Hun pakker ordene smukt ind.

12:53 Mar 29, 2019 

you say the things as they are, without beating around the bush

13:00 Mar 21, 2019 

Thank you everybody. Thomas's and Christine's explanations are the best.
It's true that tergiversation or to tergiversate is not so common but it is an old latin word and many latin-based languages have it. It is pretty common in the Romanian language for example.
Even Charles Dickens used it in A Tale of Two Cities: “He knew ... that flight was impossible; that he was tied fast under the shadow of the axe; and that in spite of his utmost tergiversation and treachery in furtherance of the reigning terror, a word might bring it down upon him”.

12:38 Mar 21, 2019 

For the record, I have never seen the word "tergiversate" before in my life

09:46 Mar 21, 2019 

In the personality test situation, it means you are expected to describe a situation as it is, and keep to the point.
No covering up or trying to make things sound better than they are, to manipulate your audience.
In other situations, you might need to ´pakke ind´ bad news that will come as a shock, to help someone take it in.
It could be looking on the positive side, for instance when someone who is old and ill is said to 'slip away' or 'find peace', and the family will cherish memories etc.
I think to tergiversate is to go a step further, and actually ignore the facts.

21:22 Mar 20, 2019 

It's an odd expression, as 'pakke ind' has negative connotations and 'smukt' is positive (unless it is meant sarcastically). It may be that the writer has misunderstood what 'pakke ind' means.

'Tergiversate' is something else.

'Pakke ind' is to dissimulate and embellish the true (undesirable) nature of something.

18:13 Mar 20, 2019 

She puts it delicately

18:11 Mar 20, 2019 

Could it be translated to "tergiversate"?