fyrklövern

English translation: political below

12:01 Feb 16, 2008

Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / contract award (tender)

Swedish term or phrase: fyrklövern

Context:
Tilldelningen avser samtliga deltagande landsting inom fyrklövern. Sounds like a region?

Don Spade (X)

English translation:political below

Explanation:
Four-leaf clover. Fyrklövern is a Swedish expression referring to a coalition (in this case county politics) between four parties to the right of the Social Democrats.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs (2008-02-16 14:36:28 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

The asker's suggestion to leave an explanatory footnote is a good idea.

Selected response from:

George Hopkins
Local time: 00:01

Grading comment

Thanks for your local knowledge!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +1

political below

George Hopkins

4 +2

(inter)regional co-operation group

Anders G

Answers

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

political below

George Hopkins
Local time: 00:01
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 108

Grading comment

Thanks for your local knowledge!

Notes to answerer

Asker: George - to your knowledge, is the English version ever used or would it be better to leave this in Swedish (with appropriate footnote)?

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

(inter)regional co-operation group

Explanation:
I would normally agree with George's explanation, but in this case, I am pretty sure it refers to a inter-regional co-operation between 4 county councils ; see link below.

Reference: http://www.ltdalarna.se/troint/historik_person.asp?inr=358

Anders G
United States
Local time: 18:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Swedish
PRO pts in category: 8

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:

ProZ.com term search

Search millions of term translations