Adoption
Adoption, medgivandeutredning, väntetid — the Swedish adoption process.
The adoption process in Sweden, told in the order it actually unfolds: the decision, the paperwork and home study, the wait that grew into years, the match, the journey, and then the real work — attachment, honesty, and a child's right to their own story. The vocabulary is bureaucratic at the start and human at the end, exactly like the process.
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adoption
adoption
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adoptera
to adopt
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ett adopterat barn
an adopted child
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en adoptivförälder
an adoptive parent
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en internationell adoption
an international adoption
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en nationell adoption
a domestic adoption
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en styvbarnsadoption
a step-parent adoption
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en föräldrautbildning
a preparatory course
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en medgivandeutredning
a home study
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ett hembesök av socialsekreterare
a social worker's visit
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frågor om din egen barndom
questions about your childhood
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och om er relation
and your relationship
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ett läkarintyg
a health certificate
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ett registerutdrag
a criminal record check
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en ekonomisk redovisning
a financial statement
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ett medgivande
a consent decision
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giltigt i tre år
valid for three years
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en auktoriserad adoptionsorganisation
an accredited agency
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ett ursprungsland
a country of origin
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en väntetid
a waiting time
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som har blivit mycket längre
which has grown enormously
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år snarare än månader
years rather than months
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långt färre adoptioner än förr
far fewer adoptions than before
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en utredning om tidigare praxis
an inquiry into past practice
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oegentligheter som hittades
irregularities that were found
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ett barnbesked
a matching proposal
Tip: lit. the same — the call that changes everything.
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ett foto och en akt
a photograph and a file
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att säga ja
to say yes
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en hämtresa
a trip to fetch the child
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ett första möte
a first meeting
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som inte är en filmscen
which is not a film scene
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ett barn som är rädd
a child who is frightened
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och har all rätt att vara det
and has every right to be
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anknytning
attachment
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som tar tid
which takes time
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föräldraledighet vid adoption
parental leave for adoption
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att vara hemma länge
to stay home a long time
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en sorg barnet bär
a grief the child carries
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en rätt till sin egen historia
a right to their own story
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att prata om det tidigt
to talk about it early
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och ofta
and often
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aldrig göra det till en hemlighet
never to make it a secret
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ett rotsökande senare
a root search later
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att resa tillbaka som vuxen
to travel back as an adult
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med stöd
with support
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en fråga om ursprung
a question about origins
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från en främling i en affär
from a stranger in a shop
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som barnet måste svara på
which the child must answer
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eller inte ska behöva svara på
or must not have to
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en familj som alla andra
a family like any other
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