consistently

19:05 Mar 5, 2011
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English to Danish translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / Communication
English term or phrase: consistently
From a communication classification system (level of functioning)
Level II: "communication is not consistently effective" "person does not consistently alternate between sender and reciever roles", etc....
Jeg synes ikke "konsekvent effektiv" lyder rigtigt. Heller ikke ´stabilt, jævnt, altid... "oftest" er måske bedst?
Any ideas?
Ingrid Irgens
Local time: 17:21


Summary of answers provided
4 +2'konsekvent' eller 'altid'
Pernille Kienle


Discussion entries: 2





  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
'konsekvent' eller 'altid'


Explanation:
Det hjælper ofte at gå ind og finde synonymer for det ord, du ønsker at oversætte (se web-referencer nedenfor). Jeg synes bestemt, at 'altid' men også 'konsekvent' kan bruges her - måske kan du variere: 'Kommunikation er ikke altid effektiv'. '...en person skifter ikke konsekvent mellem rollen som sender og modtager'.

Du kan også bruge 'typisk', 'generelt' eller 'normalt'. Ordvalget afhænger af den større kontekst.


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Pernille Kienle
Canada
Local time: 08:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: I think the problem is that the word 'consistently' is used a lot for scoring American tests/classification systems. Not easy to find a single Danish word to replace it. Maybe not possible!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Andersen: kluntet engelsk kan blive til rædsom dansk... en omskrivning i stil med ´effektiviteten var ujævn´. Jeg synes, det lyder bedre, hvis ma kan undgå nogle af de latinske ord.
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agree  Michael Davies: Ja, enig (også med Christines kommentar - det har ind imellem forvoldt mig en del besvær når jeg har skullet oversætte fra dårligt engelsk til – forhåbentligt knap så dårligt - dansk!).
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