russepresident

English translation: senior class president

04:30 Dec 2, 2019
Norwegian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / cultural
Norwegian term or phrase: russepresident
Any equivalent or "close" term in English?
"Prom king" isn't close enough I think.
Arno Teigseth
Local time: 21:04
English translation:senior class president
Explanation:
:o)
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 21:04
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Takk! Jeg tenker også det må være noe slikt, eller Student Union President el lign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_government_president. @Micheles forslag er jo også bra, men intensjonen slik uttrykket var brukt i min tekst, var nok å presentere det som en ansvarlig posisjon.

Jeg har inntrykk av at russefeiring er stort sett rølp, men det virker som om folk som har vært russepresident er nokså stolt av det. Fant nemlig dette uttrykket brukt som referanse i en temmelig seriøs jobbsammenheng. Det er vel som med mye annet, at enkelte russ ødelegger for den store mengden.
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Summary of answers provided
5drunken mayhem MC
Charles Ek
3 +1senior class president
Sven Petersson
3russ president/russepresident
Michele Fauble


  

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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
drunken mayhem MC


Explanation:
Sorry, I couldn’t resist. ;-)

Good luck with this particular quest.

Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 15:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
russ president/russepresident


Explanation:
No equivalent in English. I would just use ‘russ’, as Wikipedia does.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russefeiring

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Note added at 14 hrs (2019-12-02 19:19:47 GMT)
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Maybe with an explanation in English.

Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 13:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sven Petersson: "russ/russe-" without any explanation communicates nothing. What is the explanation you are proposing?
1 day 17 mins
  -> Thus the need for a translator’s note or target language explanation, unless made unnecessary by the context.
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1 day 54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
senior class president


Explanation:
:o)

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 21:04
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Takk! Jeg tenker også det må være noe slikt, eller Student Union President el lign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_government_president. @Micheles forslag er jo også bra, men intensjonen slik uttrykket var brukt i min tekst, var nok å presentere det som en ansvarlig posisjon.

Jeg har inntrykk av at russefeiring er stort sett rølp, men det virker som om folk som har vært russepresident er nokså stolt av det. Fant nemlig dette uttrykket brukt som referanse i en temmelig seriøs jobbsammenheng. Det er vel som med mye annet, at enkelte russ ødelegger for den store mengden.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Ek: Helt enig, jeg.
9 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!

neutral  Michele Fauble: Simple solution, but doesn’t take into account the cultural difference.
12 hrs
  -> No, it does not. One could write a whole book about those differences.
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