Apr 26, 2013 19:02
11 yrs ago
Danish term
byen netop er sine modsætninger
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Tourism & Travel
This is from an article about Berlin. I can't find a suitable way to translate "byen netop er sine modsætninger". The full sentence is below:
"de mener, at fordi byen netop er sine modsætninger, skal der mere end en omgang byfornyelse til at kastrere den"
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Lawrence
"de mener, at fordi byen netop er sine modsætninger, skal der mere end en omgang byfornyelse til at kastrere den"
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Lawrence
Proposed translations
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17 hrs
Peter Smedskjaer-Stenland
Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
Native in English
Works in field
Faroe Islands
The technical solution
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Danish to English, Faroese to English, Norwegian (Nynorsk) to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
Selected
the city is its own antithesis
They say, because the city is its own antithesis, it would take more than urban renewal to castrate it.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much!"
38 mins
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Denmark
Native in English
Works in field
Denmark
the message, not just the words
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Danish to English, English
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24
Without the discrepancies/contrasts, it simply would not be Berlin
They believe that the discrepancies make the city what it is
The contrasts and discrepancies are simply the hallmark of the city
-- something like that?
The contrasts and discrepancies are simply the hallmark of the city
-- something like that?
59 mins
precisely because the city is synonymous with contradictions
Precisely because the city is synonymous with contradictions, it takes more than a round of urban renewal to castrate it.
Discussion
they believe that, because ***the city just is (a reflection or symbol of) its contradictions, it will take more than one round of urban renewal to castrate it
two variations:
they believe that, because ***the city is just (a reflection or symbol of) its contradictions, it will take more than one round of urban renewal to castrate it
and
they believe that, just because ***the city is (a reflection or symbol of) its contradictions, it will take more than one round of urban renewal to castrate it
my guess would be the first variation
(no idea what the author means with the final part)