Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
miljöanpassat
English translation:
environmentally compliant
Added to glossary by
Hugh Curtis
Apr 27, 2009 08:31
15 yrs ago
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Swedish term
miljöanpassat
Swedish to English
Tech/Engineering
Environment & Ecology
I've seen this translated in a few thousand places as environmentally-adapted. However almost all of these are Swedish cites. I was thinking along the lines of environment-friendly, enviornmentally acceptable, sustainable, etc.
Does anyone have a better idea?
Does anyone have a better idea?
Proposed translations
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Change log
May 11, 2009 08:15: Hugh Curtis Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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environmentally compliant
Actually "environmentally passive" would be the better term but compliant seems fine I think...
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amgt
: However, environmentally adapted is correct as well
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Thanks amgt, environmentally adapted of course. Just an alternative here...
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Ulf Norlinger
: I prefer compliant
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Thanks Ulf
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Fredrik Nowacki
: I like adapted somewhat better. To me, "adapted" signifies the durability of the material while "compliant" signifies it is recyclable. Compliant might (to some) seem a bit submissive towards the forces of nature. Just my humble opinion...
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Thanks Fredrik
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environmentally friendly
I think this fit well.
Peer comment(s):
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rajagopalan sampatkumar
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A Johansson
: = miljövänligt
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Ulf Norlinger
: does not fit context
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environmentally adjusted/aligned
... depending on the context, which is missing and would have helped.
There are plenty of English websites to support "environmentally adjusted" or "environmentally aligned", e.g.:
can diverge from environmentally adjusted ones. The output data for this industry include four .... environmentally adjusted productivity indices for ...
www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2001....
Environmentally adjusted measures of gains from trade liberalization: The case of United States corn production. Walaiporn Intarapapong, University of ...
digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9942169/
non-environmentally adjusted CUF is all that licensees must calculate under the ASME code's terms. In addition, there is no regulation – and Citizens have ...
www.nirs.org/reactorwatch/licensing/oclr05152008nrcrspcitlv...
evaluations by either developing a new set of environmentally adjusted fatigue ... A set of environmentally adjusted fatigue design curves may be developed ...
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/contract/cr68...
Today, some leaders – including USA President-elect Barack Obama – are seeing the opportunities that long-term investment in environmentally-aligned ...
www.csiro.au/news/Ecos-Dec-Jan-issue.html
... Nottinghamshire (with P W Downs); Design and performance of environmentally-aligned flood defence channels (with P W Downs); Geomorphological approaches ...
www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/contacts/a-z/index.phtml?nam...
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Environmentally compatible
Literally it means adapted to the environment. I don't know which is the best way to translate it, one suggestion is 'environmentally compatible'.
Example sentence:
Environmentally Compatible Electronic Products
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environmentally suitable
Maybe.
Discussion
Alltså ett miljöanpassat, återvinningsbart material som har hög tålighet.