Jul 8, 2007 12:57
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Norwegian term
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help with phrase please
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Education / Pedagogy
student union
Talking about student activity 'societies', and if you can't find your hobby among those listed you can start up a club. Then: Om du bare vil vaere med, så *holder det i massevis'.
Don't understand - please advise if poss.
Don't understand - please advise if poss.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | all you need to do is join |
Terje Ostgaard
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| 4 | all you need is the motivation to take part |
Frode Aleksandersen
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Proposed translations
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Terje Ostgaard
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all you need to do is join
Indicating that there are no special conditions for joining. "Holder i massevis" means something like "More than good enough".
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Frode Aleksandersen
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Norwegian term (edited):
Om du bare vil vaere med, så *holder det i massevis'.
all you need is the motivation to take part
This one is a bit tricky because it has two possible meanings:
"If all you want to do is join (an activity), that's fine"
or
"(To start a club) all you need is the motivation to take part/join"
I'd go with the latter in this case, given the context. You can even keep the ambiguity by not including the words in the parenthesis :-).
"If all you want to do is join (an activity), that's fine"
or
"(To start a club) all you need is the motivation to take part/join"
I'd go with the latter in this case, given the context. You can even keep the ambiguity by not including the words in the parenthesis :-).
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