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Jourhem

English translation: Emergency foster care

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Swedish term or phrase:Jourhem
English translation:Emergency foster care
Entered by: Catherine Skala

18:01 Sep 28, 2015
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: Jourhem
Familjehem, jourhem, utredningshem finns för att ta emot barn.
Catherine Skala
Belgium
Local time: 22:19
Emergency foster care
Explanation:
For uses of the English term see here http://tinyurl.com/najcves
I don't know if you were stumped by the "jour" in jourhem, but it is like "jourhavande" e.g. "jourhavande läkare" "on-call doctor", a temporary foster home that is "on call". Apologies if I am explaining the obvious!
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Agneta Pallinder
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:19
Grading comment
Thank you very much for your help! :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +1Emergency foster care
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Emergency foster care


Explanation:
For uses of the English term see here http://tinyurl.com/najcves
I don't know if you were stumped by the "jour" in jourhem, but it is like "jourhavande" e.g. "jourhavande läkare" "on-call doctor", a temporary foster home that is "on call". Apologies if I am explaining the obvious!

Agneta Pallinder
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:19
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Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much for your help! :)

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agree  Anna Herbst
1 day 8 hrs
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