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nedlusade

English translation: swamped

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Swedish term or phrase:nedlusade
English translation:swamped
Entered by: Terence Ajbro

09:20 Jan 24, 2006
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers (general) / social
Swedish term or phrase: nedlusade
... problemet med att publika datorer blir nedlusade av pornografiskt material.
Robin Hardy-King
Local time: 19:30
get swamped
Explanation:
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Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Local time: 20:30
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5get swamped
Terence Ajbro
5overwhelmed
Diarmuid Kennan
5Infested with
Lars Palmer
4crawling with
Kathy Saranpa


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
get swamped


Explanation:
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Terence Ajbro
Sweden
Local time: 20:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  George Hopkins
4 mins
  -> nice Swedish expression IMHO, can be translated in many ways
agree  Lars Jelking: 'Infested' can do as more official.
7 mins
agree  asptech: do not pay any attention to the "lus" bit, it just means that something gets covered or filled up
11 mins
agree  Rebecca Barath: inendated, bogged down....
2 hrs
  -> exactly, bogged and swamped
agree  ojinaga
7 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
overwhelmed


Explanation:
Just a suggestion

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 19:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Infested with


Explanation:
as close as it gets

Lars Palmer
Brazil
Local time: 15:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
crawling with


Explanation:
this, like "infested", gets across the "insect" reference

Kathy Saranpa
Finland
Local time: 21:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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