hestevenindehistorie

English translation: girls' horse story

11:46 Aug 25, 2010
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Danish term or phrase: hestevenindehistorie
Hun er nu klar med endnu en underholdende, stemningsfuld og spændende hestevenindehistorie for de 9-13-årige piger.
Olav Balslev
Denmark
Local time: 14:32
English translation:girls' horse story
Explanation:
Could be "girlfriends' horse story", but 'girlfriends' can be taken out of context.
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Jande
Australia
Local time: 00:32
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Summary of answers provided
5 -1story about the friendship between a young girl and a filly
Brian Young
4story about girls and their love for horses
Jeppe Fischer
2 +2girls' horse story
Jande
4a story about horse-crazy girls and friendship
Mette Vedsoe
4story about horse-enthusiastic girls and friendship
Marianne Sorensen


  

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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
story about the friendship between a young girl and a filly


Explanation:
The explanation is longer and less eloquent than the Danish phrase.
A filly is a young female horse, not yet a mare. This reminds me of the film "My friend Flikka". There is obviously a series of stores that share this theme. You might say "A young girl and her filly". Each series probably has a title with fictional names.

Brian Young
United States
Local time: 06:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Jeppe Fischer: I don't read the Danish sentence as if it's a friendship between a girl and a filly, but between two girls who are both fond of horses.
1 hr
  -> Friendship between people and animals is as common as any other type of friendship, true and mutual, and almost all of these stories are exactly about that. "My Friend Flikka", "Black Beauty", "The Black Stallion", and now these stories mentioned here.

neutral  Christopher Schröder: Whatever the Danish meaning, Black Beauty for one was a boy :-)
1 day 15 hrs
  -> I am well aware of that
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
story about girls and their love for horses


Explanation:
I agree with Brian that the English version of the Danish "hestevenindehistorie" - for once - has to consist of several words.
But opposite to Brian I understand the Danish sentence as if it's about the friendship of two (or more) girls and their common love for horses.

Jeppe Fischer
Denmark
Local time: 14:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  LinguaLab.net
14 hrs

disagree  Brian Young: I think perhaps we are all reading more into that sentence than it actually contains. "hestevenindehistorie". I think there could be more than one interpretation, but I don't get the feeling that it is "girls" in plural. This reminds me of "Black Beauty".
22 hrs
  -> I guess you can be friends with yourself, but I still think there must be at least two girls to form a friendship; as I don't think the word "hestevendinde" in that regard covers a girl who is a friend of a horse. I just find that very unlikely.
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
girls' horse story


Explanation:
Could be "girlfriends' horse story", but 'girlfriends' can be taken out of context.


Jande
Australia
Local time: 00:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christopher Schröder: Yes, let's keep it simple. In fact, I'd go for just plain "horse story" as it already says it's for girls. (It's a given that horse stories for girls that age are about friendship.)
1 day 9 hrs

agree  Brian Young
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a story about horse-crazy girls and friendship


Explanation:
Just another suggestion.

Mette Vedsoe
Local time: 14:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
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12 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
story about horse-enthusiastic girls and friendship


Explanation:
Sounds right in my ears :-)
If it is flap copy it has to be snappy.


    Reference: http://www.google.dk/#hl=da&q=horse-enthusiastic&aq=f&aqi=&a...
Marianne Sorensen
Denmark
Local time: 14:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 12
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