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English translation: borrowed personnel


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Swedish term or phrase:inlånad personal
English translation:borrowed personnel
Entered by: Sven Petersson
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15:37 Feb 2, 2010
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Human Resources
Swedish term or phrase: inlånad personal
It is one of the choices of a search engine within a company's webpage. I understand the idea but I don't know if there is an English term for this.

Thank you!
Aradai Pardo Martínez
France
Local time: 09:18
borrowed personnel
Explanation:
Please search for "leased or borrowed workers" in reference below and for "borrowed personnel in " http://www.lbl.gov/LBL-Documents/Contract-98/ArticleX.html

Note the obvious distinction made in the Swedish expression "inhyrd eller inlånad personal"; please see http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/?nid=63&doktyp=ip&dok_id=GV1...
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 09:18
Grading comment
It was a hard decision since the term caused so much controversies!
But at the end, I decided to use your suggestion and references, both for inhyrd and inlånad personal.
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 -1borrowed personnel
Sven Petersson
5 -1seconded staff
Anna Herbst
4temporarily transfered personnelCharlesp
4 -1hired personnelGeorge Hopkins
4 -1temporary staff/consultants
Madeleine MacRae Klintebo


Discussion entries: 3





  

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borrowed personnel


Explanation:
Please search for "leased or borrowed workers" in reference below and for "borrowed personnel in " http://www.lbl.gov/LBL-Documents/Contract-98/ArticleX.html

Note the obvious distinction made in the Swedish expression "inhyrd eller inlånad personal"; please see http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/?nid=63&doktyp=ip&dok_id=GV1...


    Reference: http://www.imcservices.com/images/construction/2007_11_cn_no...
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 09:18
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 43
Grading comment
It was a hard decision since the term caused so much controversies!
But at the end, I decided to use your suggestion and references, both for inhyrd and inlånad personal.
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  George Hopkins: Borrowing people is a relatively rare occurrence. Yes Sven, I have bothered. The answer to the Asker's question depends of course on the context -- normally he will have to pay, if he borrows perhaps it's for free?
1 hr
  -> So what do you think the frequently used expression "inhyrd eller inlånad personal" means? Have you bothered to read my references?
neutral  Charlesp: Technically possible, depending upon one's perspective (and level of language), but not how it is professionally referred to as, I would say.
1 day21 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
temporary staff/consultants


Explanation:
You can hire both kind categories via agencies such as Manpower - the difference in terminology generally reflects how their skills/knowledge are evaluated.

Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Charlesp: I wouldnt think they'd be referred to as consultants, even if they do consuting work. And as for 'temporary staff,' yes, they are temporary and they are staff, but temporary staff implies temps (ie hired for the day or other brief period),hired from outsi
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hired personnel


Explanation:
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Note added at 18 hrs (2010-02-03 10:01:33 GMT)
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'Temporary personnel' may suit the Asker.

George Hopkins
Local time: 09:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Sven Petersson: Please see my answer and my references.
1 hr
  -> Personnel are normally hired, not borrowed. Google 21900 to 1750.
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1 day10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
temporarily transfered personnel


Explanation:
temporarily transfered personnel, is one option for a person who is working in another department due to a temporary transfer, though I would say staff, as in temporarily transfered staff.


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Note added at 1 day10 hrs (2010-02-04 02:26:41 GMT)
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could also say "temporarily assigned personnel"

Charlesp
Local time: 09:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Anna Herbst: Spelling!!! "Temporarily transferred staff" is a possibility, but "temporarily assigned personnel" is a casual worker, so not the same thing. Added 5/2 - possibly, but not the spelling always "transferred" with double r.
2 hrs
  -> I guess where you are things are different.
agree  George Hopkins: Agree with 'temporarily assigned personnel', which could be of any designation.
6 hrs
  -> Thanks George, I agree.
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
seconded staff


Explanation:
Secondment - the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere
(WordNet, Princeton)



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Note added at 1 day12 hrs (2010-02-04 04:14:41 GMT)
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As a reply to Charlesp who thinks only military staff are seconded. the following is from the University of Melbourne's Personnel Policy and Procedures Manual:
"Secondments may be used for a range of purposes, the most common being staff development. Secondment is also often used when the University wishes to gain the services of an employee of another organisation for a defined period. Secondments must be based on mutual agreement between the staff member, the University and the releasing or host organisation and must be for a specific period and must be agreed by those parties before commencement of any secondment."
http://www.unimelb.edu.au/ppp/docs/7.html#7.4.
See also notes on staff secondment at The Practitioners' Network for European Development Cooperation
http://www.dev-practitioners.eu/thematic-groups/institutiona...
and Secondment of Professional Staff-Quantity Surveyors, Planning/Cost Engineers, Estimators and Document Controllers
http://www.dgmarket.com/tenders/np-notice.do~4627949


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Note added at 1 day13 hrs (2010-02-04 04:49:45 GMT)
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Another way of expressing it would be "Staff on secondment"

Example sentence(s):
  • BP withdraws last of seconded staff from Russia

    Reference: http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=secondment
    Reference: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sect...
Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 19:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Charlesp: only for military, I would think
1 day24 mins
  -> You're wrong, Charles. Have another look at my original references and the new ones added today.
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