Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
drift och verksamhet
English translation:
business operations
Added to glossary by
Charlesp
Jun 11, 2006 09:05
17 yrs ago
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Swedish term
drift och verksamhet
Swedish to English
Bus/Financial
Management
I am looking for a term more descriptive than “operations and activities,” that would be acceptable in British English.
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| 4 +1 | business operations |
Larry Abramson
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| 4 | operation and enterprise |
Lars Jelking
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Larry Abramson
United States
United States
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United States
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Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English, and 3 more.
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business operations
These ARE difficult, because verksamhet can refer to everything an organization does, business or not. Government agencies in Sweden regularly publish Verksamhetsberättelser. But when these terms concern a business, I usually translate verksamhet as business operations and drift as operations
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Lars Jelking
Israel
Israel
Native in Swedish
Israel
For professionals by professionals.
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Works in: English to Swedish, Swedish to English
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operation and enterprise
I have often seen 'enterprise' in connection with company 'activity'.
'Drift' is also reffered to as 'management' in some cases.
'Drift' is also reffered to as 'management' in some cases.
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