skadedyr

English translation: nuisance animals

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Norwegian term or phrase:skadedyr
English translation:nuisance animals
Entered by: Carole Hognestad

07:45 May 18, 2008
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry / Hunting
Norwegian term or phrase: skadedyr
A report on hunting statistics in Norway includes the following:
Tre av bjørnene ble felt som skadedyr, og tre ble felt i nødverge.
The original translator has used the term "noxious" as a translation of "skadedyr", however is this the correct hunting term? I have considered vermin and pest control.
Carole Hognestad
Local time: 18:21
nuisance animals
Explanation:
Lots of Google hits for nuisance animals. I'd say you have to be seriously big and ballsy to call a brown bear a 'pest'....

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Note added at 8 hrs (2008-05-18 16:33:52 GMT)
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If for some reason you don't like 'nuisance bear', you might go with 'killer bear'. It's actually appropriate for a bear that has already killed or maimed a domestic or farm animal (which is the definition of a bear as skadedyr), or even a human, in which case the NO term would be 'slagbjørn', and there would be open season on the furry teddy.
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Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 18:21
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3nuisance animals
Per Bergvall
5vermin
jeffrey engberg
4pests
Diarmuid Kennan
4dangerous
Andrew Alix
4animals that could cause harm / harmful animals
Egil Presttun


  

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pests


Explanation:
...as pests

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 17:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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vermin


Explanation:
according to ifinger dictionary:
vermin, noxious animal, pests
botanikk: bekjempelse av skadedyr... (disinfestation, pest control)


jeffrey engberg
Norway
Local time: 18:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Per Bergvall: In this context, the term skadedyr is specifically applied to a bear that has killed or maimed domestic or farm animals. While a good translation for skadedyr in general, vermin doesn't work here.
1 hr
  -> True. US regulations use the term Predator Control, which may be helpful?
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dangerous


Explanation:
Since three were killed in "nødverge" (in self defence) I would think that the word dangerous would apply. (Or harmful, I guess)

Certainly not vermin or pests, since they are rats or mice, rodents, etc.


Andrew Alix
United States
Local time: 12:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Per Bergvall: Dangerous would apply to the other situation - bears that threaten human life. Skadedyr in bear parlance (and yes, there IS such a thing as bear parlance) is a bear that has already inflicted damage on domestic or farm animals.
3 hrs
  -> Hmm... Can't say I disagree with that, especially considering the Internet support
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animals that could cause harm / harmful animals


Explanation:
"Skadedyr" er et begrep du må være forsiktig med her! Det betyr jo vanligvis småkryp.

Når det gjelder rovdyr som blir skutt, som bjørn, har jeg hørt ordet "harm" bli brukt flere ganger. Jeg foreslår derfor det ordet.

"harmful" kan også brukes, vil jeg tro.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-05-18 14:03:05 GMT)
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Eksempel på bruk:

Present State laws make no provision for “open season” on bear; however, they do provide for protection of property from harmful animals.
http://www.lifesweaving.com/bear.html

The exterminationof bears treated as harmful animals is amongst the majorfactors affecting the population.
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:C5WhSimdezsJ:www.lcie.o...

People, however, misunderstand that the number of bears is excessively increasing and spillover bears come out from the forests to eat farm crops. As a result, they are exterminated as harmful animals.
http://www.japanfs.org/en/college/note0712-02.html

Johnny added that bears, wolverines, snakes, frogs, and misipisiwak 'water panthers' were the harmful animals associated with the north.
http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=ft0f59n6tb&chunk.id=d0e6...

Jenkins said he shot the bear because he feared it would harm him or his dog.
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20080517/NEWS/805170324/...

They [Black bears] cause more human harm than do far more ill-reputed grizzlies.
http://www.foggymountain.com/handgun-bear-hunting.shtml

With respect to this black bear shot by police, what harm was it causing?
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID...


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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-05-18 14:32:00 GMT)
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Uttrykket "harmful animals" står i lovteksten (jfr. min første link ovenfor). Jeg mener dette er avgjørende fordi man åpenbart forsøker å gi en rettslig grunn for å felle bjørnene. Det er nødverge og "harmful animals" som her gir juridisk rett til å felle bjørn.


Egil Presttun
Norway
Local time: 18:21
Native speaker of: Norwegian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Per Bergvall: All bears are potentially harmful. The Norwegian term 'skadedyr' as applied to bears should be seen as distinct from the established phrase of 'slagbjørn' - killer bear. Many wild animals are harmful - their behaviour decides how much so.
7 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
nuisance animals


Explanation:
Lots of Google hits for nuisance animals. I'd say you have to be seriously big and ballsy to call a brown bear a 'pest'....

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Note added at 8 hrs (2008-05-18 16:33:52 GMT)
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If for some reason you don't like 'nuisance bear', you might go with 'killer bear'. It's actually appropriate for a bear that has already killed or maimed a domestic or farm animal (which is the definition of a bear as skadedyr), or even a human, in which case the NO term would be 'slagbjørn', and there would be open season on the furry teddy.

Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 18:21
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 12
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Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Andersen: Definitely. 'Noxious' is more chemical, which bears are not. After all, in their place, they are a fantastic element in the ecosystem!
20 mins

agree  brigidm: Looks like this is the correct term for bears, e.g. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/swwd/Bear_alt.html
2 hrs

agree  Bjørnar Magnussen: Tons of relevant references on Google
7 hrs
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