peler

Norwegian to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering

Bygget står på peler til fjell, mens gulvet i 1. et. er et gulv på grunn.

Proposed translations (English)

3 +4

19 mins

William [Bill] Gray

Norway

Native in English

Works in field

Selected

piles/piling

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Peer comment(s):

agree	Per Bergvall : But 'pel' is both an ancient marker indicating a volume measure, about half a pint, and a simplified term for pixel. Piles are pæler in Norwegian... 3 mins
	Thanks, Per. On checking with my Norwegian colleagues here at HINT, they say that although the spelling is "pæler", the pronunciation is frequently "peler" leading to occasional misspelling!!
agree	Helen Johnson 1 hr
	Thank you, Helen.
agree	asptech : "piles" is correct, and pay no attention to the Norwegian spelling - they have tried for 200 years to get some kind of agreement on it. 2 hrs
	Thank you! I detect a little Scandinavian rivalry here, which I am very careful to stay out of, as an Irishman!!
agree	alexandratheres : I would write peler in Norwegian, but I think the spelling of the word depends on the dialect of the Norwegian writing it 1 day 16 hrs
	Thank you, Alexandra. The acceptable variation in Norwegian spelling is always a wonder to an Enlish speaker who has been brought up on the strict dicationary-based standard spelling which prevails in English! Long live local dialects!

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."