ein gleiches Verständnis

English translation: an equal understanding

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German term or phrase:	ein gleiches Verständnis
English translation:	an equal understanding

23:44 Nov 16, 2009

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Bus/Financial - Education / Pedagogy

German term or phrase: ein gleiches Verständnis

What does the word 'gleich' mean in this context? The sentence is question is setting out the learning objectives of a training course: ... ein gleiches Verständnis von ethisch richtigem Verhalten...fördern.

Jackie Cocker KudoZ activity Questions: 9 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 13:18

an equal understanding

Explanation:
It would be useful to have the entire sentence or question, but what you have provided would read something like 'promote an equal understanding of ethically correct conduct' - the reasonable assumption being that people's understanding of ethically correct conduct may differ...

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Mary McCusker
Local time: 08:18

Grading comment

Thanks everyone for some very helpful suggestions.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +4

an equal understanding

Mary McCusker

3 +1

a unanimous understanding

Annett Kottek (X)

common understanding

Barry Rich

a similar understanding

Susan Welsh

Discussion entries: 2

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21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

an equal understanding

Mary McCusker
Local time: 08:18
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks everyone for some very helpful suggestions.

49 mins confidence:

a similar understanding

Explanation:
This makes more sense to me, but we really need more context. It would apply if there had been prior discussion of some subject or other to be mastered, and then this one--to achieve a similar understanding.
It seems unlikely that people would have "equal" understanding of what constitutes ethically acceptable conduct.
See ref. for another example of phrase, which might help.

Reference: http://www.ifa.de/pub/kulturaustausch/archiv/zfk-1998/zeit/d...

Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 08:18
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

8 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

a unanimous understanding

Explanation:
Another possibility.

Annett Kottek (X)
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

German

14 hrs confidence:

common understanding

Explanation:
If the objective is that all participants should have the same understanding, then common understanding is best

Example sentence(s):

e.g. All participants should attain a common understanding of ethically acceptable behavior

Barry Rich
Germany
Local time: 14:18
Native speaker of:

English

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