Fiskeriverket skall läggas ner

English translation: The Board of Fisheries is to be dismantled

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)

Swedish term or phrase:	Fiskeriverket skall läggas ner
English translation:	The Board of Fisheries is to be dismantled
Entered by:	Patricia Nilsson

19:20 Jun 12, 2011

Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / Reoganisation or dismantling of government agencies

Swedish term or phrase: Fiskeriverket skall läggas ner

Previous translator used closed down, I found abolished. Does anyone have a good answer with a link backing it up?

Thanks ahead of time.

Patricia Nilsson KudoZ activity Questions: 118 (1 open) (2 without valid answers) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 1
Local time: 05:56

The Board of Fisheries is to be dismantled

Explanation:
dismantled, closed down, abolished
surely any of these would be possible

http://www.fishsec.org might be a useful website for you

Selected response from:

Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Local time: 05:56

Grading comment

Couldn't use it, but most people agreed with you.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +5

The Board of Fisheries is to be dismantled

Tania McConaghy

The Swedish Board of Fisheries is to be abolished

Anna Herbst

Discussion entries: 6

Answers

28 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

The Board of Fisheries is to be dismantled

Explanation:
dismantled, closed down, abolished
surely any of these would be possible

http://www.fishsec.org might be a useful website for you

Example sentence(s):

Should Obama keep or dismantle the Department of Homeland Security?
Announcing plans to dismantle the present Board of Fisheries, the Swedish Government has appointed an inquiry group to see which parts to....

Reference: http://www.fishsec.org/2009/09/11/swedish-fisheries-to-be-re...

Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Local time: 05:56
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 11

Grading comment

Couldn't use it, but most people agreed with you.

13 hrs confidence:

The Swedish Board of Fisheries is to be abolished

Explanation:
As a new authority is taking over the responsibilities of the old Board of Fisheries, I would use "abolish" in this case.

Cf. example sentence from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture,_Fisher...

Example sentence(s):

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Act 1919 abolished the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and created the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, which took on the powers of the Board and the remaining functions of the Food Production Department

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture,_Fisher...
https://www.fiskeriverket.se/2.1e93312510e313daf1280000.html

Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 13:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English
PRO pts in category: 11

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

Fiskeriverket skall läggas ner

English translation: The Board of Fisheries is to be dismantled

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

Your current localization setting

Select a language

Fiskeriverket skall läggas ner

English translation: The Board of Fisheries is to be dismantled

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

You have native languages that can be verified

Your current localization setting

Select a language