dirty little secret

Danish translation: slet skjult hemmelighed/offentlig hemmelighed

08:40 Feb 4, 2013
English to Danish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: dirty little secret
Kontekst: "It is the dirty little secret of the beautiful world of social networks and mobile device interconnectedness that they are a breeding ground for malware and Internet criminals."
Jørgen Madsen
Local time: 11:22
Danish translation:slet skjult hemmelighed/offentlig hemmelighed
Explanation:
Hvis du genopfrisker Granham Nash' sang "Dirty little secrets" om raceoptøjerne i Greenwood Tulsa, Oklahoma 1921, refererer udtrykket til, at det var en slet skjult hemmelighed, at optøjerne var planlagte og organiserede af de hvide. Som eksempel (for en gangs skyld med musik til) :-)
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Birgit Bonde Jensen
Local time: 11:22
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tak for hjælpen
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3bitre sandhed
Randi Kristensen
3 +1slet skjult hemmelighed/offentlig hemmelighed
Birgit Bonde Jensen
3 +1Tys-tys
Lise Leavitt
3den mørke/dystre bagside
Tine Wanning
3den frække lille hemmelighed
Marianne Sorensen
3hemmelighed og tabu
Peter Smedskjaer-Stenland


Discussion entries: 2





  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
bitre sandhed


Explanation:
Det er meget frit, men jeg er er gået ud fra meningen med sætning.
Det er bare en ide, det kunne også være den beskidte sandhed.

Randi Kristensen
Denmark
Local time: 11:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christina Kjaergaard
3 hrs

agree  Maja SG (X)
1 day 23 hrs

agree  NetLynx: - dette forslag er det andet.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
slet skjult hemmelighed/offentlig hemmelighed


Explanation:
Hvis du genopfrisker Granham Nash' sang "Dirty little secrets" om raceoptøjerne i Greenwood Tulsa, Oklahoma 1921, refererer udtrykket til, at det var en slet skjult hemmelighed, at optøjerne var planlagte og organiserede af de hvide. Som eksempel (for en gangs skyld med musik til) :-)


Birgit Bonde Jensen
Local time: 11:22
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 25
Grading comment
tak for hjælpen

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  NetLynx: 'offentlig hemmelighed' er det ene forslag, som jeg finder rigtig godt.
6 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
den mørke/dystre bagside


Explanation:
et forslag

Tine Wanning
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:22
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 22
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
den frække lille hemmelighed


Explanation:
Hvorfor ikke bare oversætte det direkte, i stedet for at lave fortolkninger på udtrykket. Dirty betyder fræk i denne forbindelse, og så må resten vel fremgå af konteksten. Masser af hit på 'dirty little secret' på Google, så det er et fast udtryk.


    Reference: http://www.google.dk/#hl=en&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=define+%2...
Marianne Sorensen
Denmark
Local time: 11:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 22
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Tys-tys


Explanation:
I den smukke verden bestående af sociale netværker og mobile sammenkoblingsmuligheder er det tys-tys at de reelt er grobund for malware og internetkriminalitet.

Et forslag =)

Lise Leavitt
United States
Local time: 06:22
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Birgit Bonde Jensen: Den synes jeg er rigtig god, hvis det skal være frit og uformelt
3 mins
  -> Tak Birgit =)
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
hemmelighed og tabu


Explanation:
A little bit creative, but to be honest, I first thought tabu hemmelighed or tabu sandhed, google searched for how popular it is, and the first result is my target term, and to be honest, I could not come up with a better way of saying it unless I used a pHd on the subject.

Example sentence(s):
  • Det er firmets hemmelighed og tabu, at de har ikke styre på etiken.
Peter Smedskjaer-Stenland
Faroe Islands
Local time: 10:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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