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Glossary entry (derived from question below)

Svenska term or phrase:

PROCENTENHET

Engelska translation:

PERCENT

Added to glossary by stephen mewes

Mar 6, 2003 08:21

22 yrs ago

Svenska term

stephen mewes

Storbritannien

2624 questions

procentenhet

Svenska till Engelska Juridik/patent

Vid dröjsmål med betalning skall dröjsmålsränta utgå för år efter en räntesats som med 8 procentenheter överstiger det vid var tid gällande diskontot

Proposed translations (Engelska)

4	percent	Glenn Viklund
5	percentage points	Alison Dieden

Proposed translations

4 minuter

Glenn Viklund

Albanien

1587 answers

Native in Svenska

Selected

percent

is just as good, no need to complicate with "units" or similar..

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No Alison,

as George already pointed out, that is correct. Iwas thinking in terms of \"prime rate plus 8\" which often the way it is written on a Swedish invoice.

Glenn

Reference:

Native Swede

Peer comment(s):

agree	Catherine Mulder 20 minuter
disagree	George Hopkins : Percentage point is the correct term. There is a big difference between percent (or percentage) and percentage point (or unit). Eg, if you increase 18% by 2% you get 18.36% but if you increase it by 2 percentage points you get 20%. 28 minuter
	yoy are right George. The way it is formulated with "överstiger" that is certainly correct! Sorry Quincey, you will have to pay attention to this as George is suggesting.

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1 timme

Alison Dieden

30 answers

Native in Engelska

percentage points

If an interest rate is raised by 8 per cent, this is NOT the same as it being raised by 8 percentage points. Very important to distinguish the difference!!