Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Greek term or phrase:
στην είσοδο του Αμβρακικού Κόλπου
English translation:
at the entrance (of the Ambracian Gulf)
Added to glossary by
Ioanna Daskalopoulou
Sep 20, 2009 16:08
14 yrs ago
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στην είσοδο του Αμβρακικού Κόλπου
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Η .....είναι η πρωτεύουσα του Νομού, χτισμένη στην είσοδο...
Με προβληματίζει η απόδοση της λέξησ είσοδος. Any suggestions?
Με προβληματίζει η απόδοση της λέξησ είσοδος. Any suggestions?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | at the entrance (of the Ambracian Gulf) |
amgt
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| 4 | at the source of / at the headwaters of |
Dimitra Tsakiroglou
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| 4 | at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf |
Eleni Makantani
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Proposed translations
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at the entrance (of the Ambracian Gulf)
that was my first thought and as Eva Smith also points out
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Dimitra Tsakiroglou
Greece
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Greece
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at the source of / at the headwaters of
I'm sure any of the two expressions are fine.
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Note added at 25 mins (2009-09-20 16:34:19 GMT)
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In response to Ellen Kraus, I agree that entry or even entrance would be good too. With "opening", one might think of the river opening into the Ionian Sea where the Ambracian Gulf disembogues. "Source" and "Headwaters" are the literal meaning of the word "είσοδος" when it refers to a river.
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Note added at 25 mins (2009-09-20 16:34:19 GMT)
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In response to Ellen Kraus, I agree that entry or even entrance would be good too. With "opening", one might think of the river opening into the Ionian Sea where the Ambracian Gulf disembogues. "Source" and "Headwaters" are the literal meaning of the word "είσοδος" when it refers to a river.
Note from asker:
| Ευχαριστώ για την απάντηση. Καλό βράδυ. |
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Eleni Makantani
Greece
Greece
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Greece
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at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf
Χωρίς να διαφωνώ με κάποια από τις άλλες απαντήσεις, ήταν η πρώτη, αυθόρμητη επιλογή που μου ήρθε στο μυαλό, η οποία υποστηρίζεται από αναφορές σε εγκυκλοπαίδειες (βλ. web references παρακάτω).
Παράδειγμα:
Cuba, at the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico, is the biggest island of the region.
Παράδειγμα:
Cuba, at the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico, is the biggest island of the region.
Note from asker:
| Ευχαριστώ πολύ Ελένη. |
Discussion
Versions of the name of the gulf: "Amvrakikos (Ambracian) Gulf" (Rough Guide to Greece), "Gulf of Arta" (Oxford Concise Atlas).
ipp.boku.ac.at/.../Ambrakischer%20Golf/Ambrakian_gulf
ipp.boku.ac.at/.../Ambrakischer%20Golf/Ambrakian_gulf
www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?...