Test your business English!
Wie aktuell ist Ihr Business-englisch? Die folgenden 20 Begriffe kamen alle schon in Business Spotlight vor. Von TENLEY VAN DEN BERG
Match the English expressions (A–T) to their German equivalents (1–20).
A. return on relationship (ROR) B. boil the ocean
C. do a deep dive
D. open the kimono
E. gig economy
F. blue-sky thinking
G. curate
H. nothingburger
I. kick into the long grass J. thought shower
K. bandwidth
L. shrinkflation
M. on the table
N. going forward
O. back of the envelope P. evangelize
Q. deliverables
R. bleisure trip
S. takeaway
T. thought leader
1. a brainstorming exercise in which all possibilities are considered 2. the products or services provided upon the completion of a project 3. a large number of ideas 4. something insignificant 5. a reduction in product size while raising its price 6. value gained by cultivating positive communication with a business contact 7. to undertake an impossible task 8. leisure travel combined with business travel 9. a key message 10. quickly done or calculated 11. to disclose information 12. open to discussion 13. an authority or expert in a specialized field 14. to select, organize and maintain a collection of information or products 15. to do a thorough examination of something 16. a system whereby independent workers are hired for short-term work 17. to persuade someone to buy or accept a product or policy 18. avoid having to take a decision or action 19. the mental or physical capacity needed to do or consider something 20. in the future