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mid-term business plan

Swedish translation: treårig affärsplan


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English term or phrase:3-year mid-term business plan
Swedish translation:treårig affärsplan
Entered by: Sven Petersson
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07:29 Aug 20, 2005
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: mid-term business plan
The text is a media newsletter from a car manufacturer.

"X & Y president and CEO John Doe, made his Mid Year Speech outlining X & Y's 3-year Mid-term business plan."

I don't quite get it. Is the term 3 or 6 or 9 years long?

And how do we say it in Swedish?
Folke A. Nettelblad
Local time: 12:30
treårig affärsplan
Explanation:
American or Oriental tautology:
"short-term" < "mid-term" < "long term".
"3-year Mid-term business plan" = "treårig affärsplan"
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 12:30
Grading comment
Tack till er båda. Ni har ju alldeles rätt, medan jag stirrade mig blind och fick för mig att det var en affärsplan som täckte mitten av perioden.
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4 +2treårig affärsplan
Sven Petersson
4affärsplan på medellång siktReino Havbrandt


  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
treårig affärsplan


Explanation:
American or Oriental tautology:
"short-term" < "mid-term" < "long term".
"3-year Mid-term business plan" = "treårig affärsplan"

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 12:30
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 309
Grading comment
Tack till er båda. Ni har ju alldeles rätt, medan jag stirrade mig blind och fick för mig att det var en affärsplan som täckte mitten av perioden.

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agree  cologne
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1 day8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
affärsplan på medellång sikt


Explanation:
Kortsiktig, medelsiktig och långsiktig plan
Vilka toder då? Tja, det kan variera, men
Kortsiktig, 1 år
medelsiktig 1-4 år
och långsiktig plan 5-10

Reino Havbrandt
Sweden
Local time: 12:30
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 56
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