This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. Norwegian to English

strandenger

English translation: coastal marshland

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Norwegian term or phrase:strandenger
English translation:coastal marshland
Entered by: abborre

22:26 May 29, 2003
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Marketing
Norwegian term or phrase: strandenger
description of a natural site
abborre
Denmark
Local time: 22:39
coastal marshland
Explanation:
an 'eng' can be a 'meadow' or a 'marsh'...
Selected response from:

Paul Larkin (X)
Local time: 21:39
Grading comment
thanks
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1coastal meadow, shore meadow
Richard Lawson
5coastal marshland
Paul Larkin (X)
5coastal grassland
Tore Bjerkek
4beach meadows
Ellen-Marie Kristiansen Ritchie


  

Answers


17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
beach meadows


Explanation:
meadows on the beach, for instance

Ellen-Marie Kristiansen Ritchie
Norway
Local time: 22:39
Native speaker of: Norwegian
PRO pts in pair: 63
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
coastal marshland


Explanation:
an 'eng' can be a 'meadow' or a 'marsh'...

Paul Larkin (X)
Local time: 21:39
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 119
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tore Bjerkek: Marshes are more wet than dry.
1 hr
  -> That is true but you cannot have a coastal meadow in English so I proposed coastal marshland as an option for the translator.
agree  Aurora Manes
9 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
coastal grassland


Explanation:
Strandenger er slake løsmassestrender med engvegetasjon av salttolerante grasarter og urter, med regelmessige oversvømminger av sjøvann.


Tore Bjerkek
Canada
Local time: 16:39
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in pair: 807
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
coastal meadow, shore meadow


Explanation:
Google gave 358 hits for "coastal meadow" and 142 for "shore meadow". Many of them look pretty convincing. "Coastal meadow" seems most common in USA & Canada.

Richard Lawson
Local time: 22:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1147

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tore Bjerkek
2 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search