Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
Data i Praktiken
English translation:
Applied computing
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2012-10-26 11:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Oct 22, 2012 21:40
11 yrs ago
Swedish term
Data i Praktiken
Swedish to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
Folkhögskola course
no other context, simply the course title
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | Applied computing |
Lene Johansen
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| 4 -1 | Practical Computing |
Sven Petersson
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| 3 | hands-on computing (training) course |
SafeTex
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| 3 -1 | Computing in Real-Life Applications |
Thomas Johansson
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Proposed translations
+2
3 hrs
Lene Johansen
Native in English
Experienced translator, editor, and wr
Native in: Norwegian (Bokmal) , Norwegian 
, English
Works in: Norwegian to English, English to Norwegian, Swedish to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Selected
Applied computing
I praktiken is used when the lecture involves learning by doing, rather than by reading about how it is done. In English, these classes are usually referred to as applied.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
-1
23 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.
Related KudoZ points
:
125
Practical Computing
:o)
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Thomas Johansson
: "Practical" means "praktisk" in the sense of useful/användbar or suitable to a purpose/ändamålsenlig. Doesn't express the opposition to "in theory" strongly enough.
3 hrs
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We can but agree to disagree.
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-1
3 hrs
Thomas Johansson
Peru
Peru
Native in Swedish
Works in field
Peru
Accurate, careful translations
Native in: Swedish
Works in: English to Swedish, Spanish to Swedish, Portuguese to Swedish
Related KudoZ points
:
24
Computing in Real-Life Applications
Just a suggestion. "I praktiken" means something like "in real-life contexts as distinct from theory" - it is strongly opposed to "in theory".
There may be some better formulation.
There may be some better formulation.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Sven Petersson
: Let Google be your guide! "Data i Praktiken" yields 1340 Google hits, "Computing in Real-Life Applications" yield but 4 (incl. one false).
3 hrs
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"Sylvester Stallone" yields 28,300,000 Google hits.
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8 hrs
hands-on computing (training) course
If this is a practical course, maybe in the evening, then this term might be better. But not for a highbrow university course
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