| bokmål/Norwegian bokmål | Engelsk/English | |
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| dagligtale | everyday language / colloquial language
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| dagsorden | agenda
(Plural form 'agendas'). "Agenda items" mean "punkter på dagsorden" | |
| databasetilgang | database access
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| databehandling | data processing
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| datagrunnlag | basic data / source data
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| datastyrt | computerized
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| datateknologi | computer technology
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| Datatilsynet | The Data Inspectorate
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| datavern | data protection (about people) / data security (more general)
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| datterselskap | Subsidiary company
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| dataanlegg | computer system
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| dekan | Dean
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| delegere | delegate
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| delegere | delegate
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| deleksamen, se "eksamensdel" | part of an examination
'This course has an examination in two parts - oral and written' | |
| delkarakter (i et emne) | grade for assessments (during a course)
'He received grade C for assessments during course ABC 123'. | |
| delstudium i utlandet (se "studieopphold i utlandet"/ "godkjent delstudium i utlandet"). | part of a programme of study taken abroad
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| deltaker | participant
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| deltakeravgift (kurs, konferanse) | course fee / conference fee
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| deltid | part-time
'This course is based on part-time study'. 'She is only working part-time at the moment' | |
| deltidsansatte | part-time staff / part-time employees
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| deltidsarbeid | part-time work
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| deltidsstudent | part-time student
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| deltidsstudier | part-time studies
Alternative: studied part time. 'Last semester she studied part time.' | |
| delt ledelse | joint management
(If the management is divided in two, 'dual management' is an alternative.) See "unitary management". | |
| departement | Ministry
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| depositum | deposit
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| desentralisert studietilbud | distributed provision of education
(This refers to decentralized courses and programmes) | |
| desentralisert tilbud | distributed provision
(This means that decentralized courses are available) | |
| desentralisert undervisning | decentralized education
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| didaktikk | didactics
(See "subject didactics") | |
| direktør | Director
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| diskriminering | discrimination
(This term is often combined with words such as: age _, racial _, sexual _ and is negative. By itself it is approving and refers to a person with the ability to judge what is good and true.) | |
| dispensasjon | exemption
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| disputas | public defence / disputation
The public defence of a doctoral thesis can also be called a disputation. | |
| dissens | dissent (formal term)
'If this proposal is passed, there will soon be some voices of dissent.' | |
| distriktsutvikling | regional development / rural development
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| dobbelgrad | double degree
(A double degree is two or more degrees given by two or more higher education institutions for the same programme of study. See "joint degree") | |
| dobbelt uttelling | double credit
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| doktoravhandling | doctoral thesis / doctoral dissertation
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| doktorgrad | doctoral degree / doctorate
(Use these terms if you are unsure about the exact type of doctoral degree, not all doctoral degrees are PhDs) | |
| doktorgradsavhandling | doctoral thesis / doctoral dissertation
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| doktorgradsdiplom | doctoral diploma
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| doktorgradsforskrift | Doctoral Degree Regulations
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| doktorpromosjon | doctoral degree awards ceremony
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| dokumentasjon | documentation
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| dokumentasjon av vitenskapelig publisering | documentation of academic publication
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| dokumentinnsyn | access to documents
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| domstolsprøving | review by a court of law
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| drift | technical operations / maintenance
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| driftsansvar | operational responsibility
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| driftsbetjent | Operator
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| driftsbudsjett | operating budget
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| driftsdirektør | Director of Service and Maintenance
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| driftsleder | Operations Manager / Maintenance Manager
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| driftsmidler | working capital
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| driftsresultat | operating profit / operating loss
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| driftstekniker | Operating Technician
Maintenance Technician is an alternative. | |
| driftstilskudd | operational subsidy
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| driftsutgifter | operating costs
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| dr.ing. , dr.art. , dr.polit. (se "doktorgrad") | Dr.ing. , Dr.art. , Dr.polit.
(see "doctoral degree") | |
| drøfting | consultation / discussion
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| dugnad | voluntary work
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| dyskalkuli | dyscalculia
(Dyscalculia means learning difficulty in mathematics. See "students with special needs") | |
| dysleksi | dyslexia
(See "students with special needs") | |
| dømme | convict
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| døvblind | deafblind
(The website of the Norwegian Association of the Deafblind gives some useful help) | |
| døve | deaf
'We have facilities for the deaf and students who are hard of hearing' (see "students with special needs") | |
| døvetolk | interpreter for the deaf
'Interpreter for the deaf, deafblind and deafened, 120 ECTS credits.' | |
