Norsk bedriftsøkonomisk terminologi – nødvendig eller unødvendig?
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SYNAPS - A Journal of Professional Communication 18(2006) pp.31-40Abstract
In this article some views regarding the use of Norwegian or foreign (English language) accounting concepts and
terms are presented. The conclusion states that we should continue to use our native Norwegian language when
discussing accounting issues. The motivation for this conclusion is the fact that our understanding of accounting
issues will increase if we use our own language and not a foreign language which we master only to a varying
degree. Furthermore, the fact that foreign language concepts and terms have been developed in another cultural
context with another legal tradition than the Norwegian one, complicates the use of foreign accounting concepts
and terms in Norway.