Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Can work with it

English answer:

working knowledge / basic user

Added to glossary by Ken Cox
Aug 25, 2008 15:33
15 yrs ago
English term

Can work with it

English Tech/Engineering Computers: Software
It's about a table summarizing software literacy of a person.

The idea is as follows:

MS Word 2003 - Expert user
MS Excel - *Can work with it*
....

For this "Can work with it" I would like to have an option, which woud sound more in parallel to "expert user" as indicated above.

Thank you!
Change log

Aug 25, 2008 16:32: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "*Can work with it*" to "Can work with it"

Sep 1, 2008 07:31: Ken Cox Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)

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Responses

+11
4 mins
English term (edited): *can work with it*
Selected

working knowledge

one option
Peer comment(s):

agree Jean-Louis S.
0 min
agree Paula Vaz-Carreiro : Yes. That's a very good option. To have a working knowledge means "you can work with it" :-) but are not an expert user.
1 min
agree Enza Longo
2 mins
agree Will Matter : "working knowledge" is good. You can also state various degrees of proficiency, such as "mildly proficient", "relatively proficient", "highly proficient", etc.
12 mins
agree Andres Pacheco
13 mins
agree Jack Doughty
25 mins
agree Erin DeBell : perfect
46 mins
agree Arnold T.
48 mins
agree Steffen Walter
54 mins
agree Mohamed Mehenoun
1 hr
agree Demi Ebrite
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "many thanks!"
+5
4 mins
English term (edited): *can work with it*

Basic user

A possibility
Peer comment(s):

agree Jean-Louis S.
0 min
Thanks jlsjr!
agree Enza Longo : also good
2 mins
Thank Enza!
agree Will Matter : Also acceptable.
14 mins
Thanks Will!
agree J Celeita (X)
42 mins
Thanks jesijay!
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
3 days 14 hrs
Thanks, Harald!
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English term (edited): *can work with it*

working knowledge of

According to my knowledge this expression is used in the US, particularly in CVs or resumes for fields of knowledge in wich you are not an expert yet
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8 mins
English term (edited): *can work with it*

non-expert user

This could be appropriate. You could also consider "Basic user" or "Basic competence".
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17 mins
English term (edited): *can work with it*

Relatively proficient

Just another suggestion. HTH.
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