Jul 13, 2009 12:49
14 yrs ago
Dutch term
France
Your thoughts exactly.
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, English
Works in: French to English, English to French, Dutch to French, and 3 more.
DRAM (Doelstellingen, Resultaten, Aanpak en Middelen)
Dutch to English
Tech/Engineering
Business/Commerce (general)
project management
This is a heading in a project plan template: Samenvatting DRAM.
I was guessing GRAM would be close (for Goals, Results, Approach and Means) but I can't find any references to that acronym on Google.
Is there a similar acronym for this in English? Or do I really need to spell out all 4 words?
I was guessing GRAM would be close (for Goals, Results, Approach and Means) but I can't find any references to that acronym on Google.
Is there a similar acronym for this in English? Or do I really need to spell out all 4 words?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | GRAR |
MoiraB
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| 4 | GRAM |
Michelle Kuijpers
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Proposed translations
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GRAR
Came across GRAR, goals, results, activities and resources, though activities seems a bit far from aanpak
http://tinyurl.com/m5lggy
http://www.senternovem.nl/daeyouwensfund/financial_support/c...
A few other sites use 'objectives, results, activities and resources' without an acronym. A South African site talks about 'Objectives, results, activities, resources (DRAM)' but is clearly translating from Afrikaans.
http://www.bcoalliance.org/system/files/DGISform_V6_FINAL.pd...
Doesn't seem to be a common acronym in use, so I suspect you'd have to explain it anyway.
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Note added at 21 mins (2009-07-13 13:10:49 GMT)
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There seem to be so many ghits for 'results, activities /and/ resources' (and also some for 'results, activities /and/ means') and so few for '~ approach ~', that you have to conclude 'activities' must be the equivalent of 'aanpak'. Perhaps the Dutch text got it wrong?
http://tinyurl.com/m5lggy
http://www.senternovem.nl/daeyouwensfund/financial_support/c...
A few other sites use 'objectives, results, activities and resources' without an acronym. A South African site talks about 'Objectives, results, activities, resources (DRAM)' but is clearly translating from Afrikaans.
http://www.bcoalliance.org/system/files/DGISform_V6_FINAL.pd...
Doesn't seem to be a common acronym in use, so I suspect you'd have to explain it anyway.
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Note added at 21 mins (2009-07-13 13:10:49 GMT)
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There seem to be so many ghits for 'results, activities /and/ resources' (and also some for 'results, activities /and/ means') and so few for '~ approach ~', that you have to conclude 'activities' must be the equivalent of 'aanpak'. Perhaps the Dutch text got it wrong?
Note from asker:
| Thanks Moira! I'm checking with my client to have them clarify what they mean. You've provided very good options so far, though. Cheers! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Moira - my client actually preferred my original guess of GRAM, but I'm still giving you the points for the informative resources you provided."
5 hrs
Michelle Kuijpers
Native in Dutch
&
English
Specializes in field
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Native in: Dutch , English
Works in: Dutch to English, English to Dutch
GRAM
Goals, Results, Approach and Means.
Note from asker:
| Thanks Michelle! This is indeed what my client went for, even though it doesn't seem like a well-known acronym. |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
MoiraB
: gets zero support on google so it's simply a literal rendition
45 mins
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