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08:44 Apr 7, 2008 |
Swedish to English translations [PRO] Science - Archaeology | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Clare Barnes Sweden Local time: 03:12 | ||||||
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4 +1 | disturbed |
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3 +1 | incursions |
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3 | infringement |
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2 | tampering |
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2 | ...have been affected by.... |
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1 | damage |
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infringement Explanation: Perhaps infringement would work? |
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tampering Explanation: It might be useful to know more exactly what "ingrepp" means. Also, the form "(someone) has tampered with" (or, for that matter, "infringed on") would probably be more fluent than "tampering (or infringement) has occurred". |
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damage Explanation: assuming the ingrepp was damaging |
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...have been affected by.... Explanation: a neutral alternative |
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incursions Explanation: Another possibility |
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disturbed Explanation: I think I would rewrite it to avoid using a noun, e.g. the ancient remains have been disturbed due to... If you google "ancient remains" and disturbed you'll find a lot of relevant hits. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.stonepages.com/news/archives/002290.html Reference: http://whyfiles.org/260fire_old/ |
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