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förmedling

00:13 Jan 31, 2013
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Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Taxation & Customs / Swedish value-added tax ("Mervärdesskattelag")
Swedish term or phrase: förmedling
The context is the Swedish Value-Added Tax Act:

Förmedling av en transporttjänst enligt första eller andra stycket är omsatt inom landet, om transporttjänsten är omsatt inom landet.

"Intermediation" does not seem to be right, as it represents " brokerage function which brings together seekers and providers of goods, information, money, etc."

Thank you.
Cristian Iscrulescu
United States
Local time: 14:40


Summary of answers provided
4 +1Provision
Eng_Copywrit (X)
4freight forwarding
Sven Petersson
3mediation
Yvonne Tapper-Gardzina
3arrange
Lene Johansen
2 +1intermediation
Viachaslau
3sub-contracting
SafeTex


Discussion entries: 2





  

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mediation


Explanation:
or negotiation?

Yvonne Tapper-Gardzina
United States
Local time: 15:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
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arrange


Explanation:
It just means acting as an intermediary. Both this and SvenskAmerikan's suggestion are straight from the dictionary.

Lene Johansen
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Native speaker of: Norwegian (Bokmal)
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freight forwarding


Explanation:
förmedling av en transporttjänst => freight forwarding

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 23:40
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Provision


Explanation:
It sounds like the writer means: Provision of transportation services. In other words, they are providing a service.

Eng_Copywrit (X)
Sweden
Local time: 23:40
Native speaker of: English

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agree  George Hopkins
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intermediation


Explanation:
Your variant and your own explanation seem to up to the point.

The source texts IS about intermediation of transport services.

Very common in many industries: travel, real estate, private finance (mortgages and loans).

This piece seems to describe how VAT on this kind of intermediation is regulated/calculated in relation whether the transport service itself is delivered within the country or not.

Viachaslau
Sweden
Local time: 23:40
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in BelarusianBelarusian

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agree  Sven Petersson
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sub-contracting


Explanation:
Hello

Not sure on this but you act as a mediator in the sense that you take on a job and then pass it on (or part of it) to others, you are sub-contracting it. Some of the other answerers seem to want to say this but perhaps have not used the right term (mediate)

SafeTex
France
Local time: 23:40
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