Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

Avrop/avropa

English translation:

Call-off/ call off

Added to glossary by Catherine Skala
May 23, 2016 11:32
7 yrs ago
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Swedish term

Avrop/avropa

Swedish to English Law/Patents Law: Contract(s)
Då kan kunden avropa uppgradering av mjukvaran.

Varpå kunden kan avropa support från leverantören.

Avropade tjänster

Jag vet vad det betyder men skulle behöva veta hur det bäst sägs på engelska. Något med blanket/release order, men ett verb..
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 Call-off/ call off
4 +1 request
4 The/to requisition

Proposed translations

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Call-off/ call off

This has been up on proz before. With some disagreement...

You have a call-off or framework agreement/contract which the buyer makes call offs on.

Heres some reading...

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/call-contract.h...

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Note added at 11 mins (2016-05-23 11:44:15 GMT)
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That is you make a call-off, or you call off on the agreement


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Note added at 5 hrs (2016-05-23 16:51:24 GMT)
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And for more history... http://www.proz.com/kudoz/swedish_to_english/marketing_marke...
Note from asker:
Thank you!
Peer comment(s):

agree SafeTex : yes
5 hrs
Thanks, Dave!
agree Charlesp : How about "shout-off" (to call out is like to shout, right?)
1 day 1 hr
We joked about this one in a group translating an ERP... back in the day...
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49 mins

The/to requisition

Avropade tjänster: services requisitioned.

That's the term I recall from my London retailing & export clerking days.
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Peer comment(s):

neutral Charlesp : yes, but not in this context.
1 day 27 mins
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+1
2 hrs

request

In this case my guess is: The customer (or client) can then request updating of the software.
Note from asker:
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Peer comment(s):

agree Charlesp : sounds good to me, in this particular context.
22 hrs
Thank you Charles.
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