Björn Vrooman Dec 12, 2018:

E.g.

"After a while we lose the ability to focus and that's why we start to face concentration problems even while we are working in our quiet offices."
https://www.mentalup.co/blog/solving-focus-and-concentration...

"...limit your ability to notice things that are going on around you or interfere with your ability to focus on a task..."
https://www.verywellmind.com/learning-difficulties-in-ptsd-2...

This works well with "unkoordiniert."

Björn Vrooman Dec 12, 2018:

No comment... ...on the asker's question? I quote:
"as 'couldn't find any common thread' doesn't work"

"An idea or theme that is consistently present in several different areas or things. What is the common thread in these three novels?"
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/common thread

Roter Faden, as explained by a kids' show:
https://kinder.wdr.de/tv/wissen-macht-ah/bibliothek/kuriosah...

I quote:
"Jemanden, der oft gewinnt, immer gute Laune hat, und dem alles leicht von der Hand geht, nennt man einen Glückspilz. Oder man sagt: das Glück zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch sein Leben. Der rote Faden ist also etwas, das immer wiederkehrt oder da ist, wie ein Leitmotiv oder eine typische Besonderheit."

That's not even a match. Faden and roter Faden are often confused in German, too, IMO. I think this is about Faden verlieren:
https://die-ratgeber.info/arbeit/konzentration-nie-wieder-de...
https://www.pflegen-online.de/tipp-6-vier-wege-zu-mehr-achts...
https://editionf.com/Fokussieren-Tipps-Konzentration

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Steffen Walter Dec 12, 2018:

@ Phil I wouldn't categorise this question as "Other", which should be avoided as far as possible anyway, because this is still a medical context. I'd thus change it back to "Medical" if you agree.

Leila Howden (asker) Dec 12, 2018:

Thanks everyone and yes will do Stefan :)

Steffen Walter Dec 12, 2018:

Support request Submit a support request to ProZ.com staff and have the entry corrected by them.

https://www.proz.com/support?mode=ask&sp_sub_mode=ticket_sub...

Kim Metzger Dec 12, 2018:

It can be changed when you close the question and enter the terms in the glossary.

Anne Schulz Dec 11, 2018:

AFAIK it can't be changed (unless you'd want to close/delete this query and put up another one including the n). Just add the n in the glossary entry.

Leila Howden (asker) Dec 11, 2018:

I have noticed I missed the "n" in the kudoZ entry but not sure how to change it

Leila Howden (asker) Dec 11, 2018:

Sure Phil.
An der Arbeit habe er "keinen roten Faden hinbekommen", sei unkoordiniert gewesen, habe es einfach nicht so geschafft". Seiner Freundin seien Kurzzeitgedächtnisprobleme aufgefallen.

philgoddard Dec 11, 2018:

Please could we have the rest of the sentence, and the ones before and after it.