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älvlandskap

English translation: river landscape

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Swedish term or phrase:älvlandskap
English translation:river landscape
Entered by: Annabel Oldfield

09:47 Jan 16, 2009
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Marketing / Market Research / In a marketing brochure
Swedish term or phrase: älvlandskap
Besök nationalpark XXXX med ett unikt älvlandskap.
Annabel Oldfield
Local time: 17:56
river landscape
Explanation:
It is a river landscape, but if you want to convey the uniqueness to a higher degree, perhaps you could add the geographical location or "Northern Swedish" or something like that.
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ohemulen
France
Local time: 17:56
Grading comment
Thanks Kristina,
I wasn't sure if river landscape sounded too Swenglish when I thought of it but with so many agreements you must be right :o)
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3river landscape
ohemulen
4 +1Nordic river scenery
Katarina Lindve


Discussion entries: 1





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
river landscape


Explanation:
It is a river landscape, but if you want to convey the uniqueness to a higher degree, perhaps you could add the geographical location or "Northern Swedish" or something like that.

ohemulen
France
Local time: 17:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
Thanks Kristina,
I wasn't sure if river landscape sounded too Swenglish when I thought of it but with so many agreements you must be right :o)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sven Petersson
2 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  EC Translate
13 mins
  -> Thank you!
disagree  Katarina Lindve: landscape does not do the trick here I think
25 mins
  -> I see what you mean by scenery, but landscape is also used in this context.
agree  asptech: Basically correct, but I wonder if "scenery" wouldn't convey the writer's intentions better than "landscape".
27 mins
  -> You may well be right. Although landscape is also used for this purpose.
agree  Anna Herbst: River landscape sounds just right.
3 hrs
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Nordic river scenery


Explanation:
The difference between any river "flod, å" and an "älv" is the wildness associated with the Swedish word "älv". This therefore has to be translated with a word that describes this scenic wildness. river scenery with the addition of Nordic on this context would do the trick. wild scenery is used for "vilt landskap in Norstedts for example.

Example sentence(s):
  • winter river scenery from Lapland

    Reference: http://www.123rf.com/photo_2608264.html
Katarina Lindve
Sweden
Local time: 17:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Swedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sven Petersson: "Scenery" is good, but "Nordic" is not. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_countries for definition!
18 mins
agree  Fredrik Nowacki: Since "älv" in my knowledge, very specifically connotes a Scandinavian (or even Swedish?) type of river, I think the translaton should reflect that somehow.
3 days 6 hrs
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