overage

Norwegian translation: (tids-)overskridelse

08:32 Oct 30, 2012
English to Norwegian translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Engineering: Industrial
English term or phrase: overage
The term is from course material for leadership development. In this section, it's about measuring people's results against set results measures. The course participants have to evaluate if a proposed results measure is effective or not:

"Reviews reports closely to identify problems or behind status
This is a method of monitoring progress, not a results measure.
It also fails to specify how often reports should be reviewed and what, if any, amount of OVERAGE is acceptable."

I think I understand what it means, but I am unsure about the Norwegian term.
Thanks for your help!
Ingvild Østensen
Norway
Local time: 07:35
Norwegian translation:(tids-)overskridelse
Explanation:
"Overage" er "overskridelser" av ulike typer. Se eksemplene her hvis du kan tysk: http://www.linguee.de/englisch-deutsch/uebersetzung/overage....

Hvis du er sikker på at det er snakk om "time overage", kan du også bruke TIDSOVERSKRIDELSER
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Bjørnar Magnussen
Local time: 07:35
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Summary of answers provided
3sjeldent
Svein Hartwig Djaerff
3overskudd og/eller overforbruk relativt til forespeiling
conniebrathen
3(tids-)overskridelse
Bjørnar Magnussen
Summary of reference entries provided
Ref.
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

  

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sjeldent


Explanation:
Vanligvis betyr "overage" "for gammel(t)", men i dette tilfellet kan man oversette det med "sjelden(t)"
"It also fails to specify how often reports should be reviewed and what, if any, amount of OVERAGE is acceptable."

Suggested translation:

"Den (metoden) angir heller ikke hvor ofte rapporter skal gjennomgås, og eventuelt hvor sjeldent som er akseptabelt."

Svein Hartwig Djaerff
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:35
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overskudd og/eller overforbruk relativt til forespeiling


Explanation:
Denne definisjonen finnes i Oxford Dictionaries:
Definition of overage

noun

an excess or surplus, especially the amount by which a sum of money is greater than a previous estimate: the company will make its money from overages when the film does well enough

Kan ikke komme på et enkelt ord som dekker denne meningen.


    Reference: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/overage?q=o...
conniebrathen
Local time: 06:35
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(tids-)overskridelse


Explanation:
"Overage" er "overskridelser" av ulike typer. Se eksemplene her hvis du kan tysk: http://www.linguee.de/englisch-deutsch/uebersetzung/overage....

Hvis du er sikker på at det er snakk om "time overage", kan du også bruke TIDSOVERSKRIDELSER


Bjørnar Magnussen
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Reference comments


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Reference: Ref.

Reference information:
overage: what exceeds something

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

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