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viewed asbeinggreedyand unscrupu-

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everywhere

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teller

overall

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TRICKYTRANSLATIONS

HowdoyousayIIdisposal"inGerman?

HowdoyousayKlausurinEnglish?

WhilethewordKlausuroriginaltycomesfromreligious

life.whereitreferstoa penodofretreatforthepurpose

ofreflection,in businesswenowoftenuseittorefertoa

meetingofseniormanagers,usuattyonethatis heldout-

sidethecompany,to discussandanalysea specificissue:

BeiderVorstandsklausurwurdedasneueUntemehmens-

leitbildfestgelegt. Here, Klausurisbest translatedas

(management!corporate)retreator(managementIcor-

porate)awayday:~Thenewcorporate-mlssionstatement

wasdecidedatthemanagementretreat."OccaslOnatty,

thisKlausurmightalsobetranslatedasoff-sitemeeting.

(The"site"beingthecompanyoffices.)

Secondly,Klausurisusedinacademiaasa synoynym

forPrO!ung:DerProfessorhatdieWlL-Klausurnochnicht

korrigiert.Thisisbesttranslatedas(written)exam(ination)

or test: "Theprofessorhasn'tmarked the economics

examinationyet."

EXERCISE 1 Translatethefollowingsentence.

DieKlausurinMathematikwarsehrschwierig.

In business,"disposal"islJsedinseveralsenses. Itcan

bea formalwayofsaying"sale":"Thecompanyplansthe

disposalof non-core assets." This is translated as

Veräußerung:DieFirmaplantdieVerau8erungvonVerm6-

gensgegenstanden,dienichtzumKemgeschJftgeh(Jren.

Wealsouse~disposar'inthephrase~beatsomeone's

disposal", meaning"beavailableforsomeoneto lJse":

"Thecompanyflatisatyourdisposalwhileyouarein

town." Here it is translated aszurVeitügungstehen:

WahrendIhresAufenthaltesstehtIhnendieFirmenwoh-

nungzurVertilgung.

"Disposal"isalsousedinthesenseofgettingridof

things,suchasrefuse(Abtall)ornuclearwaste:"Refuse

disposalis theresponsibilityoftheloca!authority."This

isbestIranslatedasEntsorgungorBeseitigung:DieAb-

tal/beseitigungistSachederStadtverwaltung.

Manyhouseholdkitchenshavea waste-disposal unit

(Miil/schlucken.Lastbutnotleast.themilitaryhasteams

specializinginbombdisposal(Bombenentscharfung).

EXERCISE 2 Translatethefollowingsentence.

Wearepranningthedisposalofourinsurancearm.

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