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12:17 Feb 23, 2007 |
Danish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Sociology | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Hanne Rask Sonderborg Denmark Local time: 11:48 | ||||||
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3 +1 | client group(s) |
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4 | target field |
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client group(s) Explanation: client group This just might fit. Or rephrase it slightly, e.g. Typically, the social counselling profession meets many unhomogeneous client groups... I often fnd that expressions that apparently are quite acceptable in Danish come over as horribly impersonal in English, but this is a bit subjective. That might explain your difficulty with 'domain' and 'subject field'. These are people, not batttery hens or products. It is a bit like the difference between people and persons. Especially in social sciences, this is in my opinion adaptation to target culture, not tweaking the menaing. Danes do see them as people, even if the words sound impersonal. Finally, if I can't find an equivalent universal term for something that comes up repeatedly in a document, this may be because it is a wide concept that covers two terms or or a scale of concepts in the target language. I find terms that are appropriate in English (always my target) and use them as consistently as possible. Just a thought. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 39 mins (2007-02-23 12:56:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry about the typos! |
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target field Explanation: See this link from Copenhagen Business School (glossary of educational terms). Reference: http://frontpage.cbs.dk/term/alfaresults.php?searchterm=G |
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