velfærd - in this context

English translation: recreational

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Danish term or phrase:velfærd - in this context
English translation:recreational
Entered by: Ciarán Rooney

11:22 Jun 1, 2010
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Military / Defense / Facilities for forces stationed overseas
Danish term or phrase: velfærd - in this context
Det er også her i området, at containerne med velfærdsinternet og telefoner er opstillet.

I'm confused by what is meant by velfærd in this context.
Ciarán Rooney
Ireland
Local time: 15:40
recreational
Explanation:
Internet services for soldiers when off duty so that they can e-mail, Skype, Facebook etc. That's how I would understand it.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2010-06-02 05:58:27 GMT)
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In the US Army they seem to use the term "MWR facility" (moral welfare and recreation) - "Most deployment locations have an MWR. There are usually a few computers for free Internet access and sometime wireless is available. (http://armymomstrong.com/internet-access-for-soldiers-in-afg...

We have an over populated Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) facility with internet access which is a 15 minute walk away. (http://www.danpa.org/newsfromiraq.aspx)
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Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 15:40
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2recreational
Diarmuid Kennan
5telephone and Internet facilities for soldiers
Charlesp
4well-being
Michael Davies
4welfare
Charles Ek
3leisure
Alain Mouchel
3amenities; comforts; conveniences
Malberg
3 -3welfare-communication for welfare recipients
Brian Young


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
leisure


Explanation:
leisure Internet


    Reference: http://www.khyle.org.uk/ict3_cwk1/leisure/internet.htm
Alain Mouchel
Local time: 16:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -3
welfare-communication for welfare recipients


Explanation:
First, it seems to me that just about everyone has their own mobile device, and that there is no need for more than a "hot-spot" for skype, email, phone, etc. This would apply in particular to soldiers and anyone else who is fortunate enough to be indulging in any kind of leisure activity.
The last time I was in Denmark I noticed that the once ubiquitous public phones had all but disappeared.
It would be people who actually are on welfare who might benefit from having access to these communication services.
This is just a suggestion.

Brian Young
United States
Local time: 08:40
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Diarmuid Kennan: I don't think so. The text concerns "Facilities for forces stationed overseas", that's why they are placed in containers, probably in a military camp in Helmand province I expect.
15 hrs
  -> I guess I missed that bit of text at the top. So I have to disagree with myself as well.

disagree  Michael Davies: No, Brian, sorry I can't agree with you on this one.
17 hrs
  -> You are right, I just didn't read all of the text at the top

disagree  Charlesp: close; but misses the context ;-(
19 hrs
  -> Again, I missed part of the text

disagree  farmor: No!
4 days
  -> you are right, I was wrong here
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
recreational


Explanation:
Internet services for soldiers when off duty so that they can e-mail, Skype, Facebook etc. That's how I would understand it.

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Note added at 18 hrs (2010-06-02 05:58:27 GMT)
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In the US Army they seem to use the term "MWR facility" (moral welfare and recreation) - "Most deployment locations have an MWR. There are usually a few computers for free Internet access and sometime wireless is available. (http://armymomstrong.com/internet-access-for-soldiers-in-afg...

We have an over populated Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) facility with internet access which is a 15 minute walk away. (http://www.danpa.org/newsfromiraq.aspx)


Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 15:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 18

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mads Eriksen: It definitely seems to be internet facilities that can be used to keep up with life back home. Consequently, recreational sounds good to me.
2 days 8 hrs

agree  farmor: Sounds good to me, as well.
4 days
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
well-being


Explanation:
velfærd, in this context, would seem to be more than just 'recreational' and it obviously isn't 'welfare' in the usual sense. Gyldendal's Red gives well-being as an alternative translation and I go along with this.


    Reference: http://ordbog.gyldendal.dk/sitecore/content/Ordbog/Home/Opsl...
Michael Davies
Denmark
Local time: 16:40
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
amenities; comforts; conveniences


Explanation:
Another possibility.

Alternatives: creature comforts, accommodations, facilities.

Example: internet amenities.

http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=amenities

Malberg
Denmark
Local time: 16:40
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
telephone and Internet facilities for soldiers


Explanation:
or "telephone and Internet facilities for military personnel" or "troops" (depending upon context).

I wouldn't think that you have to specify what they can or can not do with the telephone or Internet access, or why it was provided to them, as that would be clearly implicit from the context. But you could add "to contact their family and friends" if you really wanted to.

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Note added at 21 hrs (2010-06-02 09:20:51 GMT)
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By the way, it is called a "Welfare Package" in the UK military, which usually includes 30 minutes of telephone calls a week and Internet access.

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 16:40
Native speaker of: English
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1 day 9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
welfare


Explanation:
See the first link for this example sentence originally from the U.K. Ministry of Defence:

"Internet access from the Forward Operating Bases has proved more challenging but we are currently in the process of running out a total of 20 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) nodes within the HERRICK theatre which should provide 40 welfare internet terminals for use in the forward areas."

Other examples will appear at the second link, such as this one:

"Under the agreement with Paradigm Services Ltd., NSSL will provide welfare Internet services as an extension to the Inmarsat-based services already provided to Paradigm for its Skynet 5 service."


    Reference: http://army-uk.info/news_detail.php?id=701
    Reference: http://tinyurl.com/2gxvqtg
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 10:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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