Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Entscheidungsspielräume
English translation:
leeway in decision-making
German term
Türkiye
Entscheidungsspielräume
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José Patrício
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Aug 24, 2019 22:11: Björn Vrooman changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Aug 26, 2019 18:30: franglish Created KOG entry
PRO (3): Kim Metzger, franglish, Björn Vrooman
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Proposed translations
leeway in decision-making
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Ramey Rieger (X)
: My first thought, too
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Cheers, Ramey
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José Patrício
: Spielraum m - room to manoeuvre (BRIT) od maneuver (US), scope
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Thank you, José
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writeaway
: of course it's leeway. it really is non-pro
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Thank you, writeaway
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Kim Metzger
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Thank you, Kim
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United States
Creativity wins in the long run
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
impose/put limits on discretionary decision-making
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Note added at 3 hrs (2019-08-24 11:33:10 GMT)
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..or "imposing limits on the scope of discretionary decision-making"
But there's no significant loss of meaning, if you leave that out, in my opinion.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2019-08-24 12:38:44 GMT)
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Example:
"They don't want to “tie their officers' hands” by imposing administrative limits on discretionary decision making." https://books.google.com/books?id=I2HdSsCL5swC&pg=PA65&lpg=P...
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writeaway
: any refs?and where do you see the verbs in the German text provided?
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I'll post one later. I added those verbs as a bonus - no extra charge. I am aware the query didn't request that specifically
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decision-making scope / flexibility
or
make sure to limit the scope of decision-making
or
make sure to limit the decision-making scope
or
make sure to limit the decision-making scope
or any variety of these
South Africa
Finance, Legal, Business Texts
Native in: English 
Works in: German to English, Dutch to English, Afrikaans to English, and 1 more.
scope for decision-making
https://www.linguee.com/english-german/search?source=auto&query=Entscheidungsspielr%C3%A4ume
Reference comments
play spaces choice/selection
Spielraum bezeichnet im Sinne des Spielens, der Spielpädagogik und der Spielwissenschaft eine Örtlichkeit, die zum Zwecke des Spielens gedacht ist und meist auch mit spielförderlichen Einrichtungen und Spielgeräten dazu einlädt, beispielsweise Spielecken, Spielzimmer, Kinderzimmer, Spielhallen, Spielplätze, Sportplätze oder Ludotheken (Sammlungen von Spielen). - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spielraum_(Ort)
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Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
: are you kidding?
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Kim Metzger
: Not here.
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writeaway
: utter nonsense from start to finish and totally wrong context in any case
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Discussion
Also, I don't think it helps to look at the word in isolation. It's not Entscheidungsspielräume but Einschränkungen der Entscheidungsspielräume.
Limit(s) on discretionary power could work because Entscheidungsspielräume is presumably the same as "Ermessensspielräume" in your document (yes, I found it).
"Corruption is a symptom of wider governance dynamics and is likely to thrive in conditions where accountability is weak and people have too much discretion."
"...including, for instance, the way regulations operate in practice and the kind of discretionary power bureaucrats enjoy in their actual implementation..."
"Decreasing public officials’ discretionary powers may increase accountability, while electronic systems also strengthen the capacity to trace and monitor administrative actions..."
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...
In any case: don't see how this is a non-PRO question.
Thanks.