Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
Barnvernevakten
English translation:
Child Care Emergency Unit
Added to glossary by
Helen Johnson
Nov 3, 2008 08:59
15 yrs ago
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Norwegian term
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Barnvernevakten
Norwegian to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
child welfare
In a child welfare case where children are at risk due to conflict between separated parents.
Politiet kontaktet Barnevakten xx.xx.xx. Mor ønsker bistand fra politiet...
I've seen it spelt BarneVakten on Google, and assume this document refers to the same organisation.
TIA
Politiet kontaktet Barnevakten xx.xx.xx. Mor ønsker bistand fra politiet...
I've seen it spelt BarneVakten on Google, and assume this document refers to the same organisation.
TIA
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | Child Care Emergency Unit |
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| 3 +1 | Child Welfare Service |
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Proposed translations
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Child Care Emergency Unit
According to the organization Barnevernvaktee/a (kjært barn har mange navn...): http://www.barnevernvakt.no/forsiden.aspx, the official name is as given above.
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William [Bill] Gray
: See my notes in clarification and requests! :-)
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Thank you. Have a wonderful evening!
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lingo_montreal
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Thank you:o)
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Child Welfare Service
This should suit your purposes here.
Example sentence:
It is also proposed that an emergency unit of child welfare services (Barnevernvakt) be established in every municipality.
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Reference:
BarneVakten
This is an organization (seemingly NGO-type) working for the protection of children and the media. Does not seem to be the case here.
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Note added at 36 mins (2008-11-03 09:36:00 GMT)
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Just to add the "Barnevernvakta" to he reference as this should be what you are looking for: http://www.hamar.kommune.no/category3693.html
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Note added at 40 mins (2008-11-03 09:39:29 GMT)
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And here is the site. Unfortunately their English sites are not up yet: http://www.barnevernvakt.no/forsiden.aspx
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Note added at 36 mins (2008-11-03 09:36:00 GMT)
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Just to add the "Barnevernvakta" to he reference as this should be what you are looking for: http://www.hamar.kommune.no/category3693.html
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Note added at 40 mins (2008-11-03 09:39:29 GMT)
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And here is the site. Unfortunately their English sites are not up yet: http://www.barnevernvakt.no/forsiden.aspx
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