Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
Instruktion
English translation:
Procedure, Guidelines; Instruction
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Charlesp
Dec 6, 2012 17:07
11 yrs ago
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Swedish term
Instruktion
Swedish to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
A company issues an "Instruktion" for Managers, such as in a handbook or company manual.
Of course one could translate this as "Instruction for Managers" (or "Instructions for Managers"). But that is somewhat of a lazy way of translating it; simply because the two words look almost the same (the spelling) and sound the same, that doesn't necessarily mean that the Swedish word has the same meaning as the same word in English).
How about "Directives for Managers," or simply "Statement of Company Policy ...")
Of course one could translate this as "Instruction for Managers" (or "Instructions for Managers"). But that is somewhat of a lazy way of translating it; simply because the two words look almost the same (the spelling) and sound the same, that doesn't necessarily mean that the Swedish word has the same meaning as the same word in English).
How about "Directives for Managers," or simply "Statement of Company Policy ...")
Proposed translations
(English)
3 | Procedure/Guidelines | Deane Goltermann |
4 | instructions | George Hopkins |
4 | Guide (for managers) | Sven Petersson |
4 | Mandate or directive | Lene Johansen |
Proposed translations
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Procedure/Guidelines
'Instruktion' often is either of these. Hard to tell from your description of the context. Don't want to muscle in on Sven's answer, which is entirely plausible.
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27 mins
instructions
Here, most probably.
2 hrs
Mandate or directive
These are words that convey the authoritative aspect of the word instruction in this context. These are rules, they are binding.
Example sentence:
Mandate for managers
Directive for manager
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