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17:43 Feb 3, 2011 |
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Danish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Government / Politics | |||||
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| Selected response from: Gitte Hovedskov Hansen (X) | ||||
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Lande vi normalt (ikke) sammenligner os med Countries that we (don't) normally compare ourselves with (or: with whom we (don't) normally...) Explanation: This is pretty straight forward - if you google country/nation and comparison. As for the humour - I find it a bit challenging to give it that twist - unless we are talking about funny cultural differences and such, a country comparison would normally be about living conditions, income, etc. wouldn't it? But, perhaps the site tries to make fun of the Danes being so fortunate to live in that country and yet, at times, finding their problems big compared to those of other countries? Example sentence(s): Reference: http://northstreetschool.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/latest-eot... Reference: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Curb-c... |
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Lande vi normalt ikke sammenligner os med The kind of countries with which we tend not to compare ourselves Explanation: I think the term "the kind of countries" would serve the intended purpose. Good luck. Another option might be "The kind of countries with which we typically prefer not to compare ourselves". The use of "prefer" might further underline the intended purpose. |
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countries with which we normally contrast ourselves Explanation: my suggestion -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2011-02-03 21:34:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or perhaps "countries to whom we normally contrast ourselves" is better? |
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countries we like to compare ourselves with Explanation: It's a long shot, I know, and very bad style to end a sentence with 'with' (!), but at least there are a couple of thousand Google hits for this. The other sentence would then be: Countries we do NOT like to compare ourselves with. Maybe there aren't thousands of hits or any 'obvious' translation because other countries don't feel the need to compare themselves as much as we do?? Just a thought. |
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