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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Getting bored? #142020 04/14/2005 2:16 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Why not have your risk escalated? It is my unfortunate duty to translate some job descriptions into Indonesian. I was somewhat taken aback to find that one of the items is: identify/escalate/resolve risk At first I just thought somebody somewhere had got hold of the wrong word rather than actively seeking to employ Frank Spencer, but on googling "escalate risk" I found that in some contexts at least this does seem to be a desirable thing to do. Could anyone elucidate? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Getting bored? #142021 04/14/2005 6:45 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok I think they mean to "escalate knowledge of the risk to higher management" rather than "intensify/raise the level of risk". Somehow. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Getting bored? #142022 04/14/2005 3:43 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK That's probably right. The usual result of escalating to higher management is "Don't bring me problems! I want solutions!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Getting bored? #142023 04/15/2005 5:23 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I must admit this use of 'escalate' to mean 'transfer (a problem) to a higher level of authority' is new to me.It doesn't seem to be in any dictionaries I've consulted either. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Getting bored? #142024 04/15/2005 6:11 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Hi Bingley, In the back of my mind, there lingered a hunch that we've had this here before, some time ago: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=miscellany&Number=131877&page=&view=&sb=&vc=1 It stuck with me because I hadn't heard it either. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Getting bored? #142025 04/15/2005 9:20 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Though I was tempted to suspect a meaning connected with some nefarious activity of the World Bank, I'm now content that it is just another grotesque Bus.Speak usage. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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