Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
frie yrker
English translation:
independent professions (or professionals)
Added to glossary by
Carole Hognestad
Oct 26, 2010 08:02
13 yrs ago
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Norwegian term
Professional, fast, and affordable rates
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English
frie yrker
Norwegian to English
Bus/Financial
Human Resources
Frie yrker som f. eks. tannleger, advokater, fysioterapeuter.
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independent professions (or professionals)
Usually members of a professional or occupational organization with standards of conduct, often, but not always, self-employed.
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Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Ireland
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Ireland
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Works in: Danish to English, Norwegian to English, Swedish to English
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professions
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Note added at 9 mins (2010-10-26 08:12:36 GMT)
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"liberal professions" is probably better
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Note added at 9 mins (2010-10-26 08:12:36 GMT)
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"liberal professions" is probably better
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Egil Fredheim
Denmark
Denmark
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Denmark
Norwegian wordsmith
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Works in: English to Norwegian, Swedish to Norwegian (Bokmal), Danish to Norwegian (Bokmal)
professions, though see explanation
The context would suggest "Professionals, like dentists etc."
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rajagopalan sampatkumar
Switzerland
Switzerland
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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.
liberal professions
It is perhaps of interest that those in the EU institutions have recently turned their collective minds to defining “liberal professions”, which are, according to the Directive on Recognition of Professional Qualifications (2005/36/EC) “those practised on the basis of relevant professional qualifications in a personal, responsible and professionally independent capacity by those providing intellectual and conceptual services in the interest of the client and the public”.
http://www.pharmj.com/Editorial/20070616/comment/lett02.html
Dentists, lawyers and physiotherapists will fit into the above definition.
http://www.pharmj.com/Editorial/20070616/comment/lett02.html
Dentists, lawyers and physiotherapists will fit into the above definition.
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brigidm
: See http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/liberal_profession for definition
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Brigid, Thank you. Sampat
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Harald Roald
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Thanks, Harald. Sampat
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Hege Jakobsen Lepri
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Many thanks, Hege. Sampat
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Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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Works in: Swedish to English, Norwegian to English, Danish to English
self-employed professionals
I think the important thing is that they work for themselves, and that is not conveyed by the other answers
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-10-26 09:57:23 GMT)
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The examples given by the asker seem to fit the EU concept of "liberal professions", and this may well be what the text is referring to, but I would say that normal Norwegian usage of "frie yrker" is much broader than that - much more along the lines of self-employed
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-10-26 09:57:23 GMT)
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The examples given by the asker seem to fit the EU concept of "liberal professions", and this may well be what the text is referring to, but I would say that normal Norwegian usage of "frie yrker" is much broader than that - much more along the lines of self-employed
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lingo_montreal
Native in English
Global English specialist
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Works in: Norwegian to English, French to English
Certified professionals/ Professionally certified (accredited) individuals
Terms commonly used in Canada for such careers, whether or not one is self-employed (you might be on staff at an organization such as a hospital, army, company, etc.); you need to be licensed by a federal or provincial accreditation body in that field in order to be able to use the title(s) of doctor, accountant, lawyer, architect, engineer, nurse, psychologist, and so on.
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