Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Wettbewerbsschub

English translation:

new round of competition

Added to glossary by Kim Metzger
Feb 9, 2003 18:05
21 yrs ago
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German term

Wettbewerbsschub

German to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
"XXX wird dadurch [introduction of a new technology] einem weiteren Wettbewerbsschub ausgesetzt"

I'm not quite sure what to make of "wettbewerbschub"...

Proposed translations

2 mins
Selected

subject to a new round of competition

I think that captures the spirit.
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, i think that sounds about right."
1 min

new competitive edge

maybe?

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additional competitive edge

The Stanford GSB Alumni Office and Career Management Center have organized this workshop
to give you an additional competitive edge on the bridge to their next ...
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7 mins

exposed to new competitive impulses

Highlight impulses better here, because new competition always leads to adaptations, that is they are an impulse for positive change.
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+3
15 mins

exposed to further competitive pressure

I don't think the verb "ausgesetzt" is compatible with anything purely positive. The author would have chosen a different verb if he had had something positive in mind.
Peer comment(s):

agree Nicole Tata
6 mins
Thanks!
agree Jacqueline van der Spek
31 mins
agree Ted Wozniak
1 hr
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