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English translation: statement of purpose


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08:36 Mar 28, 2010
Danish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Other / academic, admin
Danish term or phrase: funktionsbeskrivelse
fakultetets organisations- og funktionsbeskrivelse

a statement about the faculty's organisation and functions, obviously, but what would such a document be called in real English?
Graham Timmins
Sweden
Local time: 08:41
English translation:statement of purpose
Explanation:
You could also go with "Mission statement" by I prefer "statement of purpose"
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Stig Jensen
United States
Local time: 01:41
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thanks. Turned out the document is 40 pages so in the end I used 'handbook'.
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Stig Jensen
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statement of purpose


Explanation:
You could also go with "Mission statement" by I prefer "statement of purpose"

Example sentence(s):
  • Faculty organisation and statement of purpose

    Reference: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/fhss/about/purpose.aspx
Stig Jensen
United States
Local time: 01:41
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Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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thanks. Turned out the document is 40 pages so in the end I used 'handbook'.
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task description


Explanation:
Plain English.
Also used by EU in documents such as http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:... where funktionsbeskrivelse is used in Danish

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 07:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Asker: Thanks. It was a bit more than a task description so in the end I used 'handbook'.

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