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samtalsklimat

English translation: communication climate

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Swedish term or phrase:samtalsklimat
English translation:communication climate
Entered by: Sven Petersson

11:35 May 24, 2011
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Description of the commercial climate in a town
Swedish term or phrase: samtalsklimat
Vi har ett öppet och spännande samtalsklimat där alla drar åt samma håll.
Annabel Oldfield
Local time: 08:24
communication climate
Explanation:
:o)
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 08:24
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2communication climate
Sven Petersson
3 +1business atmosphere
Y. Peraza
3 +1atmosphere for dialogue
Tania McConaghy


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
business atmosphere


Explanation:
We have an open and (how are you going to translate spännande here?) business atmosphere...

Y. Peraza
Local time: 08:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SafeTex: not bad at all
24 mins
  -> Takk!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
atmosphere for dialogue


Explanation:
how about
an open atmosphere for dialogue
or
an atmosphere of open dialogue

eg
A facilitator creates an atmosphere of open dialogue in grant writing workshops.
We are continuously striving towards maintaining our unique atmosphere of open dialogue and information exchange at every level of our company activities

Example sentence(s):
  • To foster the concept of interdependency by presenting the opportunity and creating the atmosphere for dialogue between oil and gas producing countries
  • it is imperative for nurses to be able to intentionally create a mood or atmosphere for dialogue
Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Local time: 08:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 17

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  trsk2000 (X): This conveys the idea of "samtal" better I feel
1 hr
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
communication climate


Explanation:
:o)


    Reference: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-communication-climate.ht...
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 08:24
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 350
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bianca Marsden-Day: I think in the context this works best because if you think about what makes for a good team pulling in the same direction, it is communication generally rather than dialogue.
19 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  Mario Marcolin: improves on the Swedish expression used
2 days 12 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
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