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levande besöksmål

English translation: vibrant tourist attraction


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Swedish term or phrase:levande besöksmål
English translation:vibrant tourist attraction
Entered by: Annabel Oldfield
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09:42 Jan 16, 2009
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Swedish term or phrase: levande besöksmål
Idag är XXXX en levande besöksmål.
Annabel Oldfield
Local time: 05:13
vibrant tourist attraction
Explanation:
You said it yourself, Annabel - It's a former mine that is now a tourist attraction.
Add 'vibrant' for 'levande' and there you go!
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Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 13:13
Grading comment
I like the sound of this. Thanks :o)
2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4vibrant tourist attraction
Anna Herbst
4 -1visitor center
lindve
3vibrant visitor attraction
Anders Dalstrom


Discussion entries: 2





  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
vibrant visitor attraction


Explanation:
I believe it should be 'ett levande...', though...


    Reference: http://www.discoverireland.ie/DI/resultsengine/IndividualRes...
Anders Dalstrom
Ireland
Local time: 04:13
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
visitor center


Explanation:
Levande besöksmål is alluding to the fact that this nis a place from the past, once abandoned but now it will be full of life again- its history will be revealed.
In essential- this is what in GB is called a visitor center, but with this added word in Swedish. Here I think Visitor center could stand on its own, could have the attribute Living Visitor Center but it shouldn't add anything really. A visitor center in GB is just this kind of place, a historic site alive again. Visitor Center is furthermore the phrase now used on Swedish web sites for these kinds of spots.

Example sentence(s):
  • Syftet med Visitor Center är att peka ut mot medeltida besöksmål i Västra Götaland och inspirera besökare att uppleva dessa intressanta platser.

    Reference: http://www.visitor-center.se/page/lang.sv-id___1081.php
lindve
Sweden
Local time: 05:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Swedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Anna Herbst: A visitor centre is the same as an information centre. Ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visitor_Centre
2 hrs
  -> I know...but for historical sites, both in Great Britain and in Sweden, the term actually means that the historic spot is opened again so that history can come alive. "Levande besöksmål" is a bureucratic phrase for a visitor center built on spot of hist.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
vibrant tourist attraction


Explanation:
You said it yourself, Annabel - It's a former mine that is now a tourist attraction.
Add 'vibrant' for 'levande' and there you go!

Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 13:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
I like the sound of this. Thanks :o)
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