engineering

Swedish translation: utveckling, konstruktion

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English term or phrase:	engineering
Swedish translation:	utveckling, konstruktion
Entered by:	Nina Engberg

19:51 Aug 25, 2001

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Tech/Engineering

English term or phrase: engineering

I was doing interpretation for an auto survey recently, and we were supposed to ask for engineering. I never could figure out how to translate that -- I had to say it in a roundabout way.
Ingenjörsavdelningen? It always frustrates me when I can't come to think of how to translate a word, so please, for my peace of mind, let me know how to say it in Swedish.LOL :-)
Tack på förhand
Nina

Nina Engberg KudoZ activity Questions: 110 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 230 United States
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utveckling, konstruktion

Explanation:
Oftast är det, som en annan påpekat, inte märkvärdigare än så. Man pratar t.ex. om "software engineering" och menar då helt enkelt programutveckling/programmering. Att det sedan också kan stå för det pampigare "ingenjörsvetenskap" och liknande är en annan historia.

Selected response from:

Bo Soderholm
Local time: 17:25

Grading comment

Tack, Bosse! Jag tror att ditt svar ligger närmast. Det verkar som att man inte använder begreppet på samma allomfattande sätt i Sverige. Ha en bra vecka!
Nina
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na +1

Ingenjörskonst, ingenjörsvetenskap

Hans-Bertil Karlsson (X)

teknisk briljans

Mats Wiman

utveckling, konstruktion

Bo Soderholm

Answers

17 mins

teknisk briljans

Explanation:
or simply 'teknik'

What we're talking about is the nitty-gritty of automobile construction: type of motor, gear-box, suspension, noise level, fuel consumption etc

Sociological factors, appeal, design, colour, space, total economy picture
are excluded.

Norstedts on 'engineering':
1 ingenjörsvetenskap [«» Ex äv. science of engineering], ingenjörskonst [«» Ex a triumph of (för) engineering], teknik;
ingenjörsväsen;
maskinindustri, verkstadsindustri [«» Ex äv. engineering industry];
maskinteknik, maskinkonstruktion, maskinbygge [«» Ex äv. mechanical engineering]

Norstedts Ordbok+MW

Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 17:25
Native speaker of:

Swedish
PRO pts in pair: 3482

3 hrs peer agreement (net): +1

Ingenjörskonst, ingenjörsvetenskap

Explanation:
Ytterligare en av dessa halvfloskler som amerikanerna gömmer sig under titt som tätt.

Det kan också rätt och slätt bara betyda "tillverkning", "konstruktion", "teknisk design" eller liknande.

Det finns säkert fler synonymer som jag inte kommer på just nu (kl 07.00 en dimmig söndagsmorgon).

Native

Hans-Bertil Karlsson (X)
Sweden
Local time: 17:25
Native speaker of:

Swedish
PRO pts in pair: 5265

13 hrs

utveckling, konstruktion

Bo Soderholm
Local time: 17:25
Native speaker of:

Swedish
PRO pts in pair: 281

Grading comment

Tack, Bosse! Jag tror att ditt svar ligger närmast. Det verkar som att man inte använder begreppet på samma allomfattande sätt i Sverige. Ha en bra vecka!
Nina

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