perintötalo

English translation: old inherited house

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Finnish term or phrase:perintötalo
English translation:old inherited house
Entered by: ValeValja

14:25 Dec 22, 2010
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
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Finnish term or phrase: perintötalo
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!
ValeValja
Local time: 07:39
old inherited house
Explanation:
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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ktirk
Finland
Local time: 08:39
Grading 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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4 +1inherited house
Desmond O'Rourke
3 +1old inherited house
ktirk


  

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inherited house


Explanation:
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"

Desmond O'Rourke
United States
Local time: 02:39
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  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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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
old inherited house


Explanation:
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'.

ktirk
Finland
Local time: 08:39
Native speaker of: Finnish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading 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!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Timo Lehtilä: Yes, when a compound word with the first part 'perintö-' is used, it often refers to sth valued and cherished, from times immemorial descended from one generation to the next. You can have many “peritty talo”, but usually only one “perintötalo”.
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