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ideellt engagemang

English translation: altruistic commitment

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Swedish term or phrase:ideellt engagemang
English translation:altruistic commitment
Entered by: dmesnier

01:09 Sep 29, 2015
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Film industry
Swedish term or phrase: ideellt engagemang
Hi, I'm trying to come up with the best English translation here. Non-financial commitment/non-material or perhaps simply unconditional commitment"?
It appears in the following.

Som för all filmproduktion i Europa så finns det en hel del finansiärer som inte främst har ett intresse eller förväntan om vinst på själva filminvesteringen. Istället sträcker sig motiven till att finansiera från närmast ideella engagemang och kulturpolitiska intressen till säkrandet av intäkter och exklusivitet i kommande visningsfönster.

Thanks for your help!
dmesnier
United States
Local time: 19:39
altruistic commitment
Explanation:
This may work.
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Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 17:39
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Thanks for your help!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2altruistic commitment
Michele Fauble
4 +1idealistic commitment
George Hopkins
4non-profit commitment
sans22 (X)
4moral commitment
Agneta Pallinder
3non-profit commitments (e.g. social, cultural, etc.)
Thomas Johansson


Discussion entries: 3





  

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
non-profit commitment


Explanation:
J.G. Sanders business dictionary defines ideellt as non-profit and engagemang as commitment.

sans22 (X)
Sweden
Local time: 02:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
idealistic commitment


Explanation:
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George Hopkins
Local time: 02:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 108

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Herbst: An idealistic engagement perhaps?
17 hrs
  -> Thanks Anna.
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
moral commitment


Explanation:
Another variant

Agneta Pallinder
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 42
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
altruistic commitment


Explanation:
This may work.

Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 17:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thanks for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Herbst: Or why not an altruistic involvement?
3 hrs
  -> thanks - yes, that's good
agree  Agneta Pallinder: Anna's version particularly
7 hrs
  -> thanks
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1 day 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
närmast ideella engagemang
non-profit commitments (e.g. social, cultural, etc.)


Explanation:
I think something like this would be the best solution here.
The "ideella" part cannot be limited to a specific qualifier (e.g. only "social" or only "cultural" etc."). The generic, negative "non-profit" captures it best. But it needs to be filled out with some more specific content, at a general level, thus adding the part "(e.g. social, cultural, etc.)".

Commitments that are "ideella" CAN be "altruistic" but are not necessarily so. Ex: a commitment to promote awareness/information about cheese, 16th century British history, some academic matter, ecology, Nazi ideology etc.

Similarly, "ideella engagemang" CAN have "moral" and "idealistic" components but do not necessarily have that (and probably don't in most cases). They can be morally neutral (and even evil) and can be highly "realistic".

Thomas Johansson
Peru
Local time: 19:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 45
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