Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 18, 2010 13:19
13 yrs ago
Finnish term
High-quality translation
Native in: Romanian 
Works in: Finnish to Romanian, Finnish to English, English to Romanian, and 3 more.
meno
Finnish to English
Other
Government / Politics
Äänestäjät kävivät äänestyksen jälkeen varmistamassa äänen uurnaan menon vaalivirkailijalta
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | insertion |
Desmond O'Rourke
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| 2 | to be taken into account |
Timo Lehtilä
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Jul 27, 2010 18:33: Desmond O'Rourke Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Desmond O'Rourke
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
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Native in: English 
Works in: Finnish to English, English to Finnish
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insertion
After voting, voters made sure their votes were inserted in the ballot box.
"insertion" is an idiomatic use of meno, a word indicating movement of any kind
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Note added at 10 days (2010-07-28 14:50:44 GMT) Post-grading
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Now that there is context for the answer, it would have been better to use "registered by the voting machine" instead of "inserted". Just shows the myany ways in which "meno" can be translated depending
on what is meant.
"insertion" is an idiomatic use of meno, a word indicating movement of any kind
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Note added at 10 days (2010-07-28 14:50:44 GMT) Post-grading
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Now that there is context for the answer, it would have been better to use "registered by the voting machine" instead of "inserted". Just shows the myany ways in which "meno" can be translated depending
on what is meant.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
21 hrs
Timo Lehtilä
Finland
Finland
Native in Finnish
Finland
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Native in: Finnish
Works in: Russian to Finnish, English to Finnish
to be taken into account
I have difficulties to imagine that in the ordinary voting process, after just having inserted his ballot into the box, the voter should verify by asking the election official that the ballot surely has been inserted into the box.
I guess that it is the automatic (electronic) balloting machine that are concerned and the expression "äänen uurnaan meno" is used metaphorically meaning "to be taken into account by the voting machine".
I guess that it is the automatic (electronic) balloting machine that are concerned and the expression "äänen uurnaan meno" is used metaphorically meaning "to be taken into account by the voting machine".
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