Aktionsverband
English translation: SPV special purpose vehicle / SPE special purpose entity
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| 12:45 Jan 17, 2007 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Government / Politics | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Edith Kelly Switzerland Local time: 14:02 | ||||||
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| 3 | non-profit organization |
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| 3 | SPV / SPE |
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| 3 | local activist groups |
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16 mins confidence: 
non-profit organization Explanation: I think this is essentially what they are, though the German includes the idea of mission. I don't think this is possible to express in English with mission or a derivative of it. Let's see what others think. |
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6 hrs confidence:
SPV / SPE Explanation: special purpose vehicle / entity Ich denke, das könnte nach deiner weiteren Erklärung hier gemeint sein, so ne Art Zweckverband |
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2 days 3 hrs confidence:
local activist groups Explanation: would be what I would call them -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days3 hrs (2007-01-19 15:58:00 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I take this back, I hadn't read the list of members, they are all some kind of utility companies! Local activist doesn't fit at aL -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days3 hrs (2007-01-19 16:03:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- How about 'utility group lobbyists'? |
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