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Mottagningskontroll

English translation: receiving inspection

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Swedish term or phrase:Mottagningskontroll
English translation:receiving inspection
Entered by: Jenny Tollet

11:27 Aug 20, 2013
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Pharmaceuticals / Administration
Swedish term or phrase: Mottagningskontroll
Example:

"Vid mottagning av prover kontrolleras levererat material. . . . . Mottagningskontrollen dokumenteras i därför avsedd loggbok för mottagningskontroll nr. . ."
Jenny Tollet
Sweden
Local time: 10:33
receiving inspection
Explanation:
Eg enligt: Stahre, TNC, Eriterm.
Selected response from:

George Hopkins
Local time: 10:33
Grading comment
Thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6receiving inspection
George Hopkins
3 +3Acceptance inspection
JaneD
4acceptance check list
Charlesp
5 -3reception control
Žiga Mujakić (X)


  

Answers


15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Acceptance inspection


Explanation:
Or delivery inspection. It's just saying that the material is checked on arrival to make sure it matches what has been ordered etc.

JaneD
Sweden
Local time: 10:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deane Goltermann: Agree! The is the standard term - see http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/european-standards/h...
29 mins
  -> Thanks Deane - good reference.
neutral  George Hopkins: Acceptance implies approval, which is not neccessarily the case.
49 mins
  -> Yes, I agree actually. I normally use "Reception inspection", but I've never been entirely happy with that either!
agree  Mario Marcolin
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Mario
agree  Charlesp: Could be.
1 day 5 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -3
reception control


Explanation:
Control where the reception of x is checked.

Žiga Mujakić (X)
Sweden
Local time: 10:33
Native speaker of: Native in SlovenianSlovenian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  JaneD: Definitely NOT - "control" cannot be used in English in this way (forgive the vehemence, I'm fed up correcting this one in proofreading jobs!)
29 mins
disagree  Sven Petersson: As JaneD.
1 hr
disagree  Charlesp: Sorry, but I don't think so; not in this context.
1 day 5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
receiving inspection


Explanation:
Eg enligt: Stahre, TNC, Eriterm.

George Hopkins
Local time: 10:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 25
Grading comment
Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JaneD
13 mins
  -> Thank you Jane.
agree  Sven Petersson
37 mins
  -> Thank you Sven.
agree  Mats Wiman
1 hr
  -> Thank you Mats.
agree  Mario Marcolin
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Mario.
agree  Jenny Ann Rydberg: Internet search shows that "receiving inspection" is the preferred choice vs. "reception inspection"
8 hrs
  -> Thank you Jenny.
agree  Charlesp: Though if using this term, I would say "receiving department inspection"
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thanks, but where did 'department' come from?
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1 day 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
acceptance check list


Explanation:
Here is an alternative:

"acceptance check list"
as in, ... when going over the acceptance check list." Or "The acceptance check list ..."

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 10:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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