Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Oct 14, 2007 11:39
16 yrs ago
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Swedish term
Sweden
Always on time
Native in: English 
Works in: Swedish to English, Norwegian to English, Danish to English
avknoppning
Swedish to English
Law/Patents
Government / Politics
regulations
Paragraph heading:
"Konkurrens och avknoppning"
Later in the paragraph:
"För att stimulera konkurrensen har vissa kommuner låtit "knoppa av" viss offentligt finansierad verksamhet.
"Konkurrens och avknoppning"
Later in the paragraph:
"För att stimulera konkurrensen har vissa kommuner låtit "knoppa av" viss offentligt finansierad verksamhet.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | spin-off |
asptech
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| 4 | cloning |
Hugh Curtis
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| 3 | sell |
Mårten Sandberg
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Proposed translations
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spin-off
that is what it was called before there was such a Swedish word as "avknoppning" (if it can be called a word)
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Comment: "So it is. Thanks"
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Mårten Sandberg
Native in Swedish
Linguistic Engineering, (M.Sc. Eng.)
Native in: Swedish
Works in: English to Swedish, Spanish to Swedish, Portuguese to Swedish, and 2 more.
Swedish term (edited):
knoppa av
sell
Means just that. But you are the poet, so feel free to complicate it a little, to achieve a different register if you like.
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E2efour (X)
: If you go down this route, other words like avyttra will (perhaps reasonably) disappear!
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You are right. However my reasoning is that there is an overusage of similar words, when it is all about plain selling.
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cloning
Gullberg's entrance states= avknoppning: bildande av nya företag
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