Oct 26, 2006 13:39
17 yrs ago
Danish term
arbejdsredskab
Danish to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
The company's ability to work quickly and adapt to change is their 'primary arbejdsredskab'.
'working tool' sounds too literal...any ideas?
'working tool' sounds too literal...any ideas?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | instrument |
Bjørnar Magnussen
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| 4 +1 | key competence/competitive advantage |
A. Grayshon
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| 4 | resource/asset |
Michele Fauble
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| 3 | is their primary force (or forte) |
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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| 3 | key to success |
Larry Abramson
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Proposed translations
1 hr
Bjørnar Magnussen
Specializes in field
Sworn translator, finance expert
Native in: Norwegian 
Works in: English to Norwegian, German to Norwegian, Swedish to Norwegian, and 8 more.
Related KudoZ points
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44
Selected
instrument
"Instrument" is often used figuratively:
"Reason, the capacity of non-contradictory identification, is our primary instrument of survival and happiness"
"We shall continue to use consensus and dialogue as our primary instrument for achieving our central objectives of stability, economic progress and ..."
"Reason, the capacity of non-contradictory identification, is our primary instrument of survival and happiness"
"We shall continue to use consensus and dialogue as our primary instrument for achieving our central objectives of stability, economic progress and ..."
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Michele Fauble
: 'Instrument for ...', 'instrument of ...' in an academic register, as in your references. "The company's ability to work quickly and adapt to change is their primary instrument" sounds odd.
5 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
7 mins
is their primary force (or forte)
just a suggestion - Forte means special accomplishment or strong point (or) a thing that a person does particularly well (Webster's dictionary)
7 mins
Larry Abramson
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Use the Asian advantage (US lawyer&team)
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English, and 3 more.
key to success
Terrible use of the word here....a metaphor that doesn't even come close
+1
22 mins
A. Grayshon
Qualified, Experienced, Professional
Works in: Swedish to English, Norwegian to English, Danish to English
key competence/competitive advantage
You haven;t given much context but i reckon this is what you're after.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
flynn
: In a current business marketing context, this translation would be my choice.
15 hrs
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3 hrs
Michele Fauble
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Native English
Native in: English
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
7
resource/asset
'primary resource' or 'primary asset'
Discussion
the company's underlying approach?
That would be the translation and, I think, OK - but the ability is really more of an 'asset'. Anyway, just my two cents...
Best,
Christian