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bostadsrättsförening

English translation: below

16:17 Nov 9, 2003
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial
Swedish term or phrase: bostadsrättsförening
Försäljning av bostadsrätt
Amerikansk engelska
Paul Svensson
Local time: 06:32
English translation:below
Explanation:
co-op association

"To adequately insure your unit, it is important to know what structural parts of your home are covered by the condo/co-op association and what are not. You can do this by reading your association’s bylaws and/or proprietary lease."
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Billy McCormac (X)
Local time: 12:32
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Summary of answers provided
5cooperative ownership
Marianne (X)
5tenant-owner's society
Hans-Bertil Karlsson (X)
5cooperative apartment society or condominium
abborre
5below
Billy McCormac (X)
4 -1condominium association
Lindiwe Richardson (X)
1 -3see ...
Claudia Serban


  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): -3
see ...


Explanation:
livförsäkring med placering av sparpremien i en bostadsrättsförening =
building-society linked assurance


good look!



    Reference: http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/Controller
Claudia Serban
Local time: 13:32
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Peter Linton (X): I think in AmEn it is "condominium". Insurance is only a part of what a condo organises. But that's the extent of my jnowledge.
33 mins
disagree  Billy McCormac (X): see my answer
14 hrs
disagree  Madeleine MacRae Klintebo: building societies are a BrEng expression
17 days
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cooperative ownership


Explanation:
el. cooperative building society, housing cooperative (enl. slt:s ordbok)


    Engelsk-svensk fackordbok f�r ekonomifunktionen
Marianne (X)
Belgium
Local time: 12:32
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in pair: 171

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Billy McCormac (X): "Building society" is British; Pauln said he wanted American English.
14 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
bostadsrättsförening
tenant-owner's society


Explanation:
Enligt Wordfinder Prisma lexikon, samt wordfinder affärslexikon


    wordfinder prisma
Hans-Bertil Karlsson (X)
Sweden
Local time: 12:32
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in pair: 570

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Billy McCormac (X): he said he wanted Am English, this is a British answer
12 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cooperative apartment society or condominium


Explanation:
According to JG Sanders Swedish English Business Dictionary

also see the following link, under entry one

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cooperative


    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cooperative
abborre
Denmark
Local time: 12:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 77

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Billy McCormac (X): condo is not correct... see my answer
10 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
condominium association


Explanation:
Många träffar på Google.
Exempel se nedan.


    Reference: http://www.condohelp.org/
    Reference: http://www.condolawyers.com/condolawyers/articles/difference...
Lindiwe Richardson (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Billy McCormac (X): condo is not correct... see my answer
8 hrs
  -> I think you are right about the co-op instead of condo. Though I wonder is this term common outside of NY/NJ?
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
below


Explanation:
co-op association

"To adequately insure your unit, it is important to know what structural parts of your home are covered by the condo/co-op association and what are not. You can do this by reading your association’s bylaws and/or proprietary lease."


    Reference: http://www.cahomeinsurance.com/California_Condos.htm
Billy McCormac (X)
Local time: 12:32
PRO pts in pair: 335
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