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dåp

English translation: naming ceremony (or launch)

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Norwegian term or phrase:dåp (av et fartøy)
English translation:naming ceremony (or launch)
Entered by: Christine Andersen

10:49 Jun 11, 2004
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Norwegian term or phrase: dåp
Under korrekturlesing stusser jeg på bruken av "christening" ved dåp av et fartøy. Gjelder den første nye, norske fregatten. Det må da finnes et bedre uttrykk - 'launch ceremony' eller noe slikt?
Mvh Per Morten
Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 04:20
launch or naming ceremony
Explanation:
Usually a suitable celebrity is asked to name the ship as it is launched (see reference)

Traditionally the queen or whoever it is breaks a bottle of champagne against the bows of the vessel as it glides down the slipway and announces: 'I name this ship ... May God bless her and all who sail in her'.

Everyone cheers and waves flags... It's a real cliché and the 'dåp' is not so far off the mark.

But I think you are right: naming ceremony rather than christening, despite the allusion to God.
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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 04:20
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All that in 12 minutes - amazing. Thanks!
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dåp
launch or naming ceremony


Explanation:
Usually a suitable celebrity is asked to name the ship as it is launched (see reference)

Traditionally the queen or whoever it is breaks a bottle of champagne against the bows of the vessel as it glides down the slipway and announces: 'I name this ship ... May God bless her and all who sail in her'.

Everyone cheers and waves flags... It's a real cliché and the 'dåp' is not so far off the mark.

But I think you are right: naming ceremony rather than christening, despite the allusion to God.


    Reference: http://cruise-forums.com/forums/read.php?f=11&i=686&t=686
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 04:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
All that in 12 minutes - amazing. Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Lawson: For an interesting article on the subject, see http://www.free-definition.com/Ship-naming-and-launching.htm...
11 mins
agree  abborre
30 mins
agree  Roald Toskedal: Perfect, Christine! In Norwegian, the phrase goes "Måtte hell og lykke følge deg og ditt mannskap på alle hav."
1 hr
  -> In these days of GPS and radio telephony we easily forget that ships disappeared when they sailed until 100 years ago - and nobody knew where they were until they appeared at the next port - sailors needed all the luck and protection they could get.
agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X): naming ceremony
3 hrs
agree  Shaun Friel
6 hrs
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