inneboende

English translation: room tenant, lodger

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Swedish term or phrase:inneboende
English translation:room tenant, lodger
Entered by: Charlesp

15:38 Jul 6, 2017
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: inneboende
Referring to someone who is renting a room, for instance in someone's house.

I am looking for a more specific term than a "tenant" and not the term "boarder." Nor an "air mattress renter."

A term that reflects the (relatively recent phenomena, but relating to the age-old phenomena) of renting out a room in someone's house - a generic specific legal term for that renter's position and status, that specifically indicates their status.
Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 22:55
room tenant
Explanation:
A logical construction that gives quite a few relevant Google hits.

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Note added at 59 mins (2017-07-06 16:37:25 GMT)
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"Room renter" also seems to be used.
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Thomas Johansson
Peru
Local time: 16:55
Grading comment
depends very much upon contenxt
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1lodger
Matt Bibby
3 +1room tenant
Thomas Johansson
4room renter, or roomate
LilianNekipelov
2subtenant
Sven Petersson
Summary of reference entries provided
Lodger definition
Cynthia Coan

Discussion entries: 9





  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lodger


Explanation:
Could it be this simple?

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Note added at 57 mins (2017-07-06 16:36:23 GMT)
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OK thanks!

Matt Bibby
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: "lodger" doesn't work in this context (it is the same as boarder). as a lodger has no rights of tenancy and no rental agreement (lease) (see https://www.spareroom.co.uk/content/info-landlords/whats-the-difference-between-a-tenant-and-a-lodger/) But thanks for your contribution.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Herbst: "Inneboende" translates to "lodger" as the link supplied in the above notes to answerer explains. A "boarder" receives room and board, so is quite different from the "lodger".
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
room tenant


Explanation:
A logical construction that gives quite a few relevant Google hits.

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Note added at 59 mins (2017-07-06 16:37:25 GMT)
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"Room renter" also seems to be used.

Thomas Johansson
Peru
Local time: 16:55
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
depends very much upon contenxt
Notes to answerer
Asker: That's a potential option. Thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Fauble
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
subtenant


Explanation:
subtenant
sʌbˈtɛnənt/
noun
a person who leases property from a tenant.

Would that fit your context?

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-07-06 17:03:52 GMT)
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New suggestion:

granny flat tenant

See: https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-real-estate/canterbury/granny f...

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 22:55
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks. But I don't think so. As a subtenant is renting from a tenant. What I mean is, for instance, an older retired couple (who perhaps have adult children) who have some bedrooms they are not using in their house - their kids having moved out long ago. So they make a seperate enterance (for privacy) with a door to the outside and rent out the room to someone, say a univ student, who has no access to the rest of the house. They are a tenant (the renter), but they don't have the full rights that a tenant has who is renting out a full apartment (or a full house). They have a sort of restricted tenancy, as they are in reality 'living with someone' i.e. the older couple, but certainly are not roomates.

Asker: Thanks Sven. (for your comment in the Discussion). I agree! But that is the term the text I was working on used (for this situation); and that's why I had a bit of difficulty with it. Sometimes that happens, when a text uses a term that isn't precisely the most appropriate term to use - so we as a translator have to come up with some resolution, that is faithful to the text, while at the same time being accurate. Thanks again for your help.

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1 day 15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
room renter, or roomate


Explanation:
in the US

LilianNekipelov
United States
Local time: 17:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
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Reference comments


22 hrs
Reference: Lodger definition

Reference information:
"A person who occupies a rented room in another's house; specifically : a person who by agreement with the owner of a house acquires no property, interest, or possession therein but only the right to occupy a designated room or area that remains in the owner's legal possession."


    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lodger
Cynthia Coan
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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