Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
brännvagn
English translation:
burn trolley
Added to glossary by
Anna Herbst
Jun 13, 2013 20:28
10 yrs ago
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Swedish term
brännvagn
Swedish to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
It's clearly for secure destruction of documents - but I've racked my brains without finding a satisfactory translation.
"En brännvagn var en stor låst papperskorg på hjul i vilken tjänstemän dumpade känsliga papper efter läsning genom ett smalt inkast."
"En brännvagn var en stor låst papperskorg på hjul i vilken tjänstemän dumpade känsliga papper efter läsning genom ett smalt inkast."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | burn trolley |
Anna Herbst
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| 4 +1 | secured document container |
Lene Johansen
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| 3 | security incinerator bin |
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Jun 20, 2013 09:11: Anna Herbst Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Anna Herbst
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burn trolley
This is not a common term in Swedish, so why not be creative in English a well, and use "burn trolley" in line with "burn bag"?
Example sentence:
A burn bag is the informal name given to a container (usually a paper bag or some other waste receptacle) that holds sensitive or classified documents which are to be destroyed by fire
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Anna - a little creativity was very much appropriate to the context."
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Lene Johansen
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secured document container
Google it, and you will find tons of them. If you check out websites of document management companies, such as Iron Mountain, they now call them secured shredding containers.
Note from asker:
| Thanks for this Lene - I've noted it in case it crops up again and I need to be more specific than descriptive. |
14 hrs
security incinerator bin
One term that is used on the net is 'security bin' but I've added 'incinerator' for 'bränn'.
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