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English translation: Contested election

09:30 Jul 5, 2022
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Management
Danish term or phrase: kampvalg
How would you translate "kampvalg" the context of an election of HSE representatives for various service groups in a company, please?

The sentence goes:

"Er der flere end én ansat, som stiller op for samme gruppe, skal der være kampvalg."

Thanks a lot in advance.
Lene Henriksen
Denmark
Local time: 07:13
English translation:Contested election
Explanation:
This how I translate it
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Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 06:13
Grading comment
Thank you for clarifying - great links!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3Contested election
Diarmuid Kennan


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Contested election


Explanation:
This how I translate it

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 06:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thank you for clarifying - great links!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adrian MM.: 'you beat me to it'
2 hrs
disagree  Michael Davies: Although 'contested election' is shown as the translation of 'kampvalg' in ordbogen.com, this is not correct. Kampvalg is just a normal election with more than one candidate. A 'contested election', however, has a contested result.
21 hrs
  -> Hi Michael. You're right about a contested election having a contested result in a political context, but you're wrong about the meaning in the context of elections in an organisation. I will post some examples.
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