LISA

English translation: LISA

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Swedish term or phrase:LISA
English translation:LISA
Entered by: Suzanne Thygesen (X)

11:00 Dec 13, 2008
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / public health, statistics, Swedish government
Swedish term or phrase: LISA
Acronym given as a reference source in a document dealing with public health and immigration in Sweden: "Dödsorsaksregister, Socialstyrelsen; LISA, SCB." More specific context: death risks for immigrants to Sweden.

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Suzanne Thygesen (X)
Germany
Local time: 13:37
LISA
Explanation:
Treat as proper noun. "LISA" stands for "Longitudinella Integrationsdatabasen för Sjukförsäkrings- och Arbetsmarknadsstudier"
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 13:37
Grading comment
Thank you very much. This certainly could not be found in any list of Swedish acronyms that I found. As for your "translation" of the acronym, it poses almost as much of a problem of translation as does uncovering the meaning of the acronym.
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LISA


Explanation:
Treat as proper noun. "LISA" stands for "Longitudinella Integrationsdatabasen för Sjukförsäkrings- och Arbetsmarknadsstudier"

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 13:37
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 93
Grading comment
Thank you very much. This certainly could not be found in any list of Swedish acronyms that I found. As for your "translation" of the acronym, it poses almost as much of a problem of translation as does uncovering the meaning of the acronym.
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