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English translation: at the leading edge

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15:26 Nov 6, 2007

Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research

Swedish term or phrase: ligger i framkant

Dessa fabrikanter ligger i framkant vad det gäller forskning och utveckling av produkter.

Inger Brandt KudoZ activity Questions: 315 (1 open) (14 without valid answers) Answers: 111
Local time: 05:13

English translation:at the leading edge

Explanation:
Pretty much sums it up...

Selected response from:

Clare Barnes
Sweden
Local time: 05:13

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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

at the leading edge

Clare Barnes

4 +2

in the forefront

George Hopkins

4 +1

at the cutting edge

Hanne Rask Sønderborg

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

at the leading edge

Explanation:
Pretty much sums it up...

Clare Barnes
Sweden
Local time: 05:13
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 16

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

in the forefront

Explanation:
Or at the forefront.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-11-06 16:32:43 GMT)
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Google gives well over a million each for in/at the forefront and at the leading edge

George Hopkins
Local time: 05:13
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 33

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

at the cutting edge

Explanation:
Found 1,640,000 Google hits for "at the cutting edge" and 781,000 hits for "at the cutting edge" + research

Example sentence(s):

Always at the cutting edge of social developments, those pale, smug Scandinavians have come up with the perfect alternative to cigarette smoking
Energy Technologies at the Cutting Edge

Reference: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_18_56/ai_n136...
Reference: http://www.iea.org/textbase/publications/free_new_Desc.asp?P...

Hanne Rask Sønderborg
Local time: 23:13
Native speaker of:

Danish
PRO pts in category: 4

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