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Dec 18, 2012 03:59
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Swedish term
Business and finance (annual reports)
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Swedish to English
manchester
Swedish to English
Science
Meteorology
From a tour catalogue for the Swedish mountains:
Manchestermorgon
Du får tillträde till backen innan den öppnar och du får uppleva manchestern eller nysnön när den är som bäst.
Manchestermorgon
Du får tillträde till backen innan den öppnar och du får uppleva manchestern eller nysnön när den är som bäst.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | corduroy |
Charles Ek
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| 3 | velvet snow |
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Your meaning, from your words and mine
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English, and 2 more.
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corduroy
Compare the two links and the respective example sentences.
I'm a Nordic-style skier who has never bought a lift ticket. ;-) But I know what "corduroy" refers to, i.e., the ribbed surface left immediately after the grooming machine gets done and before any skier has been on the groomed slope. But I'm damned if I know where the "manchester" part comes from. Maybe some Swede or Brit will enlighten us?
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Note added at 23 mins (2012-12-18 04:22:38 GMT)
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Mystery solved (for this American): "In continental Europe, corduroy is commonly known simply as "Manchester" or "Cord". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corduroy
I'm a Nordic-style skier who has never bought a lift ticket. ;-) But I know what "corduroy" refers to, i.e., the ribbed surface left immediately after the grooming machine gets done and before any skier has been on the groomed slope. But I'm damned if I know where the "manchester" part comes from. Maybe some Swede or Brit will enlighten us?
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Note added at 23 mins (2012-12-18 04:22:38 GMT)
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Mystery solved (for this American): "In continental Europe, corduroy is commonly known simply as "Manchester" or "Cord". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corduroy
Example sentence:
ALL MOUNTAIN SKIDOR Skidor som fungerar i allt från smala couloirer till perfekt manchester och allt däremellan.
ALL MOUNTAIN SKI Skis designed to excel in everything from steep couloirs to perfect corduroy, and everything in-between.
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velvet snow
I'm not a skier but I have a hunch that if you want to say the snow is a soft as corduroy, then the adjective to use is 'velvet'
see the video 'velvet snow' to see the conditions
see the video 'velvet snow' to see the conditions
Reference:
http://www.backcountrymagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=497&Itemid=181
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