avknoppning

English translation: spin-off

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Swedish term or phrase:avknoppning
English translation:spin-off
Entered by: Paul Lambert

11:39 Oct 14, 2007
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Government / Politics / regulations
Swedish term or phrase: avknoppning
Paragraph heading:
"Konkurrens och avknoppning"

Later in the paragraph:
"För att stimulera konkurrensen har vissa kommuner låtit "knoppa av" viss offentligt finansierad verksamhet.
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 14:58
spin-off
Explanation:
that is what it was called before there was such a Swedish word as "avknoppning" (if it can be called a word)
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asptech
Local time: 14:58
Grading comment
So it is. Thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2spin-off
asptech
4cloning
Hugh Curtis
3sell
Mårten Sandberg


Discussion entries: 4





  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
knoppa av
sell


Explanation:
Means just that. But you are the poet, so feel free to complicate it a little, to achieve a different register if you like.

Mårten Sandberg
Local time: 14:58
Native speaker of: Swedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  E2efour (X): If you go down this route, other words like avyttra will (perhaps reasonably) disappear!
1 hr
  -> You are right. However my reasoning is that there is an overusage of similar words, when it is all about plain selling.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cloning


Explanation:
Gullberg's entrance states= avknoppning: bildande av nya företag

Hugh Curtis
Local time: 14:58
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
spin-off


Explanation:
that is what it was called before there was such a Swedish word as "avknoppning" (if it can be called a word)

asptech
Local time: 14:58
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
So it is. Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mårten Sandberg: Good suggestion
3 hrs

agree  Roald Toskedal
1 day 5 hrs
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