Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
rättshaverist
English translation:
an obnoxious person who insists on being right
Added to glossary by
Sven Petersson
Mar 26, 2013 22:00
11 yrs ago
Swedish term
Works in: English to Swedish, French to Swedish, Danish to Swedish, and 1 more.
rättshaverist
Swedish to English
Tech/Engineering
Media / Multimedia
Ljudläggning, musikprodu
person som kört fast i rättsapparaten
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | an obnoxious person who insists on being right |
Sven Petersson
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| 5 +1 | querulant |
Charlesp
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| 4 | justice obsessed |
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Change log
Mar 26, 2013 23:08: Sven Petersson changed "Language pair" from "English to Swedish" to "Swedish to English"
Apr 4, 2013 07:50: Sven Petersson Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Sven Petersson
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an obnoxious person who insists on being right
Your definition of the term is wrong, please see http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rättshaverist
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Erik Hansson
: "dogmatic person" might be another translation.
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Thank you very much!
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thx"
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justice obsessed
Originally it is a term for someone who "is always right", but these days it is often used for people who are obsessed with getting justice in a court of law.
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querulant
A querulant (from the Latin querulus - "complaining") is a person who obsessively feels wronged, particularly about minor about minor causes of action.
A term to describe a person who repeatedly petitions governmental authorities or pursues legal actions based on manifestly unfounded grounds - and complains about petty offenses.
Worse than a gadfly.
A term to describe a person who repeatedly petitions governmental authorities or pursues legal actions based on manifestly unfounded grounds - and complains about petty offenses.
Worse than a gadfly.
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Deane Goltermann
: I'll go with Charles, here -- how many followed Sven's Wikilink to the Eng? Yes these people are obnoxiuos and obsessed ...!
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Not to disagree with you, but to be precise I suppose it sort of depends upon the context (what the asker has in mind). I am presuming that it is meant in a legal context, (it certainly is not Multimedia, as the asker indicated).
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