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driver og hundefører

English translation: driver (beater) and dog handler

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Danish term or phrase:driver og hundefører
English translation:driver (beater) and dog handler
Entered by: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

20:13 Jan 18, 2011
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations / clothes for hunting
Danish term or phrase: driver og hundefører
Text: Den perfekte serie til driveren og hundeføreren.

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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 15:09
driver and dog handler
Explanation:
The driver (in Danish or English) is a person who pushes wild game in front of the shooter(s) during a hunt. See the reference links for the Danish and English (U.S.) example sentences.

You might get some suggestions for "beater" in lieu of "driver". However, a "beater" to me is someone who physically strikes the bushes and grasses to drive game forward, and that's more often done in Africa or India on hunts than in Europe, at least in my understanding.

"Hundefører" is always "dog handler". Here it refers to the person who directs the dog during the hunt. In other contexts, a "hundefører" could be a police dog handler or a search-and-rescue dog handler.

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-01-18 21:13:26 GMT)
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Well, I underestimated the tenacity of "beater" among the British -- see http://www.wbsi.co.uk/shooting/default.aspx?page=the_pheasan... for this:

"On a pheasant shoot, a team of beaters drives the birds over a line of six to nine guns spaced on pegs anywhere from 20 to 40 yards apart."

I guess I'd use "beater" if your audience is British or influenced by British terminology.

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Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 08:09
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Thanks!
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4driver and dog handler
Charles Ek
4beater and dog handler
Sven Petersson


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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
driver and dog handler


Explanation:
The driver (in Danish or English) is a person who pushes wild game in front of the shooter(s) during a hunt. See the reference links for the Danish and English (U.S.) example sentences.

You might get some suggestions for "beater" in lieu of "driver". However, a "beater" to me is someone who physically strikes the bushes and grasses to drive game forward, and that's more often done in Africa or India on hunts than in Europe, at least in my understanding.

"Hundefører" is always "dog handler". Here it refers to the person who directs the dog during the hunt. In other contexts, a "hundefører" could be a police dog handler or a search-and-rescue dog handler.

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-01-18 21:13:26 GMT)
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Well, I underestimated the tenacity of "beater" among the British -- see http://www.wbsi.co.uk/shooting/default.aspx?page=the_pheasan... for this:

"On a pheasant shoot, a team of beaters drives the birds over a line of six to nine guns spaced on pegs anywhere from 20 to 40 yards apart."

I guess I'd use "beater" if your audience is British or influenced by British terminology.



Example sentence(s):
  • I alt mente de tre hundeførere og to drivere uden hund at have set minimum 500 skovsnepper.
  • •Drivers should walk into the wind; this way, the birds are less likely to hear them coming, and dogs can pick up scent more easily.

    Reference: http://www.jaegerforbundet.dk/page651.aspx?recordid651=1780
    Reference: http://www.dccl.org/information/pheasant/pheasant_hunting_ba...
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 08:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Excellent, thanks!

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
beater and dog handler


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://readingroom.skillsfundingagency.bis.gov.uk/sfa/nextst...
    Reference: http://www.dwwcc.org/documents/MayNewsletterFinal.pdf
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 15:09
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Asker: Thanks!

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