in the singular form. Definition here: a degree of freedom of action or thought.

franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 14:50
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): My first thought, too
1 hr
  -> Cheers, Ramey

agree  José Patrício: Spielraum m - room to manoeuvre (BRIT) od maneuver (US), scope
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, José

agree  writeaway: of course it's leeway. it really is non-pro
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, writeaway

agree  Kim Metzger
9 hrs
  -> Thank you, Kim
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2 days 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
scope for decision-making


Explanation:
i have heard this used before


    https://www.linguee.com/english-german/search?source=auto&query=Entscheidungsspielr%C3%A4ume
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 14:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Reference comments


32 mins peer agreement (net): -3
Reference: play spaces choice/selection

Reference information:
Die Kinderstube (Gemälde von Fritz von Uhde 1889)
Spielraum bezeichnet im Sinne des Spielens, der Spielpädagogik und der Spielwissenschaft eine Örtlichkeit, die zum Zwecke des Spielens gedacht ist und meist auch mit spielförderlichen Einrichtungen und Spielgeräten dazu einlädt, beispielsweise Spielecken, Spielzimmer, Kinderzimmer, Spielhallen, Spielplätze, Sportplätze oder Ludotheken (Sammlungen von Spielen). - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spielraum_(Ort)

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
disagree  Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X): are you kidding?
1 hr
disagree  Kim Metzger: Not here.
1 hr
disagree  writeaway: utter nonsense from start to finish and totally wrong context in any case
3 hrs
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