Dec 23, 2010 17:34
13 yrs ago
Norwegian term
kan man spekulere i
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Hva det betyr, kan man spekulere i
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | is open to speculation |
Per Bergvall
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| 3 +1 | You can wonder about what that means. |
Lars Erik Hauklien
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Proposed translations
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Per Bergvall
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is open to speculation
What it means, is open to speculation. Incidentally, If I wanted to make this a discussion entry, it would have been word for word the same.
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Note added at 12 hrs (2010-12-24 05:43:39 GMT)
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The 'i', since you asked, is the wrong preposition. Someone who is aggressively playing the stock market, could be said to 'spekulere i aksjer'. When spekulere means speculate as in ponder, wonder, consider, deliberate, the appropriate preposition is på (on).
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Note added at 12 hrs (2010-12-24 05:43:39 GMT)
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The 'i', since you asked, is the wrong preposition. Someone who is aggressively playing the stock market, could be said to 'spekulere i aksjer'. When spekulere means speculate as in ponder, wonder, consider, deliberate, the appropriate preposition is på (on).
Note from asker:
| Hva det betyr, kan man spekulere i, men det burde kunne skrives på samme måte på norsk. (What that "i" means i wonder!) |
Peer comment(s):
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Michele Fauble
1 hr
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| agree |
lingo_montreal
: Your wit is dead on, Per!
2 hrs
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Thank you, and a merry Christmas to you.
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| agree |
Hans Wang
: "is subject to speculation" would work too I think
15 hrs
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| agree |
Charlesp
: Per is on the spot, again (as always!).
2 days 17 hrs
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Charlesp is too kind, as usual.
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| agree |
Gunnar Sommerfeldt
3 days 16 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "danke ;)"
+1
2 hrs
Lars Erik Hauklien
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Specializes in field
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Native in: Norwegian 
, Norwegian (Bokmal)
Works in: Norwegian (Bokmal) to English, English to Norwegian (Bokmal), Norwegian to English, and 3 more.
You can wonder about what that means.
Ord for ord er: "What that means can one speculate about". Frasen "kan man spekulere i" bør være i en kontekst for å få en meningsfull engelsk oversettelse, derfor har jeg oversatt hele setningen du jobber med.
Example sentence:
I still wonder about what that means.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Charlesp
: an alternative (but Per's is better, as this is a big wordy).
2 days 15 hrs
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