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Glossary entry

Norwegian term or phrase:

fylkeskommunal

English translation:

county

Added to glossary by Carole Hognestad
Jan 11, 2011 17:49
13 yrs ago
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Norwegian term

fylkeskommunal

Norwegian to English Bus/Financial Government / Politics
Given that "county authority" is being used here as a translation of "fylkeskommune", what then would the adjective form be (fylkeskommunal), e.g. fylkeskommunale foretak? Would it still be "county authority"??
Proposed translations (English)
4 +8 county
4 regional council

Discussion

Per Bergvall Jan 11, 2011:
The weirdness... ...that is Norwegian public administration does not translate easily. Ask 100 Norwegians what fylkeskommune means, and 98 won't be able to answer. The remaining 2% who know, probably work there, in some administrative capacity doing Lord knows what. Fylke isn't exactly the same as county, kommune is municipality, and fylkeskommunal should probably be translated into local government something, where something could be business, venture, investment, or whatever else fits. There is a strong movement calling for the eradication of fylkeskommune as a public administration tier, and I'm all for it.

Proposed translations

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county

This is the term used in the translation of the Local Government Act (kommuneloven).
Example sentence:

3. Den som er ansvarlig for regnskapet i kommunalt eller fylkeskommunalt foretak eller for interkommunal eller interfylkeskommunal virksomhet som omhandlet i § 27, er utelukket fra valg til styret for foretaket eller den interkommunale virksomheten

Any person who is responsible for the accounts of any such municipal or county undertaking or for any such establishment for the joint discharge of municipal or county authority functions as mentioned in section 27 of this Act is disqualified from electio

Reference:

http://www.lovdata.no/all/hl-19920925-107.html#map002

http://www.regjeringen.no/en/doc/laws/Acts/Local-Government-Act.html?id=439600

Peer comment(s):
agree Robert Sommerfelt (X) : Utdanningsdirektoratets ordliste oppgir: fylkeskommune => "county" eller "county authority" og fylkeskommunalt organ => "county body". (http://www.udir.no/upload/ordbok_no_eng.pdf)
4 mins
Thanks, Robert
agree Donna Stevens
4 mins
Thanks, Donna
agree Hege Jakobsen Lepri
15 mins
Thanks, Hege
agree trsk2000 (X)
5 hrs
Thanks, Tariq
agree Michele Fauble
14 hrs
Thanks, Michele
agree lingo_montreal : Definitely.
21 hrs
Thanks, lingo
agree Charles Ek
1 day 16 hrs
Thanks, Charles
agree Jenny Scott
1 day 19 hrs
Thanks, Jenny
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks for your help."
51 mins

regional council

The term to choose depends on which country your translation is targeted for. Here in Namibia they call it Regional Councils. The Norwegian term "fylke" is a regional structure in some places called counties, and a "fylke" consists of lots of municipalities. In Norway you have three levels of administration: national, regional (fylke) and municipality levels.

As previously mentioned, it is hard to translate directly. You have to adapt it to some regional/county level of administration in the contry you are targeting for.
Example sentence:

Det er en fylkeskommunal avgjørelse

That is a Regional Council decision.

Reference:

http://www.frst.govt.nz/news/Science+vital+for+decision+making

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