"et ti mand høje kontor"

English translation: "a ten men strong office"

14:12 Sep 14, 2007
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Danish term or phrase: "et ti mand høje kontor"
Does this quite simply mean an office with ten staff members?
Russell Mattinson (X)
Local time: 12:28
English translation:"a ten men strong office"
Explanation:
http://tinyurl.com/24qdop
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Tomasz Sienicki
Denmark
Local time: 12:28
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1"a ten men strong office"
Tomasz Sienicki
3 +1a ten person office
William [Bill] Gray


  

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"a ten men strong office"


Explanation:
http://tinyurl.com/24qdop

Tomasz Sienicki
Denmark
Local time: 12:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Andersen: This or something like it - 'an office with a ten man strong staff' is a similar expression to the rather colloquial Danish, which certainly is heard regularly. The comments on political correctness apply in both languages!
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a ten person office


Explanation:
More politically correct to use "person"!
But is does sound rather unusual in the Danish; do they really use that construction, or is this, as I begin to suspect, a translation from another language?
Is it related to disaster relief/preparedness, as in my search link?

Example sentence(s):
  • So our ten-person office will spend $1100–$2500 on hardware,

    Reference: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rls=GGIT%2CGGIT%3A2007-...
William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 12:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Roald Toskedal
13 hrs
  -> Takk skal du ha, Roald!
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