Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 26, 2004 13:34
19 yrs ago
Swedish term
Medical and health translations
Native in: Swedish
Works in: English to Swedish, Swedish
aktör
Swedish to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
I struggle with the term actor for aktör - all I visualize is a lot of "skådespelare" raising around the world taking part in all kinds of social and business projects.
What say you?
What say you?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | participant, agent |
Christine Andersen
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| 4 | social actors! |
hirselina
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| 3 +1 | players, participants |
Peter Linton (X)
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| 4 | (field) operative(s) |
Sven Petersson
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Proposed translations
+1
18 mins
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Denmark
Native in English
Works in field
Denmark
the message, not just the words
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Danish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Swedish term (edited):
akt�r
Selected
participant, agent
True, the term is used, and so is 'players'.
'All the world's a stage', as the great Bard said.
Nevertheless, you can vary it a little with:
agent, functionary, operative, operator, person involved/those involved, party/parties
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Note added at 17 hrs 9 mins (2004-05-27 06:44:41 GMT)
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Funnily enough, \'agent\' comes from the same Latin root as \'actor\'.
The verb \'agere\', to do or act in the sense of taking action, has \'agent\' as the person carrying out the action.
As the verb inflects and conjugates (I can\'t remember all the details!) you get to act, actors etc.
But English does prefer not to use \'actors\' ALL the time...
(Concise Oxford Dictionary, Fifth Edition 1964 (sic) and Miss QM Blench, RIP!)
'All the world's a stage', as the great Bard said.
Nevertheless, you can vary it a little with:
agent, functionary, operative, operator, person involved/those involved, party/parties
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Note added at 17 hrs 9 mins (2004-05-27 06:44:41 GMT)
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Funnily enough, \'agent\' comes from the same Latin root as \'actor\'.
The verb \'agere\', to do or act in the sense of taking action, has \'agent\' as the person carrying out the action.
As the verb inflects and conjugates (I can\'t remember all the details!) you get to act, actors etc.
But English does prefer not to use \'actors\' ALL the time...
(Concise Oxford Dictionary, Fifth Edition 1964 (sic) and Miss QM Blench, RIP!)
Reference:
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Tack! participants känns neutralt och bra, social actors är också bra tack, men här är det otydligt om aktörerna är "social" eller inte."
3 mins
hirselina
Specializes in field
social actors!
That the term used
An example
Scapegoats and Social Actors : The Exclusion and Integration of Minorities in Western and Eastern Europe (Migration, Minorities, & Citizenship Ser.). ...
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An example
Scapegoats and Social Actors : The Exclusion and Integration of Minorities in Western and Eastern Europe (Migration, Minorities, & Citizenship Ser.). ...
www.academicbooktrade.co.uk/showbook.php?id=6589
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19 mins
Swedish term (edited):
akt�r
players, participants
I too have struggled with this word, which is very popular in some Swedish business texts, and also in EU documents, eg market actors, actors in the electricity industry, etc etc.
But I think "actor" is rather less popular in English texts. "Players" is somewhat more common in that same sense, but personally I tend to stick to the rather more mundane word "participants," which I think works much better in English.
Of some support from Google - the term market participants is far more common than market players, and that in turn is far more common (but less vivid) than market actors.
But I think "actor" is rather less popular in English texts. "Players" is somewhat more common in that same sense, but personally I tend to stick to the rather more mundane word "participants," which I think works much better in English.
Of some support from Google - the term market participants is far more common than market players, and that in turn is far more common (but less vivid) than market actors.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Mario Marcolin
: players
5 hrs
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| neutral |
Catherine Brix
: What about a term like "labour market actors" - surely you wouldn't want to use the term player in such a context? Guess "parties" would work but "players" doesn't really command the respect of "actors" .
8 hrs
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| neutral |
hirselina
: agree with mary
9 days
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2 hrs
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Sweden
Native in Swedish
&
English
Sweden
Medical Translator
Native in: Swedish 
, English
Works in: English to Swedish, Danish to Swedish, German to Swedish, and 13 more.
Related KudoZ points
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27
Swedish term (edited):
akt�r
(field) operative(s)
As opposed to "observers".
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