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nådlerske

English translation: shoe sewer

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Danish term or phrase:nådlerske
English translation:shoe sewer
Entered by: Lingua Danica

18:03 Dec 11, 2006
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / Marriage Certificate
Danish term or phrase: nådlerske
A "nådlerske" is evidently a woman who works with shoes, sewing up the leather and possibly doing any dye work involved. My Danish English dictionary translates "nådler" as "closer", and the Oxford English Dictionary doesd include the term, but it looks as though it has been out of use since the late 1800s.

I don't think I can use "closer" on this marriage certificate from 1968 because it won't be evident to English speakers what it is. It certainly wouldn't be to me!
Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!
Tania Therien
Canada
Local time: 04:04
shoe sewer
Explanation:
the work a nådlerske = nådlerjomfru made some decades ago is today mainly done by machine operators called shoe sewers.

So... If "closer" is an outdated word then why not use the the updated word shoesewer?
Or just write: closer (shoe sewer)

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Note added at 18 hrs (2006-12-12 12:21:27 GMT)
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http://www.workfutures.bc.ca/profiles/profile.cfm?site=graph...
An extract from the site:
Example Titles
machine operators:
lining stitcher, sample maker, sample sewer, serging machine operator, sewing machine operator, shoe sewer

more or less the same here:
http://saskjobfutures.ca/profiles/profile.cfm?lang=en&noc=94...



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Note added at 18 hrs (2006-12-12 12:29:14 GMT)
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I found a site called History Of Work Information System,
http://historyofwork.iisg.nl
On this site you can search under "Occupational Titles" and see the title translated into different languages.
Write "shoe sewer" (and click "go") and the title pop up in other languages, here among Swedish: nåtlerska (which is the same as the Danish nådlerske.
http://historyofwork.iisg.nl/list_hiswi.php
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Lingua Danica
Denmark
Local time: 12:04
Grading comment
Thanks for your help - everyone. That history of work website is great. It seems that "shoe closer" might also work. It appears on a few genealogical records from early in the twentieth century, as I discovered later.

Many thanks!
Tania
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1shoe sewer
Lingua Danica
3cobbler/shoe-maker
Diarmuid Kennan


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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
cobbler/shoe-maker


Explanation:
I would use the word cobbler or shoe-maker

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 11:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lingua Danica: How is the word cobbler used nowadays? (I thought a cobbler is one who repairs shoes)
1 hr
  -> a mender or maker of shoes and often of other leather goods; that is how the Mirriam-Webster dictionary defines cobbler. In my experience though, cobbler is archaic. I don't think I have ever heard it used in ordinary speech.
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
shoe sewer


Explanation:
the work a nådlerske = nådlerjomfru made some decades ago is today mainly done by machine operators called shoe sewers.

So... If "closer" is an outdated word then why not use the the updated word shoesewer?
Or just write: closer (shoe sewer)

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 18 hrs (2006-12-12 12:21:27 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

http://www.workfutures.bc.ca/profiles/profile.cfm?site=graph...
An extract from the site:
Example Titles
machine operators:
lining stitcher, sample maker, sample sewer, serging machine operator, sewing machine operator, shoe sewer

more or less the same here:
http://saskjobfutures.ca/profiles/profile.cfm?lang=en&noc=94...



--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 18 hrs (2006-12-12 12:29:14 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

I found a site called History Of Work Information System,
http://historyofwork.iisg.nl
On this site you can search under "Occupational Titles" and see the title translated into different languages.
Write "shoe sewer" (and click "go") and the title pop up in other languages, here among Swedish: nåtlerska (which is the same as the Danish nådlerske.
http://historyofwork.iisg.nl/list_hiswi.php

Lingua Danica
Denmark
Local time: 12:04
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks for your help - everyone. That history of work website is great. It seems that "shoe closer" might also work. It appears on a few genealogical records from early in the twentieth century, as I discovered later.

Many thanks!
Tania

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Andersen: Sounds like a good suggestion
53 mins
  -> Mange tak
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