ÉN PÅ NØDDEN

English translation: NUTTY BUSINESS

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Danish term or phrase:ÉN PÅ NØDDEN
English translation:NUTTY BUSINESS
Entered by: Rosica Dimitrova

06:48 May 9, 2016
Danish to English translations [PRO]
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Danish term or phrase: ÉN PÅ NØDDEN
This is the title of a text about a Stone Age man and his family who used to eat a lot of nuts.
Rosica Dimitrova
Bulgaria
Local time: 20:36
NUTTY BUSINESS
Explanation:
In memory of Fred Flintstone
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Hanne Rask Sonderborg
Denmark
Local time: 19:36
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3 +1NUTTY BUSINESS
Hanne Rask Sonderborg
3Not entirely nuts
Christine Andersen


  

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Not entirely nuts


Explanation:
Perhaps:
Not entirely nuts
Going nuts

With a title like that it is more important to find an idiom that works in the target language than to translate the source literally.

You (naturally) don´t reveal in detail what the text is about, but unless the family also hit each other on the head, the Danish title is more interested in word-play than in direct relevance.

Translate the text, think about it as you go, and find an English expression that fits more or less.

Nutty as a fruitcake is probably NOT what you are looking for, but there are plenty of others.




Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 19:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 66
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
NUTTY BUSINESS


Explanation:
In memory of Fred Flintstone

Hanne Rask Sonderborg
Denmark
Local time: 19:36
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 12

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