brännvagn

English translation: burn trolley

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Swedish term or phrase:brännvagn
English translation:burn trolley
Entered by: Anna Herbst

20:28 Jun 13, 2013
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Swedish term or phrase: brännvagn
It's clearly for secure destruction of documents - but I've racked my brains without finding a satisfactory translation.

"En brännvagn var en stor låst papperskorg på hjul i vilken tjänstemän dumpade känsliga papper efter läsning genom ett smalt inkast."
Ian Giles
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:41
burn trolley
Explanation:
This is not a common term in Swedish, so why not be creative in English a well, and use "burn trolley" in line with "burn bag"?
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Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 09:41
Grading comment
Thanks Anna - a little creativity was very much appropriate to the context.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1secured document container
Lene Johansen
3burn trolley
Anna Herbst
3security incinerator bin
SafeTex


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
secured document container


Explanation:
Google it, and you will find tons of them. If you check out websites of document management companies, such as Iron Mountain, they now call them secured shredding containers.

Lene Johansen
Local time: 18:41
Native speaker of: Norwegian (Bokmal)
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for this Lene - I've noted it in case it crops up again and I need to be more specific than descriptive.


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burn trolley


Explanation:
This is not a common term in Swedish, so why not be creative in English a well, and use "burn trolley" in line with "burn bag"?

Example sentence(s):
  • A burn bag is the informal name given to a container (usually a paper bag or some other waste receptacle) that holds sensitive or classified documents which are to be destroyed by fire

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_bag
Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 09:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 37
Grading comment
Thanks Anna - a little creativity was very much appropriate to the context.
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security incinerator bin


Explanation:
One term that is used on the net is 'security bin' but I've added 'incinerator' for 'bränn'.


    Reference: http://www.paper-round.co.uk/security-shredding/members/secu...
    Reference: http://www.melbdocservices.com.au/
SafeTex
France
Local time: 23:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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