Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Finnish term or phrase:
perintötalo
English translation:
old inherited house
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ValeValja
Dec 22, 2010 14:25
13 yrs ago
Finnish term
perintötalo
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I am translating a novel where a professor living abroad mentions having a "perintötalo" in Finland. (Minulla on siellä perintötalo).
I would like to ask if it means "I have inherited a house there" or if perintötalo can refer to any kind of old house, so that it would be more like "I own an old house there".
Kiitos avusta!
I would like to ask if it means "I have inherited a house there" or if perintötalo can refer to any kind of old house, so that it would be more like "I own an old house there".
Kiitos avusta!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +1 | old inherited house |
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| 4 +1 | inherited house |
Desmond O'Rourke
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old inherited house
It refers to inherited property but also holds the connotation of something quite old, something passed down from generation to generation in a long line. That is at least how I would interpret it in a passage of Finnish literature. Compare: perintötila 'family estate'.
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Comment: "Thanks a lot! That's the feeling I also had, i.e. that it refers to more than just an inherited house, that it has more of a personal value!
Thanks again a great deal!"
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Desmond O'Rourke
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inherited house
Suggested translations would be your own "I have inherited a house there", or "I have been left a house there", more colloquially, "I have come by a house there"
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Spencer Allman
: I think the additional 'old' says nothing much - at least to a UK readership - the concept of inheriting a new house seems a bit out of the ordinary
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