den öppna högskolan
English translation: The Open University
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6 hrs confidence: 
open higher education Explanation: A translation is given in parenthesis after the Swedish. Put a comma after the end parenthesis and it makes perfect sense. It could be written better, but is understandable if you add the comma. |
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15 hrs confidence: 
The Open University Explanation: See the reference link at page 61 for use of this pairing by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education. The Swedish term was used in a government proposal for legislation in 2001 regarding reforms in higher education. I would capitalize the initial "The" here because the article was actually used in a title in the the original Swedish. And yes, adding a comma after you translate the Swedish term (however you do that) makes perfect sense. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 hrs (2011-01-10 17:02:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The original proposal for legislation was referred to as "Den öppna högskolan" by the Swedish government: http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/108/a/1647. I would translate the sentence here as: The legislation, referred to in Swedish as "Den öppna högskolan" ("The Open University"), enables higher education institutions to use alternative methods of recruitment and training ... Reference: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/20/29/37524407.pdf |
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