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službeni stan

English translation: service apartment / company apartment

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Serbian term or phrase:službeni stan
English translation:service apartment / company apartment
Entered by: Bogdan Petrovic

14:36 May 20, 2014
Serbian to English translations [PRO]
Finance (general) / corruption
Serbian term or phrase: službeni stan
Mnogo je primera koji su tokom prošlih vremena pokazivali korišćenje javnih resursa u privatne svrhe. Jedan od primera je i korišćenje službenih stanova koje funkcioneri na osnovu internih propisa ili uredbi, posle službenog korišćenja, otkupljuju po izuzetno povoljnim uslovima. Zakonski bi trebalo regulisati da nijedan organ vlasti ne može nikakvim internim propisom ili uredbom da omogući otkup službenog stana.
Bogdan Petrovic
Serbia
Local time: 19:13
service apartment / company apartment
Explanation:
service apartment: a residential property on commercial land
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Davor Ivic
Croatia
Local time: 19:13
Grading comment
Pošto je poenta u potrebi da se onemogući otkup službenih stanova po netržišnim cenama, stavio sam "service apartments", mada su i ostala dva rešenja legitimna.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1official accomodation
Daryo
3 +1service apartment / company apartment
Davor Ivic
3staff accommodation
Alison Kapor (X)


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
service apartment / company apartment


Explanation:
service apartment: a residential property on commercial land

Davor Ivic
Croatia
Local time: 19:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Pošto je poenta u potrebi da se onemogući otkup službenih stanova po netržišnim cenama, stavio sam "service apartments", mada su i ostala dva rešenja legitimna.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo: both options are possible, but not the same; more context needed
1 day 6 hrs
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
staff accommodation


Explanation:
I think this is the most common way of expressing this in English

"We note that salary abatements in respect of staff accommodation amount to £327,000 annually, representing an average payment of £45 a week, but that this is expected to rise to £700,000 (£83 a week on average) as new contracts are introduced. Therefore the abatement of income is currently about £370,000 lower than it would be if the new contracts applied to all staff. The Royal Household estimated that it could take ten years until the large majority of employees are on the new contracts."

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/c...

Alison Kapor (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Daryo: stanova koje funkcioneri na osnovu internih propisa .... "funkcioneri" would be rather offended to be branded "staff" - they are the one to have their own staff ....// 10 Downing Str. = "staff accommodation"?
2 days 3 hrs
  -> well, this does depend on the grade of the official concerned, you're right. I was thinking of diplomatic corps, civil servants and international military service staff rather than the prime minister
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3 days 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
official accomodation


Explanation:
"... korišćenje službenih stanova koje funkcioneri na osnovu internih propisa ili uredbi, posle službenog korišćenja, otkupljuju po izuzetno povoljnim uslovima. ..."

we are not talking here of any kind of caretaker's cottage or similar;

funkcioneri = officials, thus "službeni stan" = accomodation provided to officials while in office

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q="official accommodation" m...

in FR "appartement de fonction", so more options:

http://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/logement d...

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 55

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alison Kapor (X): Yes, I agree that this is a good solution, and is less dependent on the grade of the official concerned than my suggestion - it could also apply to governement ministers, for example.
8 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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