This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. German to English
  3. Education / Pedagogy

Kompetenzzuwachs

English translation: growth in skills

09:47 Jun 24, 2014
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
German term or phrase: Kompetenzzuwachs
Der "Kompetenzzuwachs", der sich aus internationalen Bildungsmaßnahmen bzw. durch einen Auslandsaufenthalt ergibt, z.B. Ausbildungsreife, Teamfähigkeit, Fremdsprachenkompetenz.
LillyGK
Local time: 01:16
English translation:growth in skills
Explanation:
http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/21837.aspx
Many possibilities, none of them including 'competence/competency'
Selected response from:

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:16
Grading comment
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4growth in skills
Lancashireman
5Competence growth
Machiel van Veen (X)
4acquisition of skills
Seiriol Dafy (X)
3rephrase
Vlad2
3intellectual and practical gains
Michael Martin, MA
Summary of reference entries provided
Skills vs. Competencies
mill2

  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
growth in skills


Explanation:
http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/21837.aspx
Many possibilities, none of them including 'competence/competency'

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 370
Notes to answerer
Asker: Suspected as much. Vielen Dank für die Klarstellung!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: 'Competence/y' is a 'no-go' here.
6 mins
  -> Thanks, Steffen. I suppose it was inevitable...
agree  Sebastian Witte
43 mins
agree  philgoddard
3 hrs
agree  Helen Shiner
3 hrs
neutral  mill2: not sure why everyone is so sure this shouldn't be translated as competency. See reference info below
7 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Competence growth


Explanation:
Dikke van Dale Duits - Nederlands en Nederlands - Engels.

Machiel van Veen (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 01:16
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
acquisition of skills


Explanation:
A possible alternative.

Seiriol Dafy (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in WelshWelsh
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you but I have to agree with Andrew. This is about adding to skills/knowledge people already have and expanding them, not about acquiring new ones. In social sciences they can be very picky about things like that.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lancashireman: This shifts the meaning slightly. A person with no skills whatsoever can set about acquiring them. Growth of skills implies building on what is already there.
1 hr
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rephrase


Explanation:
International training and/or placement/internship/stay abroad, such as vocational training, teamwork and language proficiency programs go a long way towards improving / help improve your skills.

Vlad2
Germany
Local time: 01:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lancashireman: 1) This rephrase places 'training, teamwork and language proficiency' in the wrong part of the sentence; 2) use of 'your' is overly familiar and may not suit the register; 3) 'improve' is not the same as 'grow'.
33 mins
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
intellectual and practical gains


Explanation:
Although "skills" is certainly not off the mark, it's a bit more narrow than the German "Kompetenz".

Compare with quote below:

"Students devoting time, money and energy to courses expect intellectual and practical gains from them."
http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:81892/wales_roleofs...

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 19:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 178
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)




Reference comments


7 hrs
Reference: Skills vs. Competencies

Reference information:
There is a discussion in education, for instance, about whether to focus on developing students' skills or competencies.

Example sentence(s):
  • Competencies, therefore, may incorporate a skill, but are MORE than the skill, they include abilities and behaviours, as well as knowledge that is fundamental to the use of a skill
  • There was a lot of discussion with regard to skills versus competencies. It was acknowledged that skills are updated quite fast due to changing technology but that competencies may be more permanant. It was noted from the research the forum had done that

    Reference: http://www.talentalign.com/skills-vs-competencies-whats-the-...
    Reference: http://sharland.wordpress.com/category/general-teaching/page...
mill2
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: I think the point being made is that "Kompetenz" in German is much more positive than "competence" in English.
1 day 6 hrs
  -> Not competency, though. I think that's used quite similarly
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search