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A personal skill that is usually interpersonal, nonspecialized, and difficult to quantify, such as leadership or responsibility.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: human resources
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Coined by the U.S. Army in the late 1960s, referring to any skill that does not employ the use of machinery.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
軟技能 /软技能
(ruǎnjìnéng)
— personal skill that is usually interpersonal, non-specialized, and difficult to quantify
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Finnish:
yleispätevä taito
— personal skill that is usually interpersonal, non-specialized, and difficult to quantify
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Finnish:
pehmeä taito
— personal skill that is usually interpersonal, non-specialized, and difficult to quantify
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German:
soziale Kompetenz
— personal skill that is usually interpersonal, non-specialized, and difficult to quantify
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German:
Soft Skill
— personal skill that is usually interpersonal, non-specialized, and difficult to quantify
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Greek:
ήπια δεξιότητα
(ípia dexiótita)
— personal skill that is usually interpersonal, non-specialized, and difficult to quantify
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Indonesian:
keterampilan nonteknis
— personal skill that is usually interpersonal, non-specialized, and difficult to quantify
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Indonesian:
kompetensi nonteknis
— personal skill that is usually interpersonal, non-specialized, and difficult to quantify
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Malay:
kemahiran insani
— personal skill that is usually interpersonal, non-specialized, and difficult to quantify
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Polish:
umiejętności miękkie
— personal skill that is usually interpersonal, non-specialized, and difficult to quantify
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Russian:
гибкий навык
(gibkij navyk)
— personal skill that is usually interpersonal, non-specialized, and difficult to quantify
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Russian:
надпрофессиональный навык
(nadprofessionalʹnyj navyk)
— personal skill that is usually interpersonal, non-specialized, and difficult to quantify
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Turkish:
yumuşak beceri
— personal skill that is usually interpersonal, non-specialized, and difficult to quantify
