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bomärken

English translation: graphic details

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Swedish term or phrase:bomärken
English translation:graphic details
Entered by: Sébastien Ricciardi

18:05 Oct 30, 2008
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: bomärken
Sustainable development in Malmö

Många huskroppar har också en egen identitet, flertalet entréer likaså.

Genom en serie ”bomärken” har husen blivit smyckade. Det ger stadsdelen ett platsspecifikt symbolspråk. En hållbar stad ska också vara attraktiv att bo i.
Sébastien Ricciardi
France
Local time: 01:55
graphic details
Explanation:
If you google the word "bomärke" and look on pictures for the word it will be more clear for you. As we have not seen the development it is hard to know exactly how this mark will look so I would go for a more non-descriptive choice. This will cover it all. Artistic details would be an alternative.
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Katarina Lindve
Sweden
Local time: 01:55
Grading comment
Thank you all for your answers and especially to Sven for the explanation about the play on words. I finally went for this one since it is general enough to describe something that I haven't seen what it looks like
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Summary of answers provided
4artistic symbols
Sven Petersson
3insignia
Tania McConaghy
4 -1(owners'/makers') signatures; owners'/makers' marks
Anna Herbst
3graphic details
Katarina Lindve


  

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artistic symbols


Explanation:
The word "bomärke" is, in this context, an untranslatable play on words. "Bomärke" normally means "owner's mark", but it is composed of "bo" meaning "nest; home" and "märke" meaning "mark" and this provides the contextual meaning.
Since the play on words is untranslatable I recommend you to replace "bomärken" with someting (anything) that fits and flows in your text, like "artistic symbols".

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 01:55
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 118

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Graham Timmins: Jag fattar inte vad det är för något!? is it some kind of a plaque on the wall or a special way of painting the facade? it doesn't matter about a play on words if we can just describe what it is, surely? Artistic symbols sounds a bit mystical!
2 hrs
  -> Just det! Gå till Västra Hamnen och ta en titt på "bomärkena"!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
insignia


Explanation:
insignia, emblem, symbol
...some ideas....

Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Local time: 01:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 26

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Anna Herbst: insignia or signatures (see my answer)
3 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
(owners'/makers') signatures; owners'/makers' marks


Explanation:
A "bomärke" was a unique signature put by the owner/maker on their property in place of a handwritten signature.
Ref. Nordisk Familjebok (Uggleupplagan)

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Note added at 5 hrs (2008-10-30 23:55:56 GMT)
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If, as it appears to be in this case, the buildings are new, perhaps "traditional owners's signatures or marks" should be used.


    Reference: http://runeberg.org/nfbc/0572.html
Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 09:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 37

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Sven Petersson: It is, in this context, not owners' or makers' signatures or marks. Therein lays the difficulty!
3 mins
  -> A bomärke is clearly the signature or mark of the owner/maker. However, see my note above.
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
graphic details


Explanation:
If you google the word "bomärke" and look on pictures for the word it will be more clear for you. As we have not seen the development it is hard to know exactly how this mark will look so I would go for a more non-descriptive choice. This will cover it all. Artistic details would be an alternative.

Katarina Lindve
Sweden
Local time: 01:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Thank you all for your answers and especially to Sven for the explanation about the play on words. I finally went for this one since it is general enough to describe something that I haven't seen what it looks like
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