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udpegning af ulykkesfugle

English translation: identifying those who are accident prone


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Danish term or phrase:udpegning af ulykkesfugle
English translation:identifying those who are accident prone
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13:20 Apr 15, 2010
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)
Danish term or phrase: udpegning af ulykkesfugle
Der er udført ganske megen forskning om
ulykkers årsager og deres forebyggelse igennem de sidste 100 år med en udvikling fra
udpegning af ulykkesfugle til de tekniske foranstaltninger og over til at se på menneskelig
adfærd, til mere systemiske og sikkerhedskulturelle former
quincey
Local time: 12:43
identifying those who are accident prone
Explanation:
Identifying who is accident prone

Alainmv's suggestion is fine too. This was just the first thing I thought of.

It is in Gyldendahls Røde, and a couple of more colourful suggestions there are a jinx or a Jonah, but I am not sure they are quite what you want.

Types who seem to be jinxed or hexed, perhaps, if you want something like that.

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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 13:43
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2identifying those who are accident prone
Christine Andersen
1identification of high-risk individuals
Alain Mouchel


  

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identification of high-risk individuals


Explanation:
identification of high-risk individuals ?

Alain Mouchel
Local time: 13:43
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
identifying those who are accident prone


Explanation:
Identifying who is accident prone

Alainmv's suggestion is fine too. This was just the first thing I thought of.

It is in Gyldendahls Røde, and a couple of more colourful suggestions there are a jinx or a Jonah, but I am not sure they are quite what you want.

Types who seem to be jinxed or hexed, perhaps, if you want something like that.



Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 13:43
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 37

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Ek: This is the terminology originally employed long ago, as the source itself indicates. See http://tinyurl.com/y4gtohk for confirmation on historical use of "accident proneness".
1 hr
  -> Thanks. I associate the ´ulykkesfugl´ with the stormy petrel as a bird of ill omen, but I am not sure it fits here. I have also heard it used of ´tumbler-fumbler´ types.

agree  sampat
3 hrs
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