spritsamling

English translation: (collection of) bottled specimens

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Norwegian term or phrase:spritsamling
English translation:(collection of) bottled specimens
Entered by: brigidm

12:15 Oct 14, 2008
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general)
Norwegian term or phrase: spritsamling
The Natural History Museum has what is called "spritsamlinger". On a recent visit, the person in question "besøkte blant annet polarsamlingene, spritsamlingene, herbariene og de gamle veksthusene".
brigidm
Norway
Local time: 00:12
bottled specimens
Explanation:
It is not primarily about the booze, but what goes into the booze:o) In this regard all the specimens that are being preserved in the liquid. See link one for the use of the term and link two for the application of the term from the Darwin Centre of the Natural History Museum in London.
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Norway
Local time: 00:12
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Nå fikk jeg bekreftet av selveste Naturhistorisk museum at det er dette som menes med termen. Takk igjen til NO-EN-DE og til alle dere andre - det var noen veldig kreative forslag her!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2bottled specimens
EC Translate
4collection of alcoholic beverages
Αlban SHPΑTΑ
4booze exhibit
Per Bergvall
4spirit collection
Hanne Rask Sonderborg
4alcohol-preserved collections
Vedis Bjørndal
4fluid-preserved specimens
jeffrey engberg


  

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collection of alcoholic beverages


Explanation:
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Αlban SHPΑTΑ
United States
Native speaker of: Native in AlbanianAlbanian
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bottled specimens


Explanation:
It is not primarily about the booze, but what goes into the booze:o) In this regard all the specimens that are being preserved in the liquid. See link one for the use of the term and link two for the application of the term from the Darwin Centre of the Natural History Museum in London.


    Reference: http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2003/juli/1057318355.78
    Reference: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/galleries/orange-zone/darwin-c...
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Norway
Local time: 00:12
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
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Grading comment
Nå fikk jeg bekreftet av selveste Naturhistorisk museum at det er dette som menes med termen. Takk igjen til NO-EN-DE og til alle dere andre - det var noen veldig kreative forslag her!

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agree  absciarretta
18 mins
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agree  valhalla55
59 mins
  -> Takk:o)
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booze exhibit


Explanation:
So where do you find these tantalising translations? For booze, feel free to substitute liquor, spirits or whatever takes your fancy. My point is to suggest the downplaying of 'collection', which is a given. Of course stuff was collected, or it wouldn't be there. Now that it's there, it's an exhibit.

Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 00:12
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spirit collection


Explanation:
Heaven for dead frogs, snakes, and other creatures!

Example sentence(s):
  • The building will rehouse and simultaneously allow public access to the Museum's massive "spirit collection," some 22 million zoological specimens preserved in jars, bottles and for the largest animals, huge vats of alcohol.

    Reference: http://www.vetscite.org/publish/items/000828/index.html
Hanne Rask Sonderborg
Denmark
Local time: 00:12
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alcohol-preserved collections


Explanation:
I think you can use this translation.

Example sentence(s):
  • The recently completed C. V. Starr Natural Science Building houses the Invertebrate Zoology alcohol-preserved collections in a 4,000-square-foot compactor facility with an adjoining laboratory area.
  • anatomical specimens from the Bird Division’s alcohol preserved collection

    Reference: http://www.amnh.org/science/divisions/invertzoo/
    Reference: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/rtp/students/2004/accept04.html
Vedis Bjørndal
Norway
Local time: 00:12
Native speaker of: Norwegian
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fluid-preserved specimens


Explanation:
And it has nothing to do with alcohol either.
One also uses formaldehyde, formaline, formol...


Example sentence(s):
  • Dette er det nye hjemmet til museets spritsamling, som består av 22 millioner små og store dyr fra hele verden, godt bevart i et utall glass og kar av alle størrelser og fasonger.

    Reference: http://www.nhm.org/research/ornithology/
    Reference: http://www.nhm.uio.no/entomologi/journals/insektnytt/1992-3-...
jeffrey engberg
Norway
Local time: 00:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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