power-shower

Swedish translation: power-shower

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English term or phrase:power-shower
Swedish translation:power-shower
Entered by: Anders Dalström

13:49 May 15, 2011
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
English term or phrase: power-shower
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good Swedish translation of this?

Example sentence: "All bathrooms at Hotel Swanky have power-showers"
Anders Dalström
Sweden
Local time: 05:38
power-shower
Explanation:
Man använder faktiskt power-shower. Om det finns nåt bättre alternativ vet jag inte, men skulle hursomhelst inte använda tryckdusch eller högtrycksdusch i det här fallet eftersom de (oftast) syftar på engelskans jet shower.
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ohemulen
France
Local time: 05:38
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4powerdusch
Katarina Lindve
2power-shower
ohemulen
3 -1högtrycksdusch
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
power-shower


Explanation:
Man använder faktiskt power-shower. Om det finns nåt bättre alternativ vet jag inte, men skulle hursomhelst inte använda tryckdusch eller högtrycksdusch i det här fallet eftersom de (oftast) syftar på engelskans jet shower.

ohemulen
France
Local time: 05:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in FinnishFinnish
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
högtrycksdusch


Explanation:
Självklart men jag är inte svensk så.......obs

SafeTex
France
Local time: 05:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Katarina Lindve: låter som något man tvättar väggar med... (högtryckstvätt=väggtvätt)
4 days
  -> Opps. Sorry. I did say that I wasn't Swedish
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
powerdusch


Explanation:
De flesta som använder "power" försvenskar ändå uttrycket till "powerdusch" (mer än 1200 googleträffar). Ska ju antyda att det är mer än en vanlig mesig dusch - en del har en radio exempelvis.

Katarina Lindve
Sweden
Local time: 05:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Swedish
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