Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Arbeitnehmer/Angestellte
English translation:
employees/salaried staff
Added to glossary by
Sebastian Witte
Sep 14, 2017 19:20
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Arbeitnehmer/Angestellte
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Auditor\'s report: Notes for the Financial Year: Other Disclosures
Hi,
How would you distinguish between the two?
Im Berichtsjahr waren neben der Geschäftsleitung durchschnittlich 36 ***Arbeitnehmer*** beschäftigt.
Es handelt sich ausschließlich um ***Angestellte***.
My take:
Besides the management, 36 ***employees*** were deployed on average in the year under review.
These were exclusively ***commercial, white-collar staff as opposed to workers***.
Cheers,
Sebastian Witte
How would you distinguish between the two?
Im Berichtsjahr waren neben der Geschäftsleitung durchschnittlich 36 ***Arbeitnehmer*** beschäftigt.
Es handelt sich ausschließlich um ***Angestellte***.
My take:
Besides the management, 36 ***employees*** were deployed on average in the year under review.
These were exclusively ***commercial, white-collar staff as opposed to workers***.
Cheers,
Sebastian Witte
Proposed translations
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| 3 +7 | employees / salaried staff |
Armorel Young
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| 4 | employees/non-manual staff |
philgoddard
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employees / salaried staff
would be one way to go, making the distinction between Arbeiter who are paid a wage and Angestellte who are paid a salary.
Personally I would avoid "as opposed to workers" as it seems to suggest that Angestellte don't work!
Personally I would avoid "as opposed to workers" as it seems to suggest that Angestellte don't work!
Note from asker:
| Thanks, Armorel. |
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
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Michael Martin, MA
: Yes. Salaried employees
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RobinB
: This is perfectly OK. Sebastian doesn't need to go into any long explanation. PS: Arbeiter are "hourly workers".
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milinad
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BrigitteHilgner
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Steffen Walter
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philgoddard
: We don't know how they're paid, and whether it's (say) an hourly wage or a fixed annual salary. I think this is more about whether they do manual or non-manual work.
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It's a valid point, but as the company has no manual workers it is presumably in a business that doesn't involve manual work at all (e.g. a bank), in which case the distinction starts to sound odd
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gangels (X)
: correct (hourly paid staff/wage earners vs. salaried staff/workforce
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Comment: "Again, thanks very much, Armorel. This is very good. Also, thank you everybody who participated. "
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employees/non-manual staff
I don't believe the distinction between wages and salary is very meaningful these days. Angestellte are office/non-manual/white-collar workers.
Discussion
Diese Unterscheidung ist aber inzwischen aufgehoben.