nousi lehtien paistoille

English translation: appeared in the papers, newspaper columns

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Finnish term or phrase:nousi lehtien paistoille
English translation:appeared in the papers, newspaper columns
Entered by: Yngve Roennike

16:38 Jan 23, 2007
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Finnish term or phrase: nousi lehtien paistoille
Kokkolasta maailmalle lähtenyt XXX _nousi lehtien paistoille_ ja koko kansan tietoisuuteen ...

Does not make any sense to me.
What say you natives?
Yngve Roennike
Local time: 11:37
appeared in the papers
Explanation:
Po. lehtien palstoille

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-01-23 18:41:05 GMT)
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Otherwise, media would be a good suggestion, but your Kudoz question is about "lehdet", which means newspapers.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-01-23 19:11:57 GMT)
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And magazines, of course.

Personally, I think they would have written "nousi media-aiheeksi"/"nousi median tietoisuuteen"/"nousi median kärkiuutisiin" or something to that effect, if they had meant that. Nobody talks about the papers, if they mean the media. There is a certain difference between the two concepts.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-01-23 19:47:27 GMT)
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I simply had to point out the difference, because I used to study Communications Theory and my professor would turn in his grave if I hadn't done that. He always talked about what the word "media" means (he actually died after our course had finished). Nowadays I think everybody knows what media means, but 20 years ago it was not the case yet.
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Alfa Trans (X)
Local time: 17:37
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All answers were appreciated. The hangup was the misspelling of the word palsta due to an OCR error.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1became famous in the media
Melina Kajander
4appeared in the papers
Alfa Trans (X)
4made the papers
Anu Carroll


  

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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
became famous in the media


Explanation:
Considering the rest of the sentence, this is something a bit more than just appearing in a paper - I would say "...became famous in the media and among the whole nation", or something along those lines.

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Note added at 48 mins (2007-01-23 17:26:54 GMT)
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And yes, it definitely should be "palstoille".

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Note added at 51 mins (2007-01-23 17:30:20 GMT)
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palsta = a column in a newspaper or magazine

Melina Kajander
Finland
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jussi Rosti
57 mins

neutral  Alfa Trans (X): The media includes newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, and, of course, the Internet...
1 hr
  -> Yes, of course it does, but I don't think "nousta lehtien palstoille" is meant literally here, just as an idiom to mean someone getting fame/media attention...
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
appeared in the papers


Explanation:
Po. lehtien palstoille

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-01-23 18:41:05 GMT)
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Otherwise, media would be a good suggestion, but your Kudoz question is about "lehdet", which means newspapers.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-01-23 19:11:57 GMT)
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And magazines, of course.

Personally, I think they would have written "nousi media-aiheeksi"/"nousi median tietoisuuteen"/"nousi median kärkiuutisiin" or something to that effect, if they had meant that. Nobody talks about the papers, if they mean the media. There is a certain difference between the two concepts.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-01-23 19:47:27 GMT)
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I simply had to point out the difference, because I used to study Communications Theory and my professor would turn in his grave if I hadn't done that. He always talked about what the word "media" means (he actually died after our course had finished). Nowadays I think everybody knows what media means, but 20 years ago it was not the case yet.

Alfa Trans (X)
Local time: 17:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Finnish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
All answers were appreciated. The hangup was the misspelling of the word palsta due to an OCR error.
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
made the papers


Explanation:
This is an idiomatic expression that I think most closely matches the tone of the original; Google it in quotes for examples. However, you would then need a different verb for the second part, e.g., "XXX made the papers and sprang up in the (Finnish) national consciousness..."

Anu Carroll
United States
Local time: 11:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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