avläsningar

English translation: readings

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Swedish term or phrase:avläsningar
English translation:readings
Entered by: Patricia Nilsson

12:00 Jun 17, 2010
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Computers: Systems, Networks / maintenance software
Swedish term or phrase: avläsningar
Found readings in norstedts/engströms but thought read outs is better. Basically refers to measurements recorded during maintenance rounds. Any opinions?
Ex.
"Denna gång tänker den gode doktorn tipsa om en metod för att få full koll på avläsningar."
Patricia Nilsson
Local time: 10:27
readings
Explanation:
Seems fine to me. Readouts makes me think of displays of readings.
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Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Grading comment
this was the most straightforward answer and I needed meter readings somewhere else.
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3 +1readings
Christopher Schröder
3meter readings
Thomas Johansson


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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
readings


Explanation:
Seems fine to me. Readouts makes me think of displays of readings.

Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
this was the most straightforward answer and I needed meter readings somewhere else.

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
meter readings


Explanation:
Förslagsvis, om det handlar om mätaravläsningar.

Det grundläggande problemet är väl att bara "readings" kan låta lite tunnt och ospecifikt, så fyll förslagsvis gärna i med något mer specifikt, om inte "meter" så kanske "measurement" eller "maintenance" eller något annat som passar - och stämmer - med sammanhanget.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-06-17 14:29:10 GMT)
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Vi hör ju på svenskans "avläsning" att det handlar specifikt om en... avläsning, medan engelskans "readings" ju kan ha en bredare betydelse.

Thomas Johansson
Peru
Local time: 03:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 8
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