20:48 May 27, 2010 |
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Danish to English translations [PRO] Agriculture | |||||||
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2 | growing vegetables/vegetable plots |
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Amager farm(s) |
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growing vegetables/vegetable plots Explanation: There was a colony of farmers and market gardeners of Dutch descent who grew vegetables and sold them to the citizens of Copenhagen. (were the Dutch originally brought over by Christian 4 in connection with building projects?) They grew cauliflowers, peas and other vegetables, as well as fruit, I believe, to supplement the monotonous Danish diet they were offered of rye, barley and pork, and later made a living selling the produce. One of their famous descendants was Dirch Passer. http://www.copenhagencamping.dk/dragor.html and lots of other hits. |
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Reference: Amager farm(s) Reference information: Since the term is unique to Amager and your text is about Amager, I think it would be safe to construct an English equivalent (as you suggested and as others have done before according to Google). The Dutch farmers were actually invited to Denmark to grow vegetables for the Danish court and Copenhagen because of their superior farming skills (first link). Or you could rewrite and use the term 'Amager farmers' (second link). Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amager Reference: http://www.cphpost.dk/culture/denmark-through-the-looking-gl... |
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