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han er slaaet paa Dokken

English translation: He was hurt on the dock

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Danish term or phrase:han er slaaet paa Dokken
English translation:He was hurt on the dock
Entered by: Timoshka

02:38 Jun 29, 2011
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Danish term or phrase: han er slaaet paa Dokken
This comes from a postcard, written by a Danish immigrant in New York in 1908. She writes about her husband's hospitalization, noting that "han er slaaet paa Dokken, ved ikke naar han kommer Hjem..." I assumed this meant he was struck (by some unmentioned thing or person) on the dock, however another translator suggested he could have simply fallen. I checked an early 20th-century dictionary, and "slaa" is indeed translated there as "beat, strike, to fall suddenly and violently." Now I'm uncertain how to interpret this line...
Timoshka
Local time: 12:14
He was hurt on the dock
Explanation:
This could cover both being hurt by falling or by an object falling on the person or even being hurt (punched) by someone.

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lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 13:14
Grading comment
Thank you so much for this solution to my translation problem! Mange tak!
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4 +1He was hurt on the dock
lone (X)


  

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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
He was hurt on the dock


Explanation:
This could cover both being hurt by falling or by an object falling on the person or even being hurt (punched) by someone.



lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 13:14
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Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
Thank you so much for this solution to my translation problem! Mange tak!

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agree  Christine Andersen: A good suggestion when it is not possible to ask the writer!
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  -> Mange tak!
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