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avropa

English translation: call off

14:19 Jan 11, 2016
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Contracting
Swedish term or phrase: avropa
Context, in which "order, require" does not suit: "Innan Entreprenören fakturerar, skall Entreprenören avropa den utförda prestation (senast 10 arbetsdagar före fakturadatum) som avses att faktureras till Beställaren för godkännande".
ElenaKC
Lithuania
English translation:call off
Explanation:
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Note added at 4 mins (2016-01-11 14:23:50 GMT)
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call off, as in "to order in accordance with a previous agreement covering prices, quantities etc."
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Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 07:19
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3call off
Diarmuid Kennan
4 +2sub-order
Paul Lambert
4demand
Charlesp


Discussion entries: 5





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
call off


Explanation:
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Note added at 4 mins (2016-01-11 14:23:50 GMT)
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call off, as in "to order in accordance with a previous agreement covering prices, quantities etc."

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 07:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 84
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deane Goltermann: Almost always call-off, 'to call off'
28 mins
agree  JaneD
1 hr
agree  Charlesp
6 days
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sub-order


Explanation:
I think this is better understood than "call off". Granted that some dictionaries and Google Translate suggest "call off".

Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 08:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Diarmuid Kennan: I haven't come accross this before, but I like it. I hate using "call off" because to me it can easily be confused with "cancel". I think I will try to use your suggestion in future.
32 mins
  -> Thanks Diarmiud. Context is everything.
agree  Helen Johnson: I'm afraid I've used this many a time
3 days 4 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Charlesp: I like sub-order better; but it is the lesser used term. So I guess the translator simply has to make a choice - go with what is more appropriate or what is the standard usage.
6 days
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6 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
demand


Explanation:
If there is no framework agreement here, then I would say "demand" is the proper term to use here.

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Note added at 6 days (2016-01-17 16:51:34 GMT)
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you could say "request" if you want to be more polite, though "demand" isn't impolite.

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 08:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
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