Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
förvärvarens möjlighet
English translation:
the acquirer's means
Swedish term
förvärvarens möjlighet
| 4 | the acquirer's means |
Anna Herbst
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| 3 +3 | the acquirer's ability |
rajagopalan sampatkumar
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| 3 +1 | concession grantee's wherewithal |
Adrian MM. (X)
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Oct 18, 2013 07:43: Christopher Schröder changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Oct 29, 2013 12:14: Anna Herbst Created KOG entry
PRO (3): Charlesp, Adrian MM. (X), Deane Goltermann
Non-PRO (3): Anna Herbst, Madeleine MacRae Klintebo, Christopher Schröder
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Proposed translations
Australia
When quality matters more
Native in: Swedish 
, English
Works in: English to Swedish, Swedish to English, Swedish, and 1 more.
the acquirer's means
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Note added at 7 hrs (2013-10-18 06:40:55 GMT)
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möjlighet = means, possibility, prospect, opportunity.... but NOT ability.
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Christopher Schröder
: It all amounts to much the same thing IMHO
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Charlesp
: I'ts possible, yet less likely that it means means.
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Switzerland
30 years in legal, commercial and social
Native in: English
Works in: Danish to English, Norwegian to English, Swedish to English, and 2 more.
the acquirer's ability
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Deane Goltermann
: Personally, I like 'capability', but it seems 'ability' is much more common, and more so than 'means', as well.
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Thanks, Deane.
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Anna Herbst
: Möjlighet is neither "ability" nor, as Deane suggests, "capability". (And I thought this one was really straightforward...)
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Christopher Schröder
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Thanks, Chris S.
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LilianNekipelov
: I agree. Or the purchaser's ability to do X.
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Thanks, LilianBNekipelo. Yes, The Mining Inspector agrees to transfer the exploration license, after verifying the ability, intenstion and suitability of the acquirer for mining exploration work.
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Charlesp
: If plain language was sought, I'd go with this.
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Thanks, Charlesp.
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concession grantee's wherewithal
(Cap)ability begs the question of what, whereas the 'well-known' term of wherewithal encompasses both ability, means, focus and energy.
The concession conferred on the grantees the sole rights to mine throughout Lobengula's country. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudd_Concession
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Anna Herbst
: Too many assumptions for my liking. There is no hint in the Swedish text that the acquirer is in fact a "concession grantee", they could just as well be the buyer or lessee. "Wherewithal" is generally used with money; not so "möjligheter".
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OK. But acquirer sound like a concessionary rather than a tarnsferee. Point taken about wherewithal thoguh the PMs at my ex-inhouse TC/trans. agency used to ask the typists, figuratively, if they had the 'wherewithal' to type up translation jobs.
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LilianNekipelov
: Not really, at least in AE.
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Dziekuje barzo, alla the asker is 'split' between Surrey/the UK and Sweden.
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Charlesp
: nice. But obviously written by a lawyer!
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Thanks for your vote of confidence.
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Discussion
It clearly is unclear and requires interpretation.
On the practical side, in connection with 'acquirer' and 'acquirer's', I simply see a huge difference in hits in favour of 'ability' over capability, and this beats 'means' by a lot. In practice, as well, I see means as one component in an overall business assessment of a company's capability to perform its undertakings in a contract or concession.