She was given some keywords in German and English and wrote letters/memos based on those keywords, i.e. she turned a few notes and keywords into full-blown letters.

In a typical office setting, the Erledigung would also include dispatching the letter, i.e. sending it out by email or making sure the letter goes out to the mail.

Typical 'keywords' would include "Thank him for his letter, confirm the the delivery terms and mention our payment target". And she turned this into a letter.

IMO, the any other options can be ruled out.

In the additional context you provided the "Erledigung einfacher Korrespondenz" fits perfectly. It means she wrote the easier stuff on her own while, for more complicated matters, she was given instructions on the how to answer the correspondence.



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Mary\'s suggestion \'Handling correspondence in German and English based on\' should read \"Erledigung von Korrespondenz in englisch und deutsch nach Angaben von Stichworten\". Assuming the remainder of the text is written carefully, I\'d think it\'s keywords in English and German.

Taking the other statement into account (\"Erledigung einfacher Korrespondenz in englisch bzw deutsch\" ), it\'s obvious that she wrote correspondence in English and German. So, my argument in favor of short notes in German and English: It\'s redundant. Putting myself into an employer\'s shoes and given that her writing correspondence in a foreign language is mentioned before, I\'d read something else into this sentence: her English skills are pretty good. It suffices to give her a few notes, and she\'ll write a letter in English. Hence, I\'d go with the original phrasing.