This is a care facility, selling and begging is not welcome.

10:25 May 9, 2012 

I just wanted to point out that the English version is only an intermediate version; as I wrote, it's easier to find translators from English into different languages, than from Swedish. That is why I translated it into English before posting on KudoZ. And I do not argue with you; you are a native speaker, and of course your English is better than mine. I also want to thank you for pointing out these mistakes in the English version (obviously I cannot trust my proofreader), since English will also appear on the sign.

10:19 May 9, 2012 

Petter, I apologise for using the word "disaster" - it was not my intention to offend and I assumed that the English version was already in use at the care home, not that it had been written by you. I accept that the meaning remains clear in your version, but I stand by both the points I raised - (a) the comma is incorrect (e.g. The Oxford Manual of Style says "A common error is to us a comma to join two unrelated main clauses ... this produces a 'comma splice' or 'run-on sentence'. This fault can be corrected by adding a coordinating conjunction or by replacing the comma with a semicolon or colon.") and (b) the verb needs to be plural, since selling and begging are two separate things.

10:00 May 9, 2012 

English is not my first language. However, I don't think it makes it more difficult to understand what I mean. And "disaster" is perhaps a bit too exaggerated... The very original sentence is in Swedish, and the English version was created by me when I posted this on KudoZ in different languages (it's easier to find translators from English). On the other hand, I can inform you that another native speaker has proofread my English version, and he said it was fine. So, who is right?

08:52 May 9, 2012 

is a grammatical disaster. The comma needs to be replaced by a colon, semicolon or hypen, and the verb needs to be plural, since "selling and begging" are two separate things. So they need to say "This is a care facility - selling and begging are not welcome."

23:11 May 8, 2012 

has no direct German equivalent acc. LEO
day-care facility for children is a "Kinder-Tagesbetreuung"
"betreutes Wohnen" is assissted living/accomodation
"Senioren-Betreuung" does not sounds adequatly enough. The remaining terms are: "Wohnheim" (residential home/accomodation) and "Pflegeheim" (residential care home).

20:59 May 8, 2012 

In Swedish this facility is called "home", because it is the only home these people have.

20:56 May 8, 2012 

... man könnte auch den Begriff 'Pflegeeinrichtung' wählen. Er ist offener und umfassender als der Begriff 'Pflegeheim'.