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free-spirited

Danish translation: for individualister


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English term or phrase:free-spirited
Danish translation:for individualister
Entered by: Susanne Roelands
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20:27 Dec 5, 2009
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Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: free-spirited
The cigarette is free-spirited and offers smokers a new way to experience menthol.
Susanne Roelands
Local time: 19:27
for individualister
Explanation:
Et forslag...

Jeg kan ikke lige komme på et adjektiv, der ville give noget af den samme mening og kunne passe her, men du kan måske skrive det lidt om og i stedet skrive "En cigaret for individualister, der giver rygere en ny måde at..."

Oxford Concise Dictionary beskriver "free spirit" som "an independent or uninhibited person", og Gyldendals ordbøger giver "fri fugl" og "individualist" som oversættelsesforslag til dette udtryk. Merriam Webster giver desuden "nonconformist" som synonym.
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Mette Melchior
Local time: 18:27
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Tak.
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3 +1frisindet
Freelance DK
2 +1for individualister
Mette Melchior


  

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for individualister


Explanation:
Et forslag...

Jeg kan ikke lige komme på et adjektiv, der ville give noget af den samme mening og kunne passe her, men du kan måske skrive det lidt om og i stedet skrive "En cigaret for individualister, der giver rygere en ny måde at..."

Oxford Concise Dictionary beskriver "free spirit" som "an independent or uninhibited person", og Gyldendals ordbøger giver "fri fugl" og "individualist" som oversættelsesforslag til dette udtryk. Merriam Webster giver desuden "nonconformist" som synonym.


    Reference: http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2008112610071...
Mette Melchior
Local time: 18:27
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PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Tak.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marianne Ajana: This is best in this context.
1 day1 hr
  -> Tak, Marianne
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
frisindet


Explanation:
Hvis en ting kan have et sind/spirit? ;)

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Mener selvfølgelig: ..for den frisindet og


    Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=free-spirited
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Spirit
Freelance DK
Denmark
Local time: 19:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mette Melchior: I en anden sammenhæng ville jeg være enig, men jeg synes, det lyder lidt mærkeligt at beskrive en cigaret som "frisindet" ;-) Det er måske også mere i retning af "open-minded" e.l, da det primært betyder at være fordomsfri og åben over for nye ting.
14 hrs

agree  xxxEnglish-Dani: Jeg synes da godt man kan bruge frisindet :-) Mvh Lisbeth Men, hvis man oensker at haevde det i en reklame, kan det godt give problemer, i alle tilfaelde i England, se dette link: http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/focus/case_studies/One stop one ru...
2 days11 hrs
  -> Tak ;)
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