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faglig sparring

English translation: professional sparring

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Danish term or phrase:faglig sparring
English translation:professional sparring
Entered by: Mads Grøftehauge

14:26 Oct 20, 2003
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / education
Danish term or phrase: faglig sparring
"[Punkt på liste: e-learning kan bruges til...]
Faglig sparring med de andre kursister på kurset."

I'm thinking 'professional sparring', but is there a generally accepted term that I'm missing? 'Faglig sparring' seems to be very common in Danish education/consultancy lingo, so perhaps it came from a specific term in English? (as is often the case)

TIA,
Mads G
Mads Grøftehauge
Local time: 04:00
professional sparring
Explanation:
Originally it was a boxing term - a sparring partner was a practice partner who would 'go through the motions' without landing heavy blows, to train one or both boxers in footwork, what reactions to expect from an opponent etc. without injury before the real match.

It is used a good deal figuratively in other contexts, about positive criticism between friends and so on.

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Note added at 15 hrs 24 mins (2003-10-21 05:50:27 GMT)
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It should be constructive criticism to use the normal collocation.
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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 04:00
Grading comment
Tak for bekræftelsen :-)
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professional sparring


Explanation:
Originally it was a boxing term - a sparring partner was a practice partner who would 'go through the motions' without landing heavy blows, to train one or both boxers in footwork, what reactions to expect from an opponent etc. without injury before the real match.

It is used a good deal figuratively in other contexts, about positive criticism between friends and so on.

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Note added at 15 hrs 24 mins (2003-10-21 05:50:27 GMT)
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It should be constructive criticism to use the normal collocation.


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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 04:00
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 87
Grading comment
Tak for bekræftelsen :-)

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