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21:30 May 3, 2013 |
Swedish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Deane Goltermann Sweden Local time: 05:57 | ||||||
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4 +1 | confirmed bachelors |
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4 | senior bachelor |
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4 | old men left on the shelf |
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3 | + bachelor |
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3 | compulsory bachelors |
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senior bachelor Explanation: + bachelor would do, I guess although the '+ ' portion is new to me ia context like this. To counteract the interpretation of a loser I' d prefer 'senior bachelor' |
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old men left on the shelf Explanation: As the Swedish expression has an air of failure, my suggestion would be to say old men left on the shelf or something similar. |
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+ bachelor Explanation: Based on these -- presume you found them http://st.nu/kultur/1.707830-gammpojkarna-och-karleken?m=pri... http://www.nissepedia.com/index.php/Gammpojkar A suggestion ... spin on the bachelor idea, since these references indicate that these are not necessarily losers... I found 'hardened', 'embittered', attached to bachelor -- even 'rural bachelor', tho this seems Aus and NZ usage- There are certainly other possibilities... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 hrs (2013-05-04 08:13:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Yes Mats, the '+' was my attempt at a space filler for any of the possible adjectives Dave could use in front of bachelor -- senior works, too. Tho I got the impression this term could apply to younger men who were simply not in 'prime' marrying age. Hard to tell from the reading... |
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compulsory bachelors Explanation: Not to be confused with university bachelors... |
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confirmed bachelors Explanation: I think the common phrase "confirmed bachelors" fits the context very well, and is not so pejorative. See, for example, some New York Times articles containing the term (http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/"confirmed bach... or definitions from Wikipedia or the Internet in general. Example sentence(s):
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