Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/08

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Subject: [Leica] Leica gets new boss
From: DouglasMSharp at netscape.net (Douglas M. Sharp)
Date: Fri Oct 8 07:57:13 2004
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Hello Brian

Brian Reid schrieb:

>
>
>> Ralf Coenen (43), hitherto member of the Board of Management responsible
>> for Engineering, Cooperations and Asian Sales, will become the new 
>> Chairman
>> of the Leica Camera AG, Solms, as from January 1, 2005.
>
>
> They have simply transliterated the word "Kooperationen" rather than 
> trying to find an English word or phrase that carries similar meaning. 
> Most likely the best English word would be "Partnerships" or 
> "Co-Marketing", but this is where my knowledge of German is not strong 
> enough.
>
How about "Joint ventures" ? seems to cover what he's been doing, both 
in marketing and technology. The German word is really directly 
translatable as
Co - Operations - in the most obvious sense/meaning of the word.
Douglas


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