knäck

English translation: take

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Swedish term or phrase:knäck
English translation:take
Entered by: Paul Lambert

15:07 Feb 10, 2009
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / TV production
Swedish term or phrase: knäck
In a list of tasks needed to be done to finish a TV programme the following appears (the quotation marks are actually in the text).

"7 dagar klippa ”knäck”/episod" ...seven days of cutting what per episode?
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 23:07
take
Explanation:
Not sure here, but seven days of cutting/editing a take or an episode of a programme makes sense to me..
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Magnus Ølmheim
Italy
Local time: 23:07
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4Jobb
Katarina Lindve
3take
Magnus Ølmheim


  

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take


Explanation:
Not sure here, but seven days of cutting/editing a take or an episode of a programme makes sense to me..

Magnus Ølmheim
Italy
Local time: 23:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 4
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Jobb


Explanation:
Well, this is a very small context but it is slang for a job you do, especially between journalists. So, a jobb, seven days of work ahead of the poor fellow

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Note added at 15 hrs (2009-02-11 07:06:10 GMT)
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7 dagars jobb med att klippa varje episod

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Note added at 15 hrs (2009-02-11 07:07:09 GMT)
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...of course spelt in Wnglish instead "job", or "work"

Katarina Lindve
Sweden
Local time: 23:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Swedish
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