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Riksdaler

13:16 Nov 7, 2010
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Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Norwegian term or phrase: Riksdaler
What can I use here, do you think?
Anne Parelius
Canada
Local time: 16:50


Summary of answers provided
3 +3Rixdollar
Diarmuid Kennan
4 +1Government dollars
Per Bergvall
3 +2(Norwegian) Riksdaler
Anna Grynfeld Smith
3Silver coin
rajagopalan sampatkumar


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Government dollars


Explanation:
Pretty sure daler was once a translation of dollar. Riksdaler - State or Government dollar.

Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 21:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 98

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charlesp: Yes, you are absolutely right - a daler is a "dollar". Would work in a literary context. However, if I went into a bank in Norway and asked for some “Government Dollars,” would they give them to me (or would they call somebody)?
1 day 3 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(Norwegian) Riksdaler


Explanation:
I don´t think it should be translated.

Anna Grynfeld Smith
Switzerland
Local time: 21:50
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jeffrey engberg: I agree. It is not translated. Just as the "kroner", national currencies keep their original name. It was the official name of a currency unit for its time: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_riksdaler
1 hr
  -> Thanks Jeffrey :)
agree  Charlesp: I agree. (What is the translation for "dollar" into Norwegian?)
1 day 3 hrs
  -> :) Thanks Charles.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Rixdollar


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rixdollar

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 20:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Imanol: rixdollar : any of various silver coins, as the Danish rigsdaler, the Dutch rijksdaalder, or the German reichsthaler, of about equal value (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rix-dollar)
44 mins
agree  word-smith: Well established
2 hrs
agree  Vedis Bjørndal: Ref. W.A. Kirkeby - Kunnskapsforlaget
3 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Silver coin


Explanation:
silver coin, equivalent to four Kroner, used in Norway until 1875.

rajagopalan sampatkumar
Switzerland
Local time: 21:50
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 5

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Charlesp: silver coinage yes, but would it be understood?
1 day 1 hr
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