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English translation: on home territory / at home

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English term or phrase:Home
Selected answer:on home territory / at home
Entered by: Carol Gullidge

12:08 Feb 14, 2013
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
English term or phrase: sentence
Dave Comer (Location Scout for The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit Trilogy)
A photo of:
Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand
***Home, heading through the mountains to Fiordland*** - I never tire of it. I have worked in incredible and often sacred places around the world, but this is still the journey that excites me the most.

Does it mean that he lives (or lived at that time) in Fiordland? Does it mean "Going home"?
Ana Juliá
Spain
Local time: 00:09
on home territory / at home
Explanation:
this (New Zealand) is the place he considers home

But of course you need to check (Google, with the author...?) that this actually is the case
Selected response from:

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:09
Grading comment
Thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5on home territory / at home
Carol Gullidge
4 +1He feels at home
Patricia ONeill
3Homeland
Philippe ROUSSEAU


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
He feels at home


Explanation:
I believe the meaning is that he feels so comfortable in that place, he really feels he is at home.

Something similar to what in Spanish would be "en casa".

Patricia ONeill
Local time: 19:09
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch: Yes, the best way out, but it could imply that he lives/lived there.
18 mins
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
on home territory / at home


Explanation:
this (New Zealand) is the place he considers home

But of course you need to check (Google, with the author...?) that this actually is the case

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: In his home country, New Zealand, or perhaps his home patch within New Zealand
17 mins
  -> many thanks Charles! Yes, home patch is nice
agree  George Rabel: yes, that's how I read it too. Not necessarily that he's from that particular area of NZ or the place he's describing, but that he has been through it before
1 hr
  -> many thanks George!
agree  Robert Kleemaier
2 hrs
  -> many thanks Robert!
agree  katsy
4 hrs
  -> many thanks katsy!
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
10 hrs
  -> many thanks gallagy2!
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Homeland


Explanation:
I understand here, that he is showing his homeland from the top of the mountain extending accross the mountains till Fioriland.

Philippe ROUSSEAU
France
Local time: 00:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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