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10:22 Apr 16, 2006 |
Swedish to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Mats Wiman Sweden Local time: 17:15 | ||||||
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4 +1 | position of trust |
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4 | representative duties |
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4 | Responsible position |
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3 | honorary board member/ honorary appointment/ honorary appointee |
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2 -2 | Honorary office |
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representative duties Explanation: This is how I translated it the last time I met it! It can mean honorary post, but not for directors. As you say, commision of trust is gobbledygook in my view. |
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honorary board member/ honorary appointment/ honorary appointee Explanation: just synonyms, if they help... honorary nomination? honorary nominee? honorary position? honorary trustee? honorary cabinet member? position of trust? emeritus? (in some school contexts) |
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Honorary office Explanation: My dictionary also gives this, which would make sense if the director is, for example, a former CEO. Alternatively, it may be an individual who holds a voluntary unpaid honorary office in some body - for example a charity or church. Or could it mean a director's fiduciary responsibilities? Alternatively that the director has been entrusted with some confidential task? Just suggestions with low confidence. Depending on the context, I would go for Honorary office -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 hrs (2006-04-17 10:13:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Note the pertinent and valuable comments from Barry Taylor and asptech - my suggestion is clearly not the answer. |
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2 days 36 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
2 days 6 hrs confidence:
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