Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
venskabsby
English translation:
sister city, twin town
Added to glossary by
Tara Chace
Dec 16, 2008 14:50
15 yrs ago
Danish term
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Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
venskabsby
Danish to English
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Business/Commerce (general)
Although 'friendship town' does exist on Google, it sounds a bit odd in English. Is this the same as a 'twinned town'?
Proposed translations
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| 5 +3 | sister city |
Tara Chace
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| 4 +1 | twin town |
Bjørnar Magnussen
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| 5 | twin town |
Laura Petersen
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Change log
Dec 30, 2008 16:09: Tara Chace Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Tara Chace
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United States
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Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
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sister city
In North America (and Australia?) we call these "sister cities." In Europe these are usually called "twin towns" or "Partnerstädte." In the former Soviet block they're "города-побратимы."
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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Bjørnar Magnussen
Specializes in field
Sworn translator, finance expert
Native in: Norwegian 
Works in: English to Norwegian, German to Norwegian, Swedish to Norwegian, and 8 more.
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44
twin town
Venskabsby. Byvåben[2,67 kb]. Lappeenranta Twin town in Finland since 1947, ...
www.kolding.dk/redir.asp?id=41491
Hjemmesiden er et af resultaterne af et seminar ved venskabsby-mødet 2006 i ... This web-site is a common web-site for the four nordic Twin-Towns Arboga in ...
www.svanernes.net/
www.kolding.dk/redir.asp?id=41491
Hjemmesiden er et af resultaterne af et seminar ved venskabsby-mødet 2006 i ... This web-site is a common web-site for the four nordic Twin-Towns Arboga in ...
www.svanernes.net/
Peer comment(s):
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Christine Andersen
: The number of ´twins´ some towns have is impressive, but that´s what they are called. I live in Ebeltoft, where there is an Arbogavej named after our twin town :-)
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