berørt

English translation: affected

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Norwegian term or phrase:	berørt
English translation:	affected
Entered by:	Carole Hognestad

10:18 Aug 30, 2007

Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation

Norwegian term or phrase: berørt

Proofing an English text, where the source is as follows:
De tre tappeventilene i dammen er ikke berørt, men etter at kraftverk er i drift, vil de i hovedsak bare bli benyttet hvis kraftverket av en eller annen grunn står i tappeperioden.
Translator has given the first sentence as "The three discharge valves in the dam are not affected." This makes no sense to me. Could it be that the author means that the valves are not connected?

Carole Hognestad KudoZ activity Questions: 444 (9 open) (6 without valid answers) (20 closed without grading) Answers: 72
Local time: 21:19

affected

Explanation:
I believe "affected" is appropriate here. I think the question is "affected by what?", and the answer lies in the context somewhere.

Selected response from:

Toralf Mjelde
Local time: 12:19

Grading comment

Many thanks for all the help with this.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

affected

Toralf Mjelde

2 +1

affected

Hilde Granlund

involved

brigidm

altered?

William [Bill] Gray

Answers

5 mins confidence:

altered?

Explanation:
Does this fit ("have not been altered")? Your connected is definitely also a possibility. But you have more context with which to judge this one.

William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 21:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks for your help. The rest of the text doesn't give any more clues here unfortunately. I think there may actually be some text missing - in the throes of investigating!

14 mins confidence:

affected

Explanation:
I believe "affected" is appropriate here. I think the question is "affected by what?", and the answer lies in the context somewhere.

Toralf Mjelde
Local time: 12:19
Native speaker of:

Norwegian
PRO pts in category: 7

Grading comment

Many thanks for all the help with this.

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

affected

Explanation:
The word "berørt" has besically two meanings. Literally, it means "touched", ie someone has actually touched the vents, and maybe altered them, as Bill says. It can also mean "affected" - if the point here is that the vents are not affected by the building (or whatever) of the power station, but they might still be used at some later stage.

Hilde Granlund
Norway
Local time: 21:19
Native speaker of:

Norwegian

1 hr confidence:

involved

Explanation:
If it has to do with some kind of work being carried out, it may mean that these valves were not included.

brigidm
Norway
Local time: 21:19
Native speaker of: English

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