The company owner had great faith in Tom's discretionary abilities, so he was granted the authority to exercise his own judgment in handling difficult and sensitive problems as he saw fit.
Eigarin av fyritøkuni hevði stórt álit á evnunum hjá Tom at meta um, so hann fekk heimild at nýta sína egnu meting, tá ið tað kom til at handfara trupul og viðkvæm mál, sum hann helt vera hóskandi.