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Dec 2, 2019 04:30
4 yrs ago
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Norwegian term

russepresident

Non-PRO Norwegian to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. cultural
Any equivalent or "close" term in English?
"Prom king" isn't close enough I think.

Proposed translations

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1 day 54 mins
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senior class president

:o)
Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Ek : Helt enig, jeg.
9 hrs
Thank you very much!
neutral Michele Fauble : Simple solution, but doesn’t take into account the cultural difference.
12 hrs
No, it does not. One could write a whole book about those differences.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Takk! Jeg tenker også det må være noe slikt, eller Student Union President el lign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_government_president. @Micheles forslag er jo også bra, men intensjonen slik uttrykket var brukt i min tekst, var nok å presentere det som en ansvarlig posisjon. Jeg har inntrykk av at russefeiring er stort sett rølp, men det virker som om folk som har vært russepresident er nokså stolt av det. Fant nemlig dette uttrykket brukt som referanse i en temmelig seriøs jobbsammenheng. Det er vel som med mye annet, at enkelte russ ødelegger for den store mengden."
7 hrs

drunken mayhem MC

Sorry, I couldn’t resist. ;-)

Good luck with this particular quest.
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14 hrs

russ president/russepresident

No equivalent in English. I would just use ‘russ’, as Wikipedia does.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russefeiring

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Note added at 14 hrs (2019-12-02 19:19:47 GMT)
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Maybe with an explanation in English.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Sven Petersson : "russ/russe-" without any explanation communicates nothing. What is the explanation you are proposing?
1 day 17 mins
Thus the need for a translator’s note or target language explanation, unless made unnecessary by the context.
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