Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
styrelser
English translation:
council or governing board
Added to glossary by
Charlesp
Jan 25, 2005 11:13
19 yrs ago
Swedish term
styrelser
Swedish to English
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Government / Politics
Organisation Theory
Used in the sense myndighetssstyrelser - which I understand as being a public agency of sorts, and as well verkssyterlser, again, a civil service entity, but it is unclear to me whether the word itself is a (temporary) committee or an (established) institution or if one is in fact speaking about management of public works/civil service sector.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | council or governing board |
Charlesp
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| 5 | board of directors |
Sven Petersson
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| 4 | administration/government |
Jezicar
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| 4 | board |
George Hopkins
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Proposed translations
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27 mins
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council or governing board
- council- like city council (careful of spelling), for a municipality.
There are all kinds of variants in English, such as County Board of Supervisors (for a county), so it depends upon the source text and the target text how it is meant to be used (and what audience).
Board of Directors would be wrong, as that refers to private entities or foundations.
- "governing board" could be used in a general sense.
(Wouldn't ordinarily be used to refer to any temporary committee, it is more an established institution to govern, to supervise and/or set general policy.
There are all kinds of variants in English, such as County Board of Supervisors (for a county), so it depends upon the source text and the target text how it is meant to be used (and what audience).
Board of Directors would be wrong, as that refers to private entities or foundations.
- "governing board" could be used in a general sense.
(Wouldn't ordinarily be used to refer to any temporary committee, it is more an established institution to govern, to supervise and/or set general policy.
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12 mins
administration/government
Those are the entities which are established for governing but depends of what. In a way both things are right. But it all depends, cause in the enterprises "styresler" can be translated as "management" "board" "board of directors"in the union "committee" for the public work "government" or "administration" it all depends in which context.
14 mins
board
Not necessarily directors. Could be board of governors.
11 mins
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board of directors
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-01-25 11:29:37 GMT)
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\"Verkssyterlser\" is a typo. Should read \"verksstyrelser\". Means \"boards of directors of civil service departments\".
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-01-25 11:29:37 GMT)
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\"Verkssyterlser\" is a typo. Should read \"verksstyrelser\". Means \"boards of directors of civil service departments\".
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