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Северный тюльпан

English translation: Northern tulip

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Russian term or phrase:Северный тюльпан
English translation:Northern tulip
Entered by: BrigitteHilgner

08:36 Apr 10, 2012
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Botany / flower
Russian term or phrase: Северный тюльпан
I confess it immediately: I don't speak any Russian. I am translating the titles of works of art (figures carved out of gemstones) into German. The Russian gallery provided the titles in Russian and English and I am supposed to translate the titles from English into German (not my idea - it's complicated, I can't help it). The English title provided is "north tulipe" which seems a bit strange to me. I am wondering whether this translation might be wrong and the original might be the name of a real flower? If not, would it be wrong if I changed the English into "Northern tulipe" or "Tulipe from the north"? I don't have any photo, all I know is that the object is made of agate and obsidian. Any kind of help will be greatly appreciated.
BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 05:26
Northern tulip
Explanation:
As far as I know, there are no flowers with such name. Instead, there exists North Pole Tulip (see link). So, you can use any of your variants.
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Igor Moshkin
Russian Federation
Local time: 10:26
Grading comment
Thank you! I like this suggestion best and I just love the tulipgallery. Beautiful!
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3 +1North Tulip
erika rubinstein
3 +1Northern tulip
Igor Moshkin


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
North Tulip


Explanation:
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erika rubinstein
Local time: 05:26
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in GermanGerman

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agree  svetlana cosquéric
1 hr
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Northern tulip


Explanation:
As far as I know, there are no flowers with such name. Instead, there exists North Pole Tulip (see link). So, you can use any of your variants.


    Reference: http://www.thetulipgallery.com/view/1522
Igor Moshkin
Russian Federation
Local time: 10:26
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you! I like this suggestion best and I just love the tulipgallery. Beautiful!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Natalie: Item with similar name: http://www.etsy.com/search/handmade?search_submit=&q=Norther...
1 hr
  -> Yours sincerely!
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