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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Abf. GF

English translation:

"MD legally responsible for waste management"

Added to glossary by Languageman
Nov 9, 2005 11:44
18 yrs ago
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German term

Abf. GF

German to English Bus/Financial Management Environmental and logistic services
Very little context unfortunately. This is part of a job title in a list of members of staff at a waste management and logistics company.
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Assistentin Projektmanagement/Abf.GF
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Possibly a bit of a long shot - any one feeling inspired!?

Thanks in advance. Stephen.
Proposed translations (English)
3 Assistant to the Managing Director responsible for waste management
4 Environmental Managing Director
3 managing director
2 GF = Geschäftsführer = General Manager/Managing Director

Discussion

Languageman (asker) Nov 10, 2005:
It is indeed Austrian German, thanks for the link. I guess I'm going to have to use a verbose explanation here!
Steffen Walter Nov 10, 2005:
Is your text Austrian German? "Abfallrechtlicher Gesch�ftsf�hrer" seems to be confined to Austria - see, for example, http://www.abfallwirtschaft.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/100608...
Stephen Sadie Nov 10, 2005:
that is normally the term for lawful or legal => "resoponsible for" or maybe better "legally responsible for", Stephen.
Languageman (asker) Nov 10, 2005:
Aye, you were pretty close for sure, good guessing. Any suggestions as to why it's "Abfallrectlicher"?
Stephen Sadie Nov 10, 2005:
So it appears that my guess was right!
Languageman (asker) Nov 10, 2005:
Note from customer Just had a note back from the customer, confirming the abbreviation:
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�Abf.GF� bedeutet: Abfallrechtlicher Gesch�ftsf�hrer
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Languageman (asker) Nov 9, 2005:
Thanks for all the ideas. I think I�m going to double check this one with the customer to be on the safe side.
Scout2003 (X) Nov 9, 2005:
another thought, maybe it means Abfall Gesch�ft or Gesch�ftszweig
Steffen Walter Nov 9, 2005:
Otherwise this could be the Assistentin *des* Gesch�ftsf�hrers but Klaus's idea is a good one.
Languageman (asker) Nov 9, 2005:
Good thinking. No I can't rule out a typo at this stage. I'll check with the customer.
Klaus Herrmann Nov 9, 2005:
Can you rule out it's a typo? I would't be surprised if Abf. turns out to be a typo (or ocro) for Abt., Abteilung. Google supports this idea.
Languageman (asker) Nov 9, 2005:
Thanks for the thoughts. There is no gap in the source text between Abf. and GF - the space was my invention! I thought of "Gesch�ftsf�hrer", but that seemed a bit strange for someone who's other role was an assistant.

Proposed translations

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Assistant to the Managing Director responsible for waste management

to take the whole phrase.
(GFAbf. being the MD for responsible waste management)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks everyone for the detailed help and suggestions. I went with this (with the addition of 'legally') as it seemed the most accurate explanation of the Austrian meaning. I suggested "MD (Waste Law)" as a possible shorter alternative."
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managing director

GF means definetly Geschäftsführer
Abf usually stands for waste (maybe the person is the managing director of the waste company...)

hope this helps a little
Peer comment(s):
neutral Stephen Sadie : doesn't really answer the question!
21 hrs
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4 mins

GF = Geschäftsführer = General Manager/Managing Director

This might be part of the solution. Abf. *could* stand for Abfall(management) = waste (management) but by no means sure. Is there a blank space between Abf. and GF?

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Note added at 32 mins (2005-11-09 12:16:48 GMT)
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Klaus is right - this might well be "Abt(eilung) GF", whatever GF means here.
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Environmental Managing Director

Dateiformat: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - HTML-Version
Handbuch "Legal Compliance" und der Teilnahme am Environmental Manager Pool ... Tätigkeit als abfallrechtlicher Geschäftsführer gemäß § 15 Abs. 5 AWG; ...
www.wkw.at/Docextern/sindustri/oeko_audit_2002.pdf - Ähnliche Seiten

after the information that it is Austrian
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