Best practice

Danish translation: Bedste praksis

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English term or phrase:Best practice
Danish translation:Bedste praksis
Entered by: Jens Kaestel

06:46 Aug 13, 2008
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English term or phrase: Best practice
Bedste fremgangsmåde?
Ivana Friis Søndergaard
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:33
bedste praksis
Explanation:
For et par år siden ville jeg nok have været enig i, at det ikke skulle oversættes og det engelske udtryk bruges da også endnu, men på det seneste er udtrykket 'bedste praksis' blevet meget mere populært, f.eks. får det nu 4 gange så mange danske hits på Google.

Håber jeg har hjulpet... :-)
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Jens Kaestel
Australia
Local time: 10:33
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4 +2best practise
Susanne Roelands
4 +2bedste praksis
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
best practise
best practise


Explanation:
Jeg mener ikke, at det skal oversættes.


    Reference: http://www.dk.issworld.com/kvalitet_og_milj%C3%B8/kvalitet_i...
Susanne Roelands
Portugal
Local time: 23:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish

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agree  Diarmuid Kennan
0 min

agree  Jon Hedemann
43 mins
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
best practise
bedste praksis


Explanation:
For et par år siden ville jeg nok have været enig i, at det ikke skulle oversættes og det engelske udtryk bruges da også endnu, men på det seneste er udtrykket 'bedste praksis' blevet meget mere populært, f.eks. får det nu 4 gange så mange danske hits på Google.

Håber jeg har hjulpet... :-)

Example sentence(s):
  • Glenco besluttede i efteråret 2002 at implementere "Bedste praksis" konceptet inden for tre fagområder,....
  • Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen lancerer derfor en bedste praksis-hjemmeside, hvor bygherrer kan finde gode råd til byggeprocessen og læse om andre bygherrers gode erfaringer.

    Reference: http://www.glenco.dk/Nyheder/Nyheder/Bedste%20praksis%20i%20...
    Reference: http://www.building-supply.dk/article/view.html?id=22886
Jens Kaestel
Australia
Local time: 10:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lisa Horan (X)
1 hr
  -> tak Lisa

agree  NetLynx: Jeg foretrækker også oversættelsen!
5 hrs
  -> tak Netlynx
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Reference

Reference information:
Just for the record, when used as a noun, *practice* should be spelled with -ice at the end

Practise (with an s ) is the UK verb form; it is used with c in the US.

E.g. the Concise Oxford Dictionary gives:

practice
· n.
1 the actual application or use of a plan or method, as opposed to the theories relating to it.
2 the customary or expected procedure or way of doing something.
3 the practising of a profession. Ø the business or premises of a doctor or lawyer.
4 the action or process of practising.
· v. US spelling of practise.
– PHRASES in (or out of) practice having (or not having) practised an activity or skill on a regular basis.
– ORIGIN ME: from practise, on the pattern of pairs such as advise, advice.
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Under practise (with an s ) COD gives:

practise (US practice)
· v.
1 perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, maintain, or improve proficiency in it.
2 carry out or perform (an activity or custom) habitually or regularly.
3 be engaged in (a particular profession).
4 observe the teaching and rules of (a particular religion).
– DERIVATIVES practised adj. practiser n.
– ORIGIN ME: from OFr. practiser or med. L. practizare, alt. of practicare ‘perform, carry out’, from practica ‘practice’, from Gk praktikU, from praktikos (see practical).

Christine Andersen
Denmark
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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