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rättsutredning

English translation: legal review

16:51 Nov 14, 2006
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Taxation & Customs
Swedish term or phrase: rättsutredning
This is a website for a firm of tax consultants. One of the services they list is "rättsutredning".

The page mentions the complexity of the legislation behind the Swedish tax system and that there is sometimes a need to investigate a client's problems in depth in order to find a solution. The actual word, "rättsutredning", only occurs in the page heading, not the text.

TIA for any suggestions
mogs61
English translation:legal review
Explanation:
It sure is common out there.
Naturvardsverket talks a lot about "utredningar" and refers to a legal review in the summary.
A legal opinion sounds more like the gist of a review; the conclusion.
BTW "opinion" is a false friend in Swedish/English so the reference from my colleague is questionable in that respect.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-11-14 19:34:19 GMT)
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This explains it all: http://www.jur.lu.se/Internet/Biblioteket/Examensarbeten.nsf...$File/xsmall.pdf?OpenElement
From ref: "...använder jag dock omväxlande begreppen intyg, ’opinion’ och *utlåtande* för att begreppet ’legal opinion’ inte skall förekomma flera gånger i samma mening"
(the author was obviously referring to the English "opinion" when putting it between ' ' )

"legal opinion" is "utlåtande"

Selected response from:

Mårten Sandberg
Local time: 03:49
Grading comment
Thanks Mårten. I'll go for this because while I like Björnar's suggestion, yours fits in better with my sense of the precise nature of the service being offered.
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Summary of answers provided
4legal opinion
Bjørnar Magnussen
4legal review
Mårten Sandberg
4legal opinion letter
Larry Abramson


  

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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
legal opinion


Explanation:
Ref 1: "’Reasoned legal opinion’. En ‘opinion’ som inte bara redovisar slutsatserna av. advokatens rättsutredning utan även det. bakomliggande resonemanget"

Ref 2: "(...)man begärt in en extern rättsutredning (legal opinion) som visat sig vara. alltför vag eller ofullständig."


    Reference: http://www.jur.lu.se/.../Examensarbeten.nsf/0/A028BD3BD0D4A5...
    Reference: http://www.riksbank.se/upload/Dokument_riksbank/Kat_publicer...
Bjørnar Magnussen
Local time: 03:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 7
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
legal review


Explanation:
It sure is common out there.
Naturvardsverket talks a lot about "utredningar" and refers to a legal review in the summary.
A legal opinion sounds more like the gist of a review; the conclusion.
BTW "opinion" is a false friend in Swedish/English so the reference from my colleague is questionable in that respect.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-11-14 19:34:19 GMT)
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This explains it all: http://www.jur.lu.se/Internet/Biblioteket/Examensarbeten.nsf...$File/xsmall.pdf?OpenElement
From ref: "...använder jag dock omväxlande begreppen intyg, ’opinion’ och *utlåtande* för att begreppet ’legal opinion’ inte skall förekomma flera gånger i samma mening"
(the author was obviously referring to the English "opinion" when putting it between ' ' )

"legal opinion" is "utlåtande"




    Reference: http://www.naturvardsverket.se/bokhandeln/pdf/620-5364-7.pdf
    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22legal+review&hl=sv&lr=&sta...
Mårten Sandberg
Local time: 03:49
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks Mårten. I'll go for this because while I like Björnar's suggestion, yours fits in better with my sense of the precise nature of the service being offered.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
legal opinion letter


Explanation:
This is the lawyer's output in these cases.

Larry Abramson
United States
Local time: 21:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 23
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