trim

Danish translation: trimme sejlene til vinden

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English term or phrase:trim
Danish translation:trimme sejlene til vinden
Entered by: Poul Moller

12:54 Mar 17, 2008
English to Danish translations [PRO]
Ships, Sailing, Maritime / sail
English term or phrase: trim
trim sails to the wind
(just the one sentence no context other than list of general travel phrases)
Susanne Kennan
Local time: 15:27
trimme sejlene til vinden
Explanation:
Det hedder det - jeg har sejlet i mange år.
trimme sejlene efter vinden kan også bruges.
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Poul Moller
Local time: 16:27
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1trimme sejlene til vinden
Poul Moller
4indrette sig efter forholdene
Jens Kaestel


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
trimme sejlene til vinden


Explanation:
Det hedder det - jeg har sejlet i mange år.
trimme sejlene efter vinden kan også bruges.

Poul Moller
Local time: 16:27
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thanks

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agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
trim sails to the wind
indrette sig efter forholdene


Explanation:
Det kan have to betydninger:
Hvis det er maritimt, er det at 'trimme sejlene til vinden' som Poul siger.
Men hvis det ikke er maritimt, er det et udtryk, der betyder at 'indrette sig efter forholdene'. Se Gyldendals 'store røde' ordbog EN>DA

Håber det hjælper.. :-)

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Note added at 25 mins (2008-03-17 13:19:54 GMT)
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http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr2007/papers/sierman_paper_4-1.pdf
"You can’t foresee everything, standards evolve and during the lifetime of a repository you should trim your sails to the wind."

Jens Kaestel
Australia
Local time: 02:27
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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