Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
skolkommun
English translation:
local education authority; municipal school authority
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Charlesp
Mar 24, 2020 06:22
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Swedish term
skolkommun
Swedish to English
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Can I translate skolkommun to "school district"? Or is it necessary to say something like "municipal school district"?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | local education authority |
Michael Ellis
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| 3 | school municipality |
Agneta Pallinder
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| 3 | educational area |
Adrian MM.
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Michael Ellis
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local education authority
In UK, Local Education Authorities were responsible for schools until 2010, when these duties were partly taken over by Local Authorities, but I think the concept matches the Swedish and will be understood by most English speakers.
'Local Education Agency' may be the US Equivalent
'Local Education Agency' may be the US Equivalent
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Comment: "local education authority seems to be best, even if this isn't in use in Sweden.
"municipal school authority" is more likely"
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Agneta Pallinder
United Kingdom
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school municipality
If your text is about "bästa skolkommunen" - "the best municipality in terms of support for schools and education".
Note from asker:
| Thanks. No, not about "bästa skolkommunen" - but thanks for that info. |
| "municipal education authority" is an excellent suggestion (I am not sure however if any public authorities use this term in Sweden) |
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Adrian MM.
Austria
Austria
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Austria
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educational area
Urban school district also Googles well, but may not be rurally adequate, plus eductional area or district seems to capture the school vs. university 'academic flavo(u)r' e.g Schuljahr in DEU means an academic year.
Example sentence:
educational area (Ball, 2012; Dahlstedt & Fejes, 2018). The privatization of the ... hemkommun, elevernas skolkommun samt olika bakgrundsvariabler
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