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får alvor op med

English translation: putting a definitive end to

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Danish term or phrase:får alvor op med
English translation:putting a definitive end to
Entered by: stephen mewes

00:13 Dec 2, 2005
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
Danish term or phrase: får alvor op med
Med en ny tilfredshedsgaranti gør xxx nu får alvor op med mange års vaner i branchen med at binde kunderne i lange abonnementsaftaler
stephen mewes
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:32
putting a definitive end to
Explanation:
It should have read "for alvor op med" - for alvor means "in earnest" and "gør op med" is "putting an end to"
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Charlotte Langbeen
United States
Local time: 15:32
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5 +8putting a definitive end to
Charlotte Langbeen


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
putting a definitive end to


Explanation:
It should have read "for alvor op med" - for alvor means "in earnest" and "gør op med" is "putting an end to"


    www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/cfsi-icse/ cil-cai/magazine/magazine-en.asp?txt=3-1&lv=3
    Reference: http://www.danielpipes.org/article/310
Charlotte Langbeen
United States
Local time: 15:32
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Terence Ajbro
3 hrs
  -> Tak!
agree  Mette Kragholm (X): Yes, the sentence obviously doesn't make sense if you don't change the spelling
3 hrs
  -> Tak!
agree  Christine Andersen
4 hrs
  -> Tak!
agree  Don Spade (X)
6 hrs
  -> Tak for det!
agree  Helen Johnson
7 hrs
  -> Tak, Lone.
agree  lone (X)
9 hrs
  -> Tak, Lone ....
agree  Dan Schioenning Larsen
12 hrs
  -> Tak, Dan.
agree  Rebecca Barath
14 hrs
  -> Tak for det!
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