Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
allvarliga händelser
English translation:
serious incidents
Added to glossary by
Petra Boyd (X)
Jun 14, 2009 21:31
15 yrs ago
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Swedish term
allvarliga händelser
Swedish to English
Tech/Engineering
Construction / Civil Engineering
disaster preparadness
Detta räcker inte när man ska beakta allvarliga händelser.
Talking about how building codes are insufficient to stop the spread of fire during "serious events".
Would it be fair to use the word "disasters"? Or is there a less-powerful word I could use, since katastrof is really a disaster...
Talking about how building codes are insufficient to stop the spread of fire during "serious events".
Would it be fair to use the word "disasters"? Or is there a less-powerful word I could use, since katastrof is really a disaster...
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | serious incidents |
Sebastian Sussmann
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| 3 | cases of emergency |
Viachaslau
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Proposed translations
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Sebastian Sussmann
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Understand the culture, get the meaning
Native in: English (Variants: US, British, Irish, UK)
Works in: Swedish to English, Spanish to English
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serious incidents
i think serious incidents is more commonly used when describing events that have a potential to lead to a catastrophe.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I used cases of emergeny in the document, but, due to peer comments I will award the points as the community sees fit"
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Viachaslau
Sweden
Sweden
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Sweden
Russian translator in Stockholm
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) 
, Belarusian
Works in: English to Russian, Swedish to Russian, Norwegian to Russian, and 4 more.
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26
cases of emergency
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Peer comment(s):
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amgt
: sounds good to me
However, "case of emergency" can encompass just about anything, at least in the AE version of the language, from the slightly serious incident to the extremely serious. So I still agree with the above.
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George Hopkins
: An incident is rarely an emergency. Sorry; should be 'a händelse'. Re Viachaslau's comment: a minor fire (incident) may develop into an emergency if not dealt with properly. Most fires are incidents that are dealt with without becoming an emergency.
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thanks, however i've tracked the asker's questions, the source texts delas with building codes and firefighting in particular, and fire is quite a case of emergency, probably the first that occurs. Thanks for the input anyhow
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