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Kommunernes ældre-, sundsheds- og handicapområde, kostproduktion m.v.

English translation: municipal healthcare, care for the elderly and care for disabled people, food production etc.


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23:18 Nov 30, 2011
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Human Resources / Employment agreement within the healthcare system
Danish term or phrase: Kommunernes ældre-, sundsheds- og handicapområde, kostproduktion m.v.
Arbejdstiden er fastlagt efter bestemmelserne i arbejdstidsaftalen for ansatte i kommunernes ældre-, sundsheds- og handicapområde, kostproduktion m.v. Overarbejde finder sted efter overenskomstens bestemmelser.
Pernille Kienle
Local time: 04:48
English translation:municipal healthcare, care for the elderly and care for disabled people, food production etc.
Explanation:
... employees in municipal healthcare, care for the elderly and care for disabled people, food production etc.
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Gitte Hovedskov Hansen
Denmark
Local time: 13:48
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Thank you!
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Summary of answers provided
4the municipalities of elder, health, disability and food production areas etc.farmor
4municipal employees in the areas of elderly and health care and services for the disabled; [...]WTSTranslations
3 +1municipal healthcare, care for the elderly and care for disabled people, food production etc.
Gitte Hovedskov Hansen
4The municipalilties with services for the elderly, healthcare and the handicapped.
Suzanne Blangsted
3municipal health care, care for the elderly, care for the disabled, cost production, etc.Cetra Hastings


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municipal employees in the areas of elderly and health care and services for the disabled; [...]


Explanation:
[...] cost production; etc.

Something along those lines

WTSTranslations
United States
Local time: 05:48
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The municipalilties with services for the elderly, healthcare and the handicapped.


Explanation:
My example for this type of service.

Suzanne Blangsted
Local time: 04:48
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 26
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
municipal healthcare, care for the elderly and care for disabled people, food production etc.


Explanation:
... employees in municipal healthcare, care for the elderly and care for disabled people, food production etc.

Gitte Hovedskov Hansen
Denmark
Local time: 13:48
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Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Young: This seems to me to be closest to the original (at least, for a US audience), with the reservation about "care for people with disabilities" I made in my discussion entry.
2 hrs
  -> I agree entirely with David's suggested improvement.
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
municipal health care, care for the elderly, care for the disabled, cost production, etc.


Explanation:
straightforward translation - there is no direct equivalent

If preferred: [employees within] municipal sectors for.....

but there aren't enough characters in the target term field.

Cetra Hastings
Local time: 12:48
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the municipalities of elder, health, disability and food production areas etc.


Explanation:
People employed in the elder, health, disability and food production areas etc. within the municipalities.

I think it reads better if rewritten as above

or

Employees in the county municipalities of ...

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Local time: 13:48
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