Nov 28, 2006 07:57
17 yrs ago
Swedish term
United Kingdom
25 years of quality and reliability
Native in: Swedish 
Works in: English to Swedish, Swedish to English, French to Swedish, and 7 more.
raggarbil
Swedish to English
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | classic American cars |
mogs61
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| 4 | big American car, American gas guzzler |
Larry Abramson
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| 3 | hot rod |
Susanne Lomander
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Proposed translations
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classic American cars
Not sure about "gas guzzlers" because that tends to be used to refer to 4x4s, SUVs, that sort of thing, and "raggarbilar" are largely the big classic American cars of the 50s and 60s.
So maybe, if it's possible to work it into the sentence, "classic American car"?
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-11-28 12:52:55 GMT)
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Or maybe (with reference to my answer about "raggare") "lowrider cars"?
So maybe, if it's possible to work it into the sentence, "classic American car"?
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Note added at 4 hrs (2006-11-28 12:52:55 GMT)
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Or maybe (with reference to my answer about "raggare") "lowrider cars"?
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Larry Abramson
United States
United States
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United States
Use the Asian advantage (US lawyer&team)
Native in: English
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big American car, American gas guzzler
Best I can come up with
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Susanne Lomander
Sweden
Sweden
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English
Sweden
25+ years of translation experience
Native in: English 
, Swedish
Works in: Swedish to English, English to Swedish, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
hot rod
...although the term "hot rod" usually means a car that has been souped up and modified to be extra fast for racing. However, it can encompass classic American cars as well.
Perhaps you shold leave it in Swedish with an explanation, because raggare + raggarbil is such a Swedish phenomenon (see my comment on "raggare").
Anyways, just a suggestion to a knotty problem! =)
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Note added at 11 hrs (2006-11-28 19:05:19 GMT)
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Sorry, forgot to say that Prisma suggests "neckmobile" [very funny!], "cruisemobile [perhaps not too far off] and "hot rod" (trimmad), [ie if it has been modified].
Hope it helps!
Perhaps you shold leave it in Swedish with an explanation, because raggare + raggarbil is such a Swedish phenomenon (see my comment on "raggare").
Anyways, just a suggestion to a knotty problem! =)
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Note added at 11 hrs (2006-11-28 19:05:19 GMT)
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Sorry, forgot to say that Prisma suggests "neckmobile" [very funny!], "cruisemobile [perhaps not too far off] and "hot rod" (trimmad), [ie if it has been modified].
Hope it helps!
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