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Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

ÉN PÅ NØDDEN

English translation:

NUTTY BUSINESS

Added to glossary by Rosica Dimitrova
May 9, 2016 06:48
8 yrs ago
Danish term

ÉN PÅ NØDDEN

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This is the title of a text about a Stone Age man and his family who used to eat a lot of nuts.

Proposed translations

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NUTTY BUSINESS

In memory of Fred Flintstone
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Not entirely nuts

Perhaps:
Not entirely nuts
Going nuts

With a title like that it is more important to find an idiom that works in the target language than to translate the source literally.

You (naturally) don´t reveal in detail what the text is about, but unless the family also hit each other on the head, the Danish title is more interested in word-play than in direct relevance.

Translate the text, think about it as you go, and find an English expression that fits more or less.

Nutty as a fruitcake is probably NOT what you are looking for, but there are plenty of others.


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