stålbadet

English translation: difficulties endured

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Swedish term or phrase:stålbadet
English translation:difficulties endured
Entered by: Annabel Oldfield

10:10 May 14, 2008
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Swedish term or phrase: stålbadet
det har lyckats behålla sin position som ett av sveriges ledande trots stålbadet under 1970-talet.
Annabel Oldfield
Local time: 14:40
difficulties endured
Explanation:
Alternatively "tough times", "challenges faced", etc.
The meaning of "stålbadet" is captured well in this article (see weblink):
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Oliver Dirs
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:40
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4reorganisation and budget cuts
Ieva Englund
3 +1difficulties endured
Oliver Dirs


  

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reorganisation and budget cuts


Explanation:
Företag som måste omorganiseras och skära ner på kostnaderna sägs ha "stålbad att gå igenom". Mitt förslag är reorganisation and budget cuts

Ieva Englund
Sweden
Local time: 14:40
Native speaker of: Native in LatvianLatvian, Native in SwedishSwedish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
difficulties endured


Explanation:
Alternatively "tough times", "challenges faced", etc.
The meaning of "stålbadet" is captured well in this article (see weblink):


    Reference: http://www.svo.se/episerver4/templates/SNormalPage.aspx?id=3...
Oliver Dirs
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  asptech: "Sstålbad" refers to an actual war, in English "to have been through the wars", but these days it is used rather sloppily.
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