medlyssning

English translation: monitoring

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Swedish term or phrase:medlyssning
English translation:monitoring
Entered by: Paul Lambert

14:19 Jul 1, 2009
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Education / Pedagogy / emergency services training
Swedish term or phrase: medlyssning
Sentence given:
"Leverantören skall tillhandahålla studiebesök och hospiteringsplatser med möjlighet till medlyssning."
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 22:00
monitoring
Explanation:
I think listening in is a good literal translation but it would more accurately be referred to as monitoring
Selected response from:

Sebastian Sussmann
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:00
Grading comment
A close call, this one. All the suggestions made sense. However, I decided to go with this answer in the text. Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4sit in
Pia Kurro
3 +1listening in
Charlotte Lindgren
4 -1monitoring
Sebastian Sussmann


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sit in


Explanation:
Please find a description in Swedish here:
http://eprints.bibl.hkr.se/archive/00001249/01/susannekallur...
the context is very similar to where "sit in" is used in English.

Pia Kurro
Estonia
Local time: 23:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EstonianEstonian
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
listening in


Explanation:
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Charlotte Lindgren
Australia
Local time: 05:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Herbst
1 hr
  -> Tack Anna :)
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
monitoring


Explanation:
I think listening in is a good literal translation but it would more accurately be referred to as monitoring

Sebastian Sussmann
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
A close call, this one. All the suggestions made sense. However, I decided to go with this answer in the text. Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Pia Kurro: No way. Monitoring is a totally different activity, with different objectives.
3 days 19 hrs
  -> i totally disagree with you, I think monitoring works well in this context, as an observational activity
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