collegiaal beslissende directie
English translation: The Board reaches decisions jointly/collectively
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|  Selected response from: Linda Flebus Belgium Local time: 03:35 | ||||||
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| 3 | The Board reaches decisions jointly. |
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| 3 | (chairs) a joint decision-making board |
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| 3 | Collegial Board |
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24 mins confidence: 
The Board reaches decisions jointly. Explanation: Van Dale : "collegiaal : 1. zoals onder collega's past of gewoon is; 2. door een college geleid" (college meaning "bestuurslichaam") Guess option 2 is the right one. It feels like a pleonasm in Dutch (I am a native speaker) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 39 mins (2005-04-05 07:57:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/nieuws/nieuws_detail.cfm?nieuws__i... Is this by any chance the text you are translating ? For this construction only 1 hit is found which might indicate the phrase is odd ... |
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41 mins confidence:
(chairs) a joint decision-making board Explanation: The previous answer joint management board is incorrect as that implies two or more independent management boards that have come together for a particular purpose which isn't the case here. Other than paraphrasing, the only other suggestion I can think of is: "The director of general affairs chairs a joint decision-making board which also comprises......" |
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Collegial Board Explanation: Collegial: characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues; "collegial harmony"; "a tendency to turn from collegial to one-man management" Synonyms: agreeing, collective, joint etc. etc. As a 'collegial board' joint decision making would be obvious. Don't know if it is a commonly used term, however, did get a few google hits. |
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