Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
beslutsärende
English translation:
item for decision/ decision item
Added to glossary by
stephen mewes
Nov 30, 2012 15:46
11 yrs ago
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Swedish term
beslutsärende
Swedish to English
Law/Patents
Government / Politics
Trafiknämnden kommer att få information genom ett informationsärende i juni och därefter kommer ett beslutsärende till hösten då upphandlingsprocessen kan inledas.
Proposed translations
(English)
3 | item for decision/ decision item | Deane Goltermann |
4 | voting item | Alexander C. Thomson |
3 | decision case | Thomas Johansson |
3 | decision process | Eric Hörnquist |
Proposed translations
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item for decision/ decision item
Have found this searching 'item for decision' + UK with a lot of hits for local councils and such. And 'decision item' + uk in governmental or formal contexts. A suggestion...
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1 hr
voting item
I like Deane’s suggestion but when I find the (cognate) equivalent item in Dutch minutes to translate, I usually go for this version. The problem is that Anglo-Saxon committees tend to regard (and especially to describe) their work less prescriptively than Continental ones and so avoid the use of single set terms of this type. Normally, a councillor or other type of committee member would describe such an item as “something to vote on” or “an item we have to make a decision on” or such, using a bit of a circumlocution.
8 hrs
decision case
See my answer to your other question.
4 days
decision process
Depending on context, it should be a decision item (on an agenda), but if the context of an agenda is not provided in the rest of the text, simply using "decision item" would be vague. A decision item on an agenda is essentially the same thing as a subprocess in which the decision is made - hence, a viable alternative would be "decision process".
Discussion
You can also vote for a 'motion' or to vote on a question.
Have to say that I have reservations about the current suggestions, especially 'voting item'