Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
berørt
English translation:
affected
Added to glossary by
Carole Hognestad
Aug 30, 2007 10:18
16 yrs ago
Norwegian term
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berørt
Norwegian to English
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Energy / Power Generation
Proofing an English text, where the source is as follows:
De tre tappeventilene i dammen er ikke berørt, men etter at kraftverk er i drift, vil de i hovedsak bare bli benyttet hvis kraftverket av en eller annen grunn står i tappeperioden.
Translator has given the first sentence as "The three discharge valves in the dam are not affected." This makes no sense to me. Could it be that the author means that the valves are not connected?
De tre tappeventilene i dammen er ikke berørt, men etter at kraftverk er i drift, vil de i hovedsak bare bli benyttet hvis kraftverket av en eller annen grunn står i tappeperioden.
Translator has given the first sentence as "The three discharge valves in the dam are not affected." This makes no sense to me. Could it be that the author means that the valves are not connected?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | affected |
Toralf Mjelde
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| 2 +1 | affected |
Hilde Granlund
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| 3 | involved |
brigidm
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| 1 | altered? |
William [Bill] Gray
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Proposed translations
14 mins
Toralf Mjelde
Native in Norwegian
Accredited with Tourism/Media specialty
Native in: Norwegian 
Works in: English to Norwegian
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affected
I believe "affected" is appropriate here. I think the question is "affected by what?", and the answer lies in the context somewhere.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks for all the help with this."
5 mins
William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Norway
Native in English
Specializes in field
Norway
Working with words
Native in: English
Works in: English, Norwegian to English, Danish to English, and 1 more.
altered?
Does this fit ("have not been altered")? Your connected is definitely also a possibility. But you have more context with which to judge this one.
Note from asker:
| Thanks for your help. The rest of the text doesn't give any more clues here unfortunately. I think there may actually be some text missing - in the throes of investigating! |
+1
14 mins
Hilde Granlund
Norway
Norway
Native in Norwegian
Norway
Medical degree
Native in: Norwegian
Works in: English to Norwegian, English to Norwegian (Bokmal)
affected
The word "berørt" has besically two meanings. Literally, it means "touched", ie someone has actually touched the vents, and maybe altered them, as Bill says. It can also mean "affected" - if the point here is that the vents are not affected by the building (or whatever) of the power station, but they might still be used at some later stage.
1 hr
involved
If it has to do with some kind of work being carried out, it may mean that these valves were not included.
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