Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
formsäkerhet
English translation:
distinctive style or design
Added to glossary by
Christine Andersen
Nov 9, 2005 08:55
18 yrs ago
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Swedish term
formsäkerhet
Swedish to English
Other
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
design
"...kvaliteten och formsäkerheten är det kännetecknande för XXX design..."
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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18 mins
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Denmark
Native in English
Denmark
the message, not just the words
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Danish to English, English
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a distinctive style
A distinctive style if you mean a product.
If the text refers to an artist's design work, I would try to rephrase it to indicate that the design is well-thought out, or subtle (if the work is not too striking for that).
Deliberate expression through form...
I'll be watching this space to see what others suggest!
If the text refers to an artist's design work, I would try to rephrase it to indicate that the design is well-thought out, or subtle (if the work is not too striking for that).
Deliberate expression through form...
I'll be watching this space to see what others suggest!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you Christine, I liked your answer best!"
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Jan Leinonen
Finland
Finland
Finland
Health, Medical, Pharma - careful work
Native in: Finnish
Works in: English to Finnish, Finnish to English, Swedish to Finnish
(great or similar adjective) sense of form
Nordstedts stora Engelska ordbok, Google seems to confirm...
33 mins
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Sweden
Native in Swedish
&
English
Sweden
Medical Translator
Native in: Swedish 
, English
Works in: English to Swedish, Danish to Swedish, German to Swedish, and 13 more.
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superb feeling for shape
:o)
52 mins
Swedish term (edited):
forms�kerhet
style
I'm going to tag onto Christine's answer and add that it might
suffice to write something along ..."a quality and style distinctive to xxx's design". (I'm a less-is-more fan unless context is lost or distorted)
I too am eager to see other suggestions - this is one of my favorite areas.
suffice to write something along ..."a quality and style distinctive to xxx's design". (I'm a less-is-more fan unless context is lost or distorted)
I too am eager to see other suggestions - this is one of my favorite areas.
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54 mins
Pernille Chapman
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Works in field
United Kingdom
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Native in: Danish
Works in: English to Danish, Swedish to Danish, Danish to English, and 4 more.
definitive style
Along the lines of Christine's suggestion. I think it's important to avoid a direct translation of 'form' here - the Swedish term implies much more than just physical shape. If the sentence didn't have 'design' immediately after this word, I would probably have used 'distinctive design' or something similar instead.
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Catherine Brix
: Exactly, it's the presence of xxx design that also leads me to opt for style - otherwise I too would pick design.
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Tess Whitty
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Rebecca Barath
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