i allt väsentligt beaktat

English translation: for all intents and purposes

13:55 Sep 25, 2008
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
Swedish term or phrase: i allt väsentligt beaktat
Legal term. Need to get this right:o)

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Norway
Local time: 13:07
English translation:for all intents and purposes
Explanation:
In other words, excluding any possible insignificant exceptions
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Larry Abramson
United States
Local time: 08:07
Grading comment
I'll stay with this:o) Thanks to all of you!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1with all due consideration
Anders Dalström
3 -1for all intents and purposes
Larry Abramson


  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
for all intents and purposes


Explanation:
In other words, excluding any possible insignificant exceptions

Larry Abramson
United States
Local time: 08:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I'll stay with this:o) Thanks to all of you!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you:o) However, I can't add a clarification here as the button is missing, but the sentence is like this: "vid bedömningen har x i allt väsentligt beaktat att du inte tidigare har utsatts för..."


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Graham Timmins: I agree with Larry's definition but the correct preposition is surely "TO all intents and purposes" (2,260,000 hits on Google is that is a reliable guide!)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
with all due consideration


Explanation:
means that everything has been taken into consideration before for example a 'sammantagen' assessment is made...5000 hits on Google for this phrase.

Anders Dalström
Sweden
Local time: 13:07
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you:o) However, I can't add a clarification here as the button is missing, but the sentence is like this: "vid bedömningen har x i allt väsentligt beaktat att du inte tidigare har utsatts för..."


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  George Hopkins
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