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humanzentrierte Kommunikation

English translation: human-centric communication

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German term or phrase:humanzentrierte Kommunikation
English translation:human-centric communication
Entered by: Jonathan MacKerron

09:57 Apr 16, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general)
German term or phrase: humanzentrierte Kommunikation
Im Mittelpunkt der Forschung des "Excellence Centers" steht die so genannte *"humanzentrierte Kommunikation"*, die dem Nutzer die Anwendung von mobiler und vernetzter Technologie erweitern und erleichtern soll"
Thanks in advance
Jonathan MacKerron
human-centric communication
Explanation:
Bill Gates was one of the first to evangelize the term user-centric. And although I try hard not to refer to ".de" sites to corroborate a suggestion, the URL below will probably confirm that human-centric is what you're looking for.
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itla
Local time: 06:19
Grading comment
Number/quality of googles confirms, many thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2human-oriented communication
Serge Vazhnenko
4human-centric communication
itla
3 +1humanocentric communication
Lancashireman


Discussion entries: 2





  

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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
human-oriented communication


Explanation:
You can find this term in many printed sources as well as in Internet.


    Reference: http://www.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/ags/ai/projects/BARTHOC/...
    Reference: http://www.eurescom.de/~public-webspace/P900-series/P907/D1/...
Serge Vazhnenko
Ukraine
Local time: 07:19
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): this doesn't sound so "translated"
6 hrs
  -> Thank you so much, Ingeborg. Happy Easter for you!
agree  Erik Macki
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
human-centric communication


Explanation:
Bill Gates was one of the first to evangelize the term user-centric. And although I try hard not to refer to ".de" sites to corroborate a suggestion, the URL below will probably confirm that human-centric is what you're looking for.


    Reference: http://www.berlinews.de/archiv-2004/3039.shtml
itla
Local time: 06:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Number/quality of googles confirms, many thanks
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
humanocentric communication


Explanation:
...comes in at zero BUT 'humanocentric' on its own registers a respectable 10,600.
Presumably this term is an invention of the 'Excellence Center'. Maybe they should add TM to it.

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-16 11:04:34 GMT)
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I am not sure how 'humanorientierte Kommunikation' differs from 'humanzentrierte Kommunikation' but no doubt the people at the 'Excellence Center' could enlighten us.

(Results 1 - 10 of about 94 for 'humanorientiert')

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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-04-16 15:15:57 GMT)
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Here's another one: "human-centred communication"
http://www.ebookmall.com/ebooks/3d-videocommunication-algori...
In fact, it is an exact reproduction of 'humanzentrierte Kommunikation', both lexically and grammatically.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2006-04-16 17:47:36 GMT)
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There should be some mechanism for replying to peer comments elsewhere on the page ("...doesn't sound so translated").
All the answers proposed are, unfortunately, no more and no less plausible than the original term. 'Oriented' seems currently to be something of a buzz word and standard solution to every tricky question here on Kudoz. Perhaps some day we will get a CL5 definitive meaning for this all-purpose word.

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cetacea: with everything you say, and wholeheartedly, too!
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thanks C. Some more Kudoz favourites: 'state-of-the-art', 'hands-on' and 'in-house', all guaranteed to harvest an average of 40 points per month.
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