mykere verdier

English translation: softer values; human considerations

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Norwegian term or phrase:mykere verdier
English translation:softer values; human considerations
Entered by: Richard Lawson

13:26 Aug 12, 2004
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems
Norwegian term or phrase: mykere verdier
In......"Hvert år iverksettes nye tekniske tiltak på bakgrunn av testing i drift, men ting av mykere verdier iverksettes også etter samtaler med bedriftshelsetjeneste, arbeidsmiljøutvalget, vernetjenesten, ansatte direkte og arbeidsledere."

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Andy Bell
Andy Bell
Local time: 15:53
softer values; human considerations
Explanation:
Softer values
Example:
Are "soft values" -- "sensitivity, subjectivity, tolerance, self-esteem, a therapy-based view of behavior, relativism, and nonjudgmentalism, all replacing the 'hard' values of individual responsibility, objectivity, self-control, patriotism, strong social expectations, and commitment to moral judgments"
http://www.celluloid-wisdom.com/pw/archives/001252.html

Many useful hits for "soft values", including:
www.danfoss.com/NR/rdonlyres/187F1839-EDD1-4BE9-BA89-B1A9AC...

www.dh.umu.se/default.asp?sida=134 - 30k

www.nypost.com/postopinion/books/26665.htm

etc.

Human considerations

Norwegians are very preoccupied with what they call "myke verdier". This expression is used almost daily in the media. As I understand it, "myke verdier" in the context of an industrial concern refers to human considerations as opposed to considerations of profit and production.

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5 +2softer values; human considerations
Richard Lawson
5less eye-catching consequence
Paul Larkin (X)
4finer values
brigidm


  

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less eye-catching consequence


Explanation:
'verdier ' can also mean things of consequence

Paul Larkin (X)
Local time: 07:53
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softer values; human considerations


Explanation:
Softer values
Example:
Are "soft values" -- "sensitivity, subjectivity, tolerance, self-esteem, a therapy-based view of behavior, relativism, and nonjudgmentalism, all replacing the 'hard' values of individual responsibility, objectivity, self-control, patriotism, strong social expectations, and commitment to moral judgments"
http://www.celluloid-wisdom.com/pw/archives/001252.html

Many useful hits for "soft values", including:
www.danfoss.com/NR/rdonlyres/187F1839-EDD1-4BE9-BA89-B1A9AC...

www.dh.umu.se/default.asp?sida=134 - 30k

www.nypost.com/postopinion/books/26665.htm

etc.

Human considerations

Norwegians are very preoccupied with what they call "myke verdier". This expression is used almost daily in the media. As I understand it, "myke verdier" in the context of an industrial concern refers to human considerations as opposed to considerations of profit and production.



Richard Lawson
Local time: 08:53
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pernille Chapman: Also a much used phrase in Danish - "bløde værdier"
1 hr

agree  Roald Toskedal
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finer values


Explanation:
Dette er et noksa etablert uttrykk som jeg mener ligger nær opptil "myke verdier".
Eks:We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values. Tony Benn 1925-, British Labor Politician

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Med ettertanke synes jeg at Richards forslag passer best i denne kontekst.

brigidm
Norway
Local time: 08:53
Native speaker of: English
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