Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
feriefridage
English translation:
(extra) days off with pay/paid leave days
Added to glossary by
Helen Johnson
Aug 21, 2003 15:15
21 yrs ago
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Danish term
United Kingdom
Taught MA translation at Uni of Surrey
Native in: English 
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
feriefridage
Danish to English
Bus/Financial
personnel policies
Company personnel policies. Here, regarding leave of various types. If a 'fridag' is a public holiday, and 'ferie' is meant as going-away holiday (or not), what is a feriefridag?
I'd be grateful..
Helen :)
I'd be grateful..
Helen :)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | extra days off with pay |
Anna Haxen
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| 4 +4 | vacation days |
Charlotte Langbeen
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Proposed translations
+3
41 mins
Anna Haxen
Denmark
Denmark
Native in Danish
Denmark
BSc and lab technologist
Native in: Danish
Works in: English to Danish, Swedish to Danish, Norwegian (Bokmal) to Danish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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152
Selected
extra days off with pay
"Særlige feriefridage" are extra days off with pay that employees in the public sector "earn" as a supplement to their regular paid vacation. As of 2001 the number of extra days off is 5 per year, and the name has been changed to særlige feriedage. See link.
1. Særlige feriefridage – kort fortalt Finansministeriet og centralorganisationerne
indgik den 20. september 1999 en aftale om særlige feriefridage. ...
1. Særlige feriefridage – kort fortalt Finansministeriet og centralorganisationerne
indgik den 20. september 1999 en aftale om særlige feriefridage. ...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+4
2 mins
Charlotte Langbeen
United States
United States
Native in Danish
United States
Medical/Pharma, BA, 27 Years' Exp.
Native in: Danish
Works in: English to Danish, Danish
Related KudoZ points
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163
vacation days
Or "vacations days off"
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Note added at 2003-08-21 15:22:36 (GMT)
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It would be a day off that is \'deducted\' from your vacation days: Days off as vacation days.
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Note added at 2003-08-21 15:22:36 (GMT)
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It would be a day off that is \'deducted\' from your vacation days: Days off as vacation days.
Peer comment(s):
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Grégoire Thygesen
: Sounds good to me. I prefer just plain "vacation days" - at least that's the term we used when I worked in the U.S.
1 min
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| agree |
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
: misspelling, not vacations days off but vacation days off (one is day, two or more are days).
5 mins
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| agree |
crowntrans (X)
: any day off is a fridag but a vacation fridag is a dy off against your vacation credit
17 mins
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Tak til begge!
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Terry Arness
20 hrs
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Tak, Terry.
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