sluten adress

20:35 Jun 13, 2013
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Swedish term or phrase: sluten adress
A closed address? Secret address? Secure address? What precisely is this?

"UD:s fyra byggnader i regeringskvarteren var slutna adresser."
Ian Giles
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:16


Summary of answers provided
5 +1undisclosed locations (secret addresses)
Charlesp
3 +1Restricted offices/buildings
Deane Goltermann
4unlisted addresses
Mitch Hammarstrom
4 -1closed address
Anna Herbst
3 -2final address/destination
Cynthia Coan


Discussion entries: 2





  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Restricted offices/buildings


Explanation:
These are off-limits types of places right?

Try http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/jun/24/usa.science

Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 10:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 70

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charlesp: Yes, but in this context, I think more than simply restricted. I mean, Rosenbad is restricted, but hardly a sluten adress. (Though if you asked anyone, including the police, where the "Rose bath" was, I don't think they would tell you.
2 days 17 hrs
  -> And everyone knows where the Pentagon is, too! I do like 'undisclosed'. My logical problem is with the Swe text, that as soon as you disclose you have these addresses, anyone interested starts looking for where they are. Tough to translate!

neutral  Anna Herbst: A restricted office does not need to have a "closed" or secret address.
3 days 2 hrs
  -> Agree to this objection, but my logical problem is the Swe, as soon as you disclose you have these addresses, those interested start looking for where they are. One thing in wartime is not necessarily the same in peace time. So my generic suggestion!
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
closed address


Explanation:
A "closed" address is not made public for security reasons.

Example sentence(s):
  • ...the aim of the "closed" address was to prevent the location /.../ from becoming known.

    Reference: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=GXLFo4_2PC8C&pg=PA31&lpg...
Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 18:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 37

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Charlesp: I really don't think that "closed" would be understood, even it is literally is what the word means. /// That was long ago, and even after reconsidering this, I have to ask, would "closed care" (a simular litteral translation) really be understood.
2 days 12 hrs
  -> Please take a closer look at the reference. This concept was used during the war.//The text appears to be about the WW2 era, and, NB the difference in meaning of "sluten" in "sluten vård". Better to compare "sluten överläggning" = "closed deliberations".
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2 days 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
undisclosed locations (secret addresses)


Explanation:
Considering that Google produces exactly one hit for slutna adresser</s>, I am thinking that this is a very closely held secret - even the term.

I would say "black addresses," although that very well is a possibilty. But I think these are secret addresses, i.e. "undisclosed locations."


Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 10:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Anna Herbst: Just another way of explaining what I said in my answer. However, "black address" means nothing to me.
9 hrs
  -> "black address" isn't supposed to mean anything to you - it is a secret. (actually it is called something simular to "black address" -- but I didn't want to make this page a target for survelance, (if you know what I mean.)

agree  Deane Goltermann: Will agree here, with the reservations I explained in my response above. 'Black' sounds cool, too!
17 hrs
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3 days 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
final address/destination


Explanation:
Another possibility.

Cynthia Coan
United States
Local time: 01:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Anna Herbst: Meaning of term misunderstood.
3 hrs

disagree  Charlesp: Sorry, but I don't think so; not in this context.
10 hrs
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37 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
unlisted addresses


Explanation:
The bit of context your provided seems to indicate that the physical location of these buildings ARE known, but the addresses are just unlisted? They're not secret buildings in the immediate sense that you think of when you hear the word secret, they just don't have mailing addresses. I could be wrong



Mitch Hammarstrom
United States
Local time: 01:16
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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