nedstick

English translation: quick dip

15:44 Mar 15, 2014
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks
Swedish term or phrase: nedstick
Context: XXX erbjuder små nedstick i den breda affärsvärlden. Här analyseras det svenska och det internationella näringslivet.

Summaries? vignettes? aperçus ? glimpses? items of interest?

The actual text is an installation guide for computer networking. Must be a simple answer, but I am baffled.
Peter Linton (X)
Local time: 06:15
English translation:quick dip
Explanation:
The quoted context is from the website of a company called Lewenhards http://lewenhards.nu/about/ who deal with finance info etc. - so just given as an example in your computer networking text?

Another similar example from this website:
http://www.aktiefokus.se/2013/10/de-23-storsta-europeiska-ba...
"Jag har sedan början av 2013 bevakat den danska bankmarknaden och även gjort några andra nedstick, t.ex hos Banco Santander, hos de svenska storbankerna och hos nätbankerna Nordnet och Avanza."
Concretely nedstick is anything that "sticks down", like a spade making a cut, or the stem of a bicycle seat - in a more abstract sense it seems to convey a quick visit into an "other" environment.
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Agneta Pallinder
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:15
Grading comment
Many thanks. All the answers were helpful; this one particularly so.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1quick dip
Agneta Pallinder
3glimses
George Hopkins
3a peek
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
glimses


Explanation:
Just as illuminating as nedstick.

George Hopkins
Local time: 07:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Nils Andersson: it should be "glimpses!
1 day 6 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
quick dip


Explanation:
The quoted context is from the website of a company called Lewenhards http://lewenhards.nu/about/ who deal with finance info etc. - so just given as an example in your computer networking text?

Another similar example from this website:
http://www.aktiefokus.se/2013/10/de-23-storsta-europeiska-ba...
"Jag har sedan början av 2013 bevakat den danska bankmarknaden och även gjort några andra nedstick, t.ex hos Banco Santander, hos de svenska storbankerna och hos nätbankerna Nordnet och Avanza."
Concretely nedstick is anything that "sticks down", like a spade making a cut, or the stem of a bicycle seat - in a more abstract sense it seems to convey a quick visit into an "other" environment.

Agneta Pallinder
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:15
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks. All the answers were helpful; this one particularly so.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nils Andersson
1 day 40 mins
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a peek


Explanation:
as in take a peek at (see references)
Not to be confused with a very similar word in sound and meaning (to peep)


    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/peek
    Reference: http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/peek
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France
Local time: 07:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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