Mar 26, 2009 18:40
15 yrs ago
Swedish term

spelplats

Swedish to English Other Tourism & Travel A brochure about bird-watching
Det är här uppe vi finner våra skogshöns och deras spelplatser
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 leks
3 playground

Proposed translations

+2
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leks

This word, of course, comes from the Norwegian for play, and perhaps an easier expression is courting grounds

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Note added at 17 mins (2009-03-26 18:57:45 GMT)
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I should have added a URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grouse

Sorry!
Peer comment(s):

agree Gayle Rolando (X) : The actions of some of the forest birds when they are courting are referred to in Swedish as "spela" - so courting grounds sounds good and is a better option than mating grounds.
6 mins
Agree - courting grounds has the advantage of being easily understandable to others than language nerds, sorry linguists :-)
agree Michele Fauble
3 hrs
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I'd just found this myself!! Thanks anyway. I'll think I'll use courting ground though"
12 mins

playground

why not? ;)
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