konkurrensutsatt verksamhet

English translation: activity/business exposed to competition

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Swedish term or phrase:konkurrensutsatt verksamhet
English translation:activity/business exposed to competition
Entered by: Meadow Media

08:51 May 10, 2004
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Swedish term or phrase: konkurrensutsatt verksamhet
Ja, just det
Meadow Media
Local time: 12:22
activity/business exposed to competition
Explanation:
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Note added at 18 mins (2004-05-10 09:09:59 GMT)
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That is a particular problem for the UK because of the relatively large proportion of our economy exposed to competition from the Eurozone
www.bankofengland.co.uk/speeches/speech105.htm

\"Verksamhet\" kan också vara \"sector\" beroende på vad du har, t.ex. den offentliga verksamheten = the public sector

China\'s banking sector could be exposed to competition
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/the_economy/newsid...

Large parts of public
sector have been exposed to competition and market mechanisms
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Daphne Theodoraki
Sweden
Local time: 11:22
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Summary of answers provided
4activity/business exposed to competition
Daphne Theodoraki
4business under competitive pressure
Sven Petersson
3competing or competitive
Yngve Roennike


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
activity/business exposed to competition


Explanation:
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Note added at 18 mins (2004-05-10 09:09:59 GMT)
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That is a particular problem for the UK because of the relatively large proportion of our economy exposed to competition from the Eurozone
www.bankofengland.co.uk/speeches/speech105.htm

\"Verksamhet\" kan också vara \"sector\" beroende på vad du har, t.ex. den offentliga verksamheten = the public sector

China\'s banking sector could be exposed to competition
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/the_economy/newsid...

Large parts of public
sector have been exposed to competition and market mechanisms


Daphne Theodoraki
Sweden
Local time: 11:22
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Native speaker of: Greek
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
business under competitive pressure


Explanation:
:O)

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 11:22
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 day 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
competing or competitive


Explanation:
Depending on the context, may be possible, as in competing in the marketplace.

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Note added at 2004-05-13 14:25:48 (GMT) Post-grading
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Well, I would go with a business that has to compete etc., the \"exposed\" suggestion is sort of a round-about way of saying just that, and is not used that frequently in English, really.

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Note added at 2004-05-13 14:45:49 (GMT) Post-grading
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Or, you could also say facing competition, especially if this is unfair and coming from abroad.

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Note added at 1037 days (2007-03-13 12:55:30 GMT) Post-grading
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..company in a competitive environment, is yet another option.
This upon revisit, as I was alerted by the Visitors feature in Proz.com to this post.

Yngve Roennike
Local time: 06:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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