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köp-och-släng-samhället

English translation: thow-away society

11:46 Jun 12, 2014
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: köp-och-släng-samhället
Det handlar om smartare användning av energi, modern tåg- och kollektivtrafik och stopp för köp-och-släng-samhället
Reza Ebrahimi
United States
Local time: 01:00
English translation:thow-away society
Explanation:
"The term describes a critical view of overconsumption and excessive production of short-lived or disposable items" - Wikipedia


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Note added at 8 hrs (2014-06-12 19:50:41 GMT)
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Yes, thRow-away, not thow-away, of course! (thanks Michele for spotting that)
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Roger Vaughn
Sweden
Local time: 10:00
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4thow-away society
Roger Vaughn
4 +2throw away society
Deane Goltermann
3disposable society
Tania McConaghy


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
throw away society


Explanation:
I'll suggest this as it is what I grew up with in the States. Tho I've seen 'slit och släng samhälle' more often in the same context. There might be newer versions, but this suggestion has a definition.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw-away_society
    Reference: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/throwawa...
Deane Goltermann
Sweden
Local time: 10:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 67

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roger Kelly: Yep, I have to agree
1 day 1 min
  -> Thanks, Roger! But I'm not sure how the rules deal with this be RC had the right idea, and got there first...
agree  Helen Johnson: Here in the UK too
1 day 23 hrs
  -> Thanks, Helen!
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
thow-away society


Explanation:
"The term describes a critical view of overconsumption and excessive production of short-lived or disposable items" - Wikipedia


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Note added at 8 hrs (2014-06-12 19:50:41 GMT)
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Yes, thRow-away, not thow-away, of course! (thanks Michele for spotting that)


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw-away_society
Roger Vaughn
Sweden
Local time: 10:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deane Goltermann: Oops! looks like I agree with you!
3 mins
  -> Thanks Deane!
agree  Mats Wiman
5 hrs
  -> thanks Mats!
agree  Michele Fauble
7 hrs
agree  Helen Johnson: Here in the UK too (and I prefer throw-away to throw away since the former is the grammar I was taught at school in the 70s
1 day 23 hrs
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
disposable society


Explanation:
I have also seen "disposable society" and even "consumer society" for this concept, although if it is about energy the latter doesn't work as well and the former looks to also be the name of a punk band

Example sentence(s):
  • Are we susceptible to the disposable society syndrome?
  • In that one daily purchase – made daily by hundreds of thousands if not millions of people – we witness in a microcosm our disposable society.
Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Local time: 10:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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