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svarte halvparten

English translation: half of the respondents answered

17:55 Jun 24, 2012
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Government / Politics / Trade
Norwegian term or phrase: svarte halvparten
In the following sentence - I am having a hard time coming up with an English translation - obviously the black half here doesn't work - thanks for your input!

Trass i dette svarte halvparten av velgerne i en meningsmåling fra MMI i september 1994 at det ville være toll på eksport av industrivarer hvis Norge sa nei til EU.
dmesnier
United States
Local time: 03:10
English translation:half of the respondents answered
Explanation:
In spite of this, half of the respondents in a survey from MMI in September 1994, answered that.....

Literally, 'half of the respondents', but maybe 'fifty percent' sounds better?

I notice they use 'velgerne', but I guess they refer to the respondents? If you want to stick to the source, use 'voters' instead.
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Leif Henriksen
Norway
Local time: 10:10
Grading comment
Thanks so much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +3half of the respondents answered
Leif Henriksen


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
half of the respondents answered


Explanation:
In spite of this, half of the respondents in a survey from MMI in September 1994, answered that.....

Literally, 'half of the respondents', but maybe 'fifty percent' sounds better?

I notice they use 'velgerne', but I guess they refer to the respondents? If you want to stick to the source, use 'voters' instead.

Leif Henriksen
Norway
Local time: 10:10
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in Norwegian (Bokmal)Norwegian (Bokmal)
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks so much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathy Saranpa
3 hrs
agree  Lene Johansen: Although I would use Leif's proposal of 50% of the respondents.
1 day 2 hrs
agree  Richard Green
1 day 15 hrs
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