Oct 10, 2002 13:53
21 yrs ago
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German term
native speaker with 10 years experience
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English
Grenzwerte
German to English
Bus/Financial
Telecom(munications)
telecom
Part of a list of document headings, no context. Document pertains to corporate structure. Is there possibly a general meaning for this that would relate to corporate structure? Thanks!
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Steffen Walter
Germany
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marginal (critical, threshold) values // margins
Grenzwert = marginal (critical, threshold) value, margin
Taken straight from the horse's mouth (i.e. Eichborn) - any of the above might fit a business/corporate context.
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or simply \"limits\"
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...to keep it as vague as possible, given absence of context.
Taken straight from the horse's mouth (i.e. Eichborn) - any of the above might fit a business/corporate context.
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or simply \"limits\"
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Note added at 2002-10-10 14:54:41 (GMT)
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...to keep it as vague as possible, given absence of context.
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Gillian Scheibelein
Germany
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limiting values
Is the general meaning, don't know if there is a special corporate term.
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Joanne Parker
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Three options: value limit, reference value, specification limit
These are all taken from the SAP in-house terminology tool. Just some suggestions for you to think over.
HTH,
Joanne
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Joanne
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constraints
For Grenzwerte I would normally think limiting values, too, but given the context of corporate structure, limitations or constraints might be more appropriate.
HTH!
HTH!
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Eva Blanar
Hungary
Hungary
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benchmarks
that is, minimum or industry-specific requirements set or objectives established on the base of a comparison with peers (=companies in the same industry, with similar profile)
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\'benchmark\' is very much corporate culture stuff...
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\'benchmark\' is very much corporate culture stuff...
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Steffen Walter
: Interesting idea - I also thought of this but rather in the sense of "Spitzenwerte" or "Vergleichswerte".
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Ja, eigentlich geht es hier um Vergleichswerte (nicht unbedingt Spitzleistungen!)
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maximum ranges
I don't think value is suitable here. They mean the outer limits of a spectrum of possibilities
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