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Fallets Dag

English translation: Waterfall Day

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Swedish term or phrase:Fallets Dag
English translation:Waterfall Day
Entered by: Neil Crockford

09:03 Mar 30, 2009
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
Swedish term or phrase: Fallets Dag
In a list of "things to do" in a guide to an area.
Neil Crockford
Local time: 16:12
Day of the Waterfall
Explanation:
I don't know if there is a more eloquent way of saying it, but it is a day where waterfalls (falls) are celebrated - activities and entertainment arranged in a place with rapids or falls. See the link below for one example.

http://www.skekraft.se/default.aspx?di=4024
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Gayle Rolando (X)
Sweden
Grading comment
Many thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +3Day of the Waterfall
Gayle Rolando (X)


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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Day of the Waterfall


Explanation:
I don't know if there is a more eloquent way of saying it, but it is a day where waterfalls (falls) are celebrated - activities and entertainment arranged in a place with rapids or falls. See the link below for one example.

http://www.skekraft.se/default.aspx?di=4024

Gayle Rolando (X)
Sweden
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Many thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  e-beth (X)
50 mins
  -> Thanks e-beth.
agree  De Novi
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Zanne.
agree  Anna Herbst: When waterfalls otherwise dammed for electricity production are opened.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Anna.
neutral  Thomas Johansson: maybe optionally the more concise "Waterfall Day" in analogy to "Labor Day" etc.
13 hrs
  -> Yes - perhaps that works better in a text or on a calender of events. Thanks.
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