11:53 Mar 26, 2014 |
Swedish to English translations [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Sven Petersson Sweden Local time: 18:58 | ||||||
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4 +1 | water safety |
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4 | common sense swimming rules |
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3 | safe bathing |
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Always good with your context, but .... |
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safe bathing Explanation: It means "bathing knowlege", literally. You don't say whether this is bathing as in bathtime or bathing as in swimming, but this would cover both, I think. |
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common sense swimming rules Explanation: … for children. http://redingtonbeachflorida.org/Redington_Beach_Swimming_Ru... http://www.medfordboatclub.org/Default.aspx?tabid=518168 |
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water safety Explanation: :o) Reference: http://jackhelbig.org/ |
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Reference: Always good with your context, but .... Reference information: In Sweden there are several organisations who do this kind of thing for a living -- the two biggest are referenced below doesn't include the many 'Babysim' organisations. I see the separation of badvett from båtvett (which to me separates 'water safety' into two categories) as important linguistically, but it doesn't seem the British organisations I found agree. As they use 'water safety' for the various activities people do near water, and don't mention boating ... http://iof3.idrottonline.se/SvenskaSimforbundet/Simkunnighet... http://www.svenskalivraddningssallskapet.se/olika-sprak/swed... My personal preference is this Canadian reference 'Be WaterSmart' -- but that doesn't seem to have caught on... http://www.lifesaving.bc.ca/watersmart Reference: http://www.rlss.org.uk/index.php/water-safety/water-safety-a... Reference: http://www.rospa.com/leisuresafety/adviceandinformation/wate... |
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