bliver tale om ’æbler og pærer’

English translation: like comparing apples and oranges

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Danish term or phrase:bliver tale om ’æbler og pærer’
English translation:like comparing apples and oranges
Entered by: stephen mewes

15:11 Dec 5, 2005
Danish to English translations [PRO]
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Danish term or phrase: bliver tale om ’æbler og pærer’
Gruppen fremførte på workshop 2, at den generelt ikke mener man kan foretage den slags vurderinger (som benchmarking foretager) og dermed drage den slags konklusioner som er anført i den foreløbige rapport fordi den mener der bliver tale om ’æbler og pærer’, eller (xxx) ’fordi vores (bl.a.) vigtigste opgaver er ’at slå’ yyy, og derfor er ressourcesammenligninger med de øvrige nordiske lande irrelevante’.
stephen mewes
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:26
like comparing apples and oranges
Explanation:
er som at sammenlign4e æbler og pærer!
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lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 14:26
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5 +3like comparing apples and oranges
lone (X)
4 +2talk about (comparing) apples and (with) oranges
Suzanne Blangsted (X)


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bliver tale om ’æbler og pærer’
talk about (comparing) apples and (with) oranges


Explanation:
that is what we say here - comparing apples with oranges.

Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Local time: 11:26
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rebecca Barath
1 hr
  -> Thank you Rebecca

agree  Michele Fauble
5 hrs
  -> Thank you Michele
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
like comparing apples and oranges


Explanation:
er som at sammenlign4e æbler og pærer!


    Reference: http://debat.computerworld.dk/thread.asp?Mode=View&threadID=...
lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 14:26
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sven Petersson
19 mins
  -> Mange tak Sven!

agree  Dziadzio
4 hrs
  -> Mange tak!

agree  Michele Fauble
5 hrs
  -> Tak for det, Michele!
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