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Norwegian to English translations [PRO] Government / Politics
Norwegian term or phrase:politisk møte
In this context a "politisk møte" is the highest body in the redevelopment project for Groruddal (Groruddalssatsingen), but it is used for similar projects, too. Example: "Ved behandling av Årsmelding 2007 ga Politisk møte 2008 sin tilslutning til fire forslag om vektlegginger i det videre arbeidet med Groruddalssatsingen." From what I can find out it is similar to an annual general meeting, only here the participants are state and municipal authorities and other interested parties. "policy meeting" is what I've come up with so far - "political" is out here, as that would imply a party-political meeting, which this is not.
Explanation: Miljøvernministeren, ministerne fra deltagende departementer og byrådsleder, byråder og bydelenes bydelsutvalgledere - these are all duly elected politicians, representing one or several parties. How this could NOT be called a political meeting is a little beyond me.
I finally agreed with you, Per. And that it should be written with capital letters - at least in this context. Entering link here for future reference: http://www.prosjekt-groruddalen.oslo.kommune.no/groruddalssatsingen/ . Thanks. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Unable to see why political is out here, and why it would be wrong to imply that party politics are involved. Politikkmøte would be a good term for policy meeting, but the term Politisk møte" suggests to me that it is indeed a meeting of political animals. As far as meetings being the highest authority, the same goes for Kirkemøtet, Årsmøtet, Landsmøtet and many others.
Upper case P indicates that it is, in this particular case, the name of the meeting. So it could be written like this: Policy meeting 2008 (Politisk møte 2008).
"Organiseringen av satsingen ble vedtatt i 2006. Satsingen øverste organ er ”Politisk møte”, som ledes av miljøvernministeren, og består for øvrig av ministerne fra deltagende departementer og byrådsleder, byråder og bydelenes bydelsutvalgledere. Møtet holdes årlig og skal gi mål og retning for arbeidet fremover og drøfte helheten og de økonomiske rammene for samarbeidet."
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policy meeting, policy-making meeting
Explanation: I see no reason to believe that "policy meeting" is wrong. Policy-making meeting is another option.
Egil Presttun Norway Local time: 23:16 Works in field Native speaker of: Norwegian PRO pts in category: 4
Explanation: This is what I thought of even before I read as far as your suggestion. Certainly in Danish, this would be the case: politik can refer to either politics or policy.
Diarmuid Kennan Ireland Local time: 22:16 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 20
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Asker: Thanks Diarmuid. But the trickier question here is actually "møte". Any thoughts on that (see definition I've added)
Explanation: Miljøvernministeren, ministerne fra deltagende departementer og byrådsleder, byråder og bydelenes bydelsutvalgledere - these are all duly elected politicians, representing one or several parties. How this could NOT be called a political meeting is a little beyond me.
Per Bergvall Local time: 23:16 Native speaker of: Norwegian PRO pts in category: 40
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I finally agreed with you, Per. And that it should be written with capital letters - at least in this context. Entering link here for future reference: http://www.prosjekt-groruddalen.oslo.kommune.no/groruddalssatsingen/ . Thanks.
Explanation: It is a meeting, but not just a meeting; it sounds like a decision-making body, ie an institution, so I would refer it to as a Governing Board or a meeting of the Governing Board.
Charlesp Local time: 23:16 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English
Explanation: Meeting where all public and private organisations that are touched or involved in a specific issue are invited.
Example sentence(s):
The Commission organized this stakeholder conference, which occurred on 22 nd November, on the EU\'s approach to the international co-operation against climate change after 2012, when the current Kyoto Protocol’s targets end.
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