Working Abroad
Utlandstjänst, personnummer, hemlängtan — moving countries for a job.
Working abroad, the whole arc — and this course's own story: personnummer catch-22s, the lunch that switches language, hemlängtan in month four — hemma i båda.
- 1
en utlandstjänst
a posting abroad
Tip: lit. the same.
- 2
en utlandssvensk
an expatriate
Tip: lit. 'a foreign Swede' — of Swedes abroad.
- 3
ett arbetstillstånd
a work permit
Tip: lit. the same.
- 4
ett uppehållstillstånd
a residence permit
Tip: lit. the same.
- 5
uppehållsrätt
an EU right of residence
Tip: lit. the same — no permit needed.
- 6
ett personnummer
a personal identity number
Tip: lit. the same — the key to everything.
- 7
ett samordningsnummer
a coordination number
Tip: lit. the same — the temporary version.
- 8
folkbokföra sig
to register with the tax agency
Tip: lit. the same — this is what makes you resident.
- 9
utan det fungerar ingenting
without it nothing works
Tip: lit. the same — bank, phone, gym.
- 10
öppna ett bankkonto
to open a bank account
Tip: lit. the same — the first hurdle.
- 11
ett BankID
a digital identification
Tip: lit. the same — the second hurdle, and the bigger one.
- 12
moment 22
the chicken-and-egg problem
Tip: lit. 'catch-22' — you need one to get the other.
- 13
hitta någonstans att bo
to find somewhere to live
Tip: lit. the same.
- 14
ett förstahandskontrakt
a first-hand contract
Tip: lit. the same — nearly unobtainable.
- 15
en andrahand
a sublet
Tip: lit. the same — what most people get.
- 16
en bostadskö på tjugo år
a housing queue of twenty years
Tip: lit. the same — Stockholm, unexaggerated.
- 17
få lön i en ny valuta
to be paid in a new currency
Tip: lit. the same.
- 18
och aldrig sluta räkna om
and never stop converting
Tip: lit. the same — for the first year.
- 19
levnadskostnaderna
the cost of living
Tip: lit. the same.
- 20
högre än du fick höra
higher than you were told
Tip: lit. the same.
- 21
skattehemvist
a tax residence
Tip: lit. the same.
- 22
ett dubbelbeskattningsavtal
a double taxation agreement
Tip: lit. the same.
- 23
expertskatt
an expert tax relief
Tip: lit. the same — twenty-five percent exempt, first years.
- 24
en pension kvar i hemlandet
a pension left behind
Tip: lit. the same.
- 25
överförbar inom EU
transferable within the EU
Tip: lit. the same — mostly.
- 26
sjukförsäkring
health insurance
Tip: lit. the same.
- 27
ett europeiskt sjukförsäkringskort
a European health card
Tip: lit. the same.
- 28
lära sig språket
to learn the language
Tip: lit. the same.
- 29
gratis språkutbildning
free language tuition
Tip: lit. the same — SFI, and it's genuinely free.
- 30
alla pratar engelska
everyone speaks English
Tip: lit. the same — which is the trap.
- 31
så man behöver aldrig lära sig
so you never have to learn
Tip: lit. the same.
- 32
och aldrig riktigt höra hemma
and never quite belong
Tip: lit. the same.
- 33
lunchsamtalet byter språk
the lunch conversation switches
Tip: lit. the same — and you're outside it.
- 34
be dem fortsätta på svenska
to ask them to keep speaking Swedish
Tip: lit. the same — the single best move.
- 35
en kulturkrock på jobbet
a workplace culture shock
Tip: lit. the same.
- 36
konsensus före beslut
consensus before decisions
Tip: lit. the same — slow, then fast.
- 37
platta hierarkier
flat hierarchies
Tip: lit. the same.
- 38
säga du till chefen
to call the director by first name
Tip: lit. the same — universal here.
- 39
ingen jobbar efter fem
nobody works after five
Tip: lit. the same.
- 40
och ingen imponeras av att du gör det
and nobody is impressed if you do
Tip: lit. the same.
- 41
hemlängtan
homesickness
Tip: lit. the same.
- 42
den kommer i månad fyra
it arrives in month four
Tip: lit. the same — reliably.
- 43
inte på flygplatsen
not at the airport
Tip: lit. the same.
- 44
sakna det vardagliga
to miss the small things
Tip: lit. the same — bread, a shop, a voice.
- 45
ett videosamtal över tidszoner
a video call across time zones
Tip: lit. the same.
- 46
bygga ett liv två gånger
to build a life twice
Tip: lit. the same.
- 47
en vän som också gjort det
a friend who has done it too
Tip: lit. the same — worth ten others.
- 48
bli två personer
to become two people
Tip: lit. the same — one in each language.
- 49
och inte vara hemma i någon
and to be at home in neither
Tip: lit. the same.
- 50
eller hemma i båda
or at home in both
Tip: lit. the same — on a good day.