der er tale om
English translation: It is intended as
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12 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1it is a question of Explanation: Common Danish expression used to point out more specific facts about something. Already discussed on http://www.proz.com/kudoz/danish_to_english/engineering_indu... , just in the negative form, but that doesn't change anything. See Gyldendals Røde Dansk-Engelsk ordbog under tale (1) sb. "der er tale om". |
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10 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1It is intended as Explanation: It is intended as... might fit. I translate this ´tale om´ very freely sometimes. ´It involves ...´ works on occasions. (What is involved is ...) Or What we are dealing with is ... It is a question of ... On occasions I have even used The idea is ... I sometimes find myself revising this again and again at the proofreading stage! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 mins (2015-01-12 18:09:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Maybe It is hoped that it will help ... if you have already used intended for ´hensigt´ |
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The aim is to... Explanation: Or you coukd use; 'The purpose is...' |
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