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skyter ikke med skarpt

English translation: does (do) not fire (with) live ammunition

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Norwegian term or phrase:skyter ikke med skarpt
English translation:does (do) not fire (with) live ammunition
Entered by: brigidm

12:54 Sep 29, 2008
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / use of State power
Norwegian term or phrase: skyter ikke med skarpt
I'm wondering if this is an idiomatic phrase or whether it is literally talking about using heavy methods. It's a document about human rights and the use of methods of warfare, etc.
Man kan si at regelen innebaerer et nokså uspesifisert proporsjonalitetsprinsipp - man **skyter ikke med skarpt** for å slå ned opptøyer eller foreta pågripelse og så videre, med mindre det er "absolutt nødvendig."
TIA for comments.
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:37
does (do) not fire (with) live ammunition
Explanation:
Which alternatives you chose will depend on the context.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-09-29 17:02:37 GMT)
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Helen, I should perhaps have made the proviso that my proposal applies to the literal interpretation. I find it difficult to imagine that someone would use this as a metaphor, given the subject matter, but you never know...The full sentence would help, perhaps.
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brigidm
Norway
Local time: 02:37
Grading comment
Thanks, Brigid - this makes entire sense!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5does (do) not fire (with) live ammunition
brigidm
3does not sharpshoot/ direct fire/ fire directly
lingo_montreal


  

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does (do) not fire (with) live ammunition


Explanation:
Which alternatives you chose will depend on the context.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-09-29 17:02:37 GMT)
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Helen, I should perhaps have made the proviso that my proposal applies to the literal interpretation. I find it difficult to imagine that someone would use this as a metaphor, given the subject matter, but you never know...The full sentence would help, perhaps.

brigidm
Norway
Local time: 02:37
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Thanks, Brigid - this makes entire sense!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hanne Rask Sonderborg
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Hanne
agree  Toralf Mjelde
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Toralf
agree  Michele Fauble: "... - you do not fire live ammunition ..." This is meant literally in asker's context.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Michele
agree  Αlban SHPΑTΑ
17 hrs
  -> Thanks, i Translate
agree  Erik Matson
8 days
  -> Takk, Erik76
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does not sharpshoot/ direct fire/ fire directly


Explanation:
in terms of aiming to kill.

lingo_montreal
Local time: 20:37
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