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Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

forskningsperson / forskningsobjekt

English translation:

research subject / research aim/objective / research subject/research participant

Added to glossary by Michele Fauble
Dec 13, 2020 14:58
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Swedish term

forskningsperson / forskningsobjekt

Swedish to English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals
The context is participants in a clinical trial - I thought forskningsperson was research subject but not sure what forskningsobjekt is? Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 research subject / research aim/objective
3 research participant (human subject) / research subject
References
Regulators seem to have a strong preference for one over the other.
Change log

Dec 14, 2020 16:45: Michele Fauble Created KOG entry

Discussion

Michele Fauble Dec 13, 2020:
@Leif The same objection has been raised to the “dehumanizing” term “research subject”, hence the increasing use of “research participant”.
SafeTex Dec 13, 2020:
@ all Hello everyone

This is gonna be very hard

Looking at Michele's suggestion, I now realize that "research subject" may be ambiguous without context.
I had it as a person whereas Michele has it as an aim or objective and I can't say that either of us is wrong or right.
And then Leif's remark about "forskningsobjekt" seems to suggest that for him, it's a person whereas I think both me and Michele saw it as "an aim/objective/field of study" yet he is the native Swedish speaker

I'm completely lost now so I'm going to ask another Swede for input.
Leif Ohman Dec 13, 2020:
A distinction lost in translation? The term "forskningsobjekt" raises ethical concerns in a way that "research subject" might not.

A person should never be treated like some kind of object, but for a person to be some kind of subject may not be so bad?

Similar to how it is far better be a "sexig person" than to be a "sexobjekt".
Michele Fauble Dec 13, 2020:
In the context of clinical trials, ‘forskningsperson’ and ‘forskningsobjekt’ are synonymous.
In other contexts ’forskningsobjekt’ is often used for the subject a study is investigating.

Proposed translations

+2
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Selected

research subject / research aim/objective

Depending on further context.


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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-12-13 18:10:22 GMT)
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Also ‘subject of research’.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-12-13 18:18:03 GMT)
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In the context of clinical trials, ‘forskningsperson’ and ‘forskningsobjekt’ are synonymous. Both can be translated as ‘research subject’ or ‘research participant’.
Peer comment(s):
agree Agneta Pallinder : Particularly with last note. Academic texts often use forskningsobjekt as the subject (not a person) of their research. Ethical Board forms, on the other hand, specify that forskningsperson and forskningsobjekt are the same.
15 hrs
thanks
agree Charlesp
1 day 17 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks a lot! very helpful"
11 mins

research participant (human subject) / research subject

I see though that "forskningsperson" is translated occasionally as "researcher" and not what I've said so it would be nice if a Swede or others could confirm or contest my suggestion
Reference:

https://www.forskningsperson.se/

https://www.edu.uu.se/forskning/utbildningssociologi/natverk/hero/

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Reference comments

6 hrs
Reference:

Regulators seem to have a strong preference for one over the other.

"En försöksperson kan även kallas forskningsperson, eftersom definitionen forskningsperson har en vidare betydelse då..."
https://ki.se/forskning/fakta-om-klinisk-forskning

"A research subject may also be known as a test subject, but the definition of a research subject has a wider meaning since... "
https://ki.se/en/research/facts-about-clinical-research

"Försöksperson eller forskningsperson? 'Försöksperson' är det vanligaste ordet, men det mer korrekta ordet är 'forskningsperson'."
https://etikprovningsmyndigheten.se/

"Forskningsperson: De levande människor som forskningen avser."
https://etikprovningsmyndigheten.se/wp-content/uploads/2019/...

"Research participant: The living people who will be the subjects of the research."
https://etikprovningsmyndigheten.se/wp-content/uploads/2020/...

Did not find anything for "forskningsobjekt", so perhaps not a regulatory term?
Note from asker:
thanks a lot! this is really helpful
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