Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
tidningsmakeri
English translation:
putting together newspapers/magazines
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Apr 12, 2012 12:55
12 yrs ago
Swedish term
tidningsmakeri
Swedish to English
Marketing
Printing & Publishing
column
Column about a man explaining why he became a publisher, he loved "tidningsmakeriet" as a child.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | putting together newspapers/magazines |
Charles Ek
|
| 4 -1 | journalism |
tihomir
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| 3 | newspaper business |
lena helson
|
Proposed translations
+1
18 mins
Charles Ek
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Your meaning, from your words and mine
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English, and 2 more.
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putting together newspapers/magazines
A common childhood pastime "in some quarters." :-)
My suggestion is deliberately informal, to suit your context. The link below is from SAOB, the source for this:
"MAKERI , n.; numera bl. ss. senare led i ssgr -MAKERI -makeri⁴. l. ~makeri², resp. ~¹⁰⁴ l. ~¹⁰², n.; best. -iet, äv. -it; pl. -ier.
[efter mnt. -makerije, till mnt. maken, göra (se MAKA, v.¹)]
[MAKERI 0]
utförande av visst arbete.
[MAKERI .a]
a) (enst., †) ss. enkelt ord, om handtvärksmässigt utfört andligt arbete. ALMQVIST Hind. 260 (1833).
[MAKERI .b]
b) ss. senare led i ssgr som motsvara ssgr med -MAKARE o. angiva den värksamhet l. rörelse som dylika yrkesmän bedriva l., konkret, den värkstad o. d. där yrket bedrives; äv. bildl., om den värksamhet som bedrives av personer som betecknas med ssgr med -MAKARE i bildl. anv.; jfr de under MAKARE 2 o. 3 anförda ssgrna."
My suggestion is deliberately informal, to suit your context. The link below is from SAOB, the source for this:
"MAKERI , n.; numera bl. ss. senare led i ssgr -MAKERI -makeri⁴. l. ~makeri², resp. ~¹⁰⁴ l. ~¹⁰², n.; best. -iet, äv. -it; pl. -ier.
[efter mnt. -makerije, till mnt. maken, göra (se MAKA, v.¹)]
[MAKERI 0]
utförande av visst arbete.
[MAKERI .a]
a) (enst., †) ss. enkelt ord, om handtvärksmässigt utfört andligt arbete. ALMQVIST Hind. 260 (1833).
[MAKERI .b]
b) ss. senare led i ssgr som motsvara ssgr med -MAKARE o. angiva den värksamhet l. rörelse som dylika yrkesmän bedriva l., konkret, den värkstad o. d. där yrket bedrives; äv. bildl., om den värksamhet som bedrives av personer som betecknas med ssgr med -MAKARE i bildl. anv.; jfr de under MAKARE 2 o. 3 anförda ssgrna."
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18 mins
journalism
alternatively:
- reporting
- the newspaper business
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Note added at 21 mins (2012-04-12 13:17:27 GMT)
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Charles is right the term might need to be more informal, so if you decided to go with "journalism" or the like, you might want to rephrase it as e.g. "as a child I found the reporters' job exciting" or something like that.
- reporting
- the newspaper business
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Note added at 21 mins (2012-04-12 13:17:27 GMT)
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Charles is right the term might need to be more informal, so if you decided to go with "journalism" or the like, you might want to rephrase it as e.g. "as a child I found the reporters' job exciting" or something like that.
2 hrs
newspaper business
maybe
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