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"lök på laxen"

English translation: "frosting/icing on the cake"

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Swedish term or phrase:"lök på laxen"
English translation:"frosting/icing on the cake"
Entered by: Helen Jordan

08:17 Sep 14, 2007
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - IT (Information Technology)
Swedish term or phrase: "lök på laxen"
Context is the same as my previous question. Here is the whole of the last paragraph of my text which I hop gives enough context.

Om vi sedan rannsakar oss själva så inser vi idag att vi så klart skulle ha gått vidare med PDM i ett tidigare skede. Samtidigt tog vi steget just nu då tiden kommit ifatt PDM-marknaden i och med [Company A Name ] 3G PLM filosofi. Då vi tittade på olika lösningar blev valet av [Company A name] [Product name] enkelt. Ingen annan leverantör har ett så öppet koncept och så väl med 3D systemet integrerad funktionalitet. Att vi på köpet fick tillgång till Cadplatsens egenutvecklade [Product Name] ser vi som mycket mer än enbart "lök på laxen". Här fick vi utan att göra några som helst specialanpassningar automatik och bästa möjliga kvalitet i ritningsdistributionen. Något som innebar att enbart denna del av helhetslösningen betalade igen hela PDM-införandet på [Company B Reference client]."

Thanks for help. Very much appreciated.
Helen Jordan
Local time: 19:49
"frosting/icing on the cake"
Explanation:
An added bonus to top something off... although the way the expression is used in your source text is actually contrary to the way it is normally used in Swedish... which is negative.

An explanation of the expression's actual meaning is available in the reference, but for your particular context here, where the author of the document has misunderstood the meaning, you will need to translate with something positive, i.e. 'frosting on the cake'.

HTH
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EKM
Sweden
Local time: 20:49
Grading comment
Thanks!
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4 +8"frosting/icing on the cake"
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
"frosting/icing on the cake"


Explanation:
An added bonus to top something off... although the way the expression is used in your source text is actually contrary to the way it is normally used in Swedish... which is negative.

An explanation of the expression's actual meaning is available in the reference, but for your particular context here, where the author of the document has misunderstood the meaning, you will need to translate with something positive, i.e. 'frosting on the cake'.

HTH


    Reference: http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?l=sv&s=1695
EKM
Sweden
Local time: 20:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks!

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