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Bonner Zurich Direktion

English translation: at the reception of Zurich Group's Bonn headquarters/at the reception of Zurich Group's German headquarters in Bonn

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German term or phrase:an der Rezeption der Bonner Zurich Direktion
English translation:at the reception of Zurich Group's Bonn headquarters/at the reception of Zurich Group's German headquarters in Bonn
Entered by: Sebastian Witte

10:37 Jan 18, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Insurance / Human resources: translating a job reference for a private individual
German term or phrase: Bonner Zurich Direktion
Hi,

This is from a job reference issued by a Bonn area event management and catering service business so I was wondering
whether assuming that the source is lacking precision here is valid at all because these people are from Bonn (basically), which is or used to be one of the slightly more essential/prominent long-term sites of Zurich Germany (covering both the Assurance and Non-Assurance divisions of Zurich Group Germany - I think).

Well, I have had a close look here: https://www.zurich.de/de-de/ueber-uns/unternehmen/zurich-gru...

But then, now what ... ???

My draft:
[Listing responsibilities of short-term employee at client companies, i.e. on-site work done on behalf of the Bonn area event management and catering service business mentioned], which included administrative work ***at the front desk of the Bonn offices of Zurich Gruppe Deutschland [Zurich Group Germany]***.

I do know that the term "front desk" is less common in UK English. However, I naturally need to avoid repetition when creating texts. See receptionist appears in the same sentence.

Please could you guys translate -- only the part in asterisks -- below: "Eingesetzt als Service- und Thekenfachkraft, sowie Empfangskraft inkl. administrativen Tätigkeiten] "***an der Rezeption der Bonner Zurich Direktion***." into British English?

Thanks,

Cheers,
Sebastian Witte
Germany
Local time: 11:34
at the reception of Zurich Group's Bonn headquarters
Explanation:
That's what I would use.

It's not uncommon for Germans to inadvertently 'impose' English language patterns on their own language. Plural forms, stuff like ""Restaurant's Öffnungszeiten" etc..

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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-01-18 14:40:05 GMT)
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Or make that "Zurich Group's German headquarters in Bonn", depending on whether their German entity had been mentioned before or not.
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Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 05:34
Grading comment
Right. Your solution doesn't preclude that at all. Thank you. (I understand that headquarters works for UK English, too, even though we did go with Head Office).
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3at the reception of Zurich Group's Bonn headquarters
Michael Martin, MA
3at the reception of the catering service located at ....
Edith Kelly


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at the reception of Zurich Group's Bonn headquarters


Explanation:
That's what I would use.

It's not uncommon for Germans to inadvertently 'impose' English language patterns on their own language. Plural forms, stuff like ""Restaurant's Öffnungszeiten" etc..

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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-01-18 14:40:05 GMT)
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Or make that "Zurich Group's German headquarters in Bonn", depending on whether their German entity had been mentioned before or not.

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 05:34
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 45
Grading comment
Right. Your solution doesn't preclude that at all. Thank you. (I understand that headquarters works for UK English, too, even though we did go with Head Office).
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Edith Kelly: but the person is working for caterers and not for the insurance group from what I gather
1 hr
  -> Understood. My solution doesn't preclude that at all.
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at the reception of the catering service located at ....


Explanation:
or providing catering for ... kann man sicherlich knapper formulieren

sonst macht das einfach keinen Sinn für mich. Von wem wurde denn das Zeugnis ausgestellt, von der Zurich Direktion oder vom Catering Service?

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Note added at 5 hrs (2020-01-18 16:20:30 GMT)
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na, dann sind wir uns einig .... eine Servicekraft, die ebenfalls mal Gäste empfängt (an der Rezeption) und auch leichte Bürotätigkeiten erledigt (Abrechnungen) und der Caterer ist der Caterer der Zurich Group und bei dem hat die Servicekraft gearbeitet. Ich sehe kein Problem im Quelltext. Und eingesetzt wurde die Servicekraft am HQ oder was auch immer der Versicherung. Ich denke, der Text ist jetzt voll verständlich.
Aber ... man kann ja mal die Servicekraft fragen, für wen sie gearbeitet hat bzw. feststellen, wer das Zeugnis ausgestellt hat. Noch einen angenehmen Abend wünsche ich vom Luganer See.

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 11:34
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 87
Notes to answerer
Asker: Vom Eventbetreuungs- und Catering Service, der die Kundin im regionalen Wirkungskreis bei der Zurich Group einsetzte. Dass "Eingesetzt als Service- und Thekenfachkraft," am Anfang des Stichpunktes steht, ist, so wie ich es sehe, ein Kohärenz-Kohäsions-Mangel im Quelltext, das hat mit der Tätigkeit bei der Zurich Gruppe Dtschld. nichts zu tun.

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