Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
fagressurser
English translation:
specialist resources
Added to glossary by
Per Bergvall
May 31, 2010 07:16
13 yrs ago
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Norwegian term
Norway
Automotive, PC, IT: Fast, high quality
Native in: Norwegian 
Works in: English to Norwegian, Norwegian to English, German to Norwegian, and 3 more.
fargressurs
Norwegian to English
Bus/Financial
IT (Information Technology)
As in "leverandøren plikter å holde sine fagressurser adekvat oppdatert på lover, regler og alminnelig teknisk utvikling". The trouble is 'fag-', which could be trade, field, skill, profession and a bunch of others. I'm leaning towards vocational resources, which gets 68,000 G-hits and sounds about right - but just about. Anyone got a better idea?
Other similarly tricky fag-terms (OK, I know) include fagdag, fagperson, fagområde, fagforum, fagmessig, while fagforening seems firmly established as trade union. I can't se trade working in all these cases, though.
Other similarly tricky fag-terms (OK, I know) include fagdag, fagperson, fagområde, fagforum, fagmessig, while fagforening seems firmly established as trade union. I can't se trade working in all these cases, though.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | specialist resources |
Vedis Bjørndal
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| 4 +2 | professional resources |
brigidm
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| 4 +1 | technical resources |
Charles Ek
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Proposed translations
+1
1 hr
Vedis Bjørndal
Norway
Norway
Native in Norwegian
Norway
Business, law, technical, and medical
Native in: Norwegian (Variants: Bokmål, Nynorsk)
Works in: English to Norwegian, Norwegian to English, Swedish to Norwegian (Bokmal)
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
specialist resources
Another option: expert resources.
Own experience.
Own experience.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
4 hrs
professional resources
You'll get no sympathy from us English translators over this, Per, as this is a challenge we meet almost on a daily basis, and one for which there is no one-to-one solution. It totally depends on the context. And in this context, I would definitely not recommend "vocational". I would recommend "professional" here because it covers such a wide spectrum, as implied in your example.
Peer comment(s):
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William [Bill] Gray
: I frequently use this one where the context is wide enough. Agree with your "non-sympathy" for the poor English speaker :)
18 mins
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Thanks, Bill. Hey - don't make it sound like we're ganging up on him :-)
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Vedis Bjørndal
5 hrs
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Thanks, Vedia
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+1
4 hrs
Charles Ek
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Your meaning, from your words and mine
Native in: English
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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11
technical resources
Yet another suggestion, "colored" by my own experience. :-) See the first link for Google hits on "technical resources" + update OR updated OR trained. The second reference link is the web site of a firm named "Technical Resources" that provides engineers on a contract basis.
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