Re: Reg. danish translation

On Apr 30, 2005, at 2:22 PM, Michael Zachariassen Krog wrote:
> The best translation of the word 'idle' is 'v=E6k'(Away),
> as danish does not seem to have a word equal to
> 'idle'.

But isn't away a distinct state from idle?

I don't speak Danish, but I know a little English. With the help of=20
http://danish.nigilist.ru/cgi-bin/nph-dict.cgi may we suggest that=20
maybe "ubesk=E6ftiget" or "uvirksom" is the word we're looking for? (I=20=

got those from translating "inactive" to Danish.)

Jer



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