\nAt f\u00e5 bank —> To get a beating
\nEn bank —> \u00a0A bank, a financial institution
\nEt bank —> \u00a0 \u00a0A beating, a knock<\/p>\n
As is often the case in Danish, when you go plural an ‘a’ becomes an “\u00e6” – and that would be that-, but not at all in this case:<\/p>\n
Danish \u00a0==> \u00a0English<\/strong> In English, banks normally deal with “Finances” while “the Economy” is the larger underlying nationwide climate. For some reason, the Danes decided to use these two words differently. And English, of course, offers its own challenges with “economic” and “economical” meaning two different things:<\/p>\n English\u00a0==> \u00a0Danish<\/strong> In Danish, as in English, an “institute” is usually a dedicated place of learning found at an university, while an “institution” is something else. On the surface the two languages seem in agreement, However, over the years, Danish has used the word “institution” to refer\u00a0largely to places where you get “institutionalized” , such as orphanages or mental wards at hospitals. This may therefore explain why a bank, a “financial institution” is NOT an “institution” in modern day Danish, but an institute. Totally wrong, or…? After all, maybe you are not entirely crazy putting your money into a Danish bank, but as the old saying goes: “First you have the money and the bank has the experience. Then they invest it, and you gain\u00a0the experience and they have your money”… So yes, in Denmark a bank is a “money institute”, a place where, I guess, the lessons will be repeated until they are learned….<\/p>\n English\u00a0==> \u00a0Danish<\/strong> Of course, once you give your money to the bank, you expect something in return, like say regularly deposited interest payment on your money. The bank will give you some “small print” paperwork to sign and like many translators you may get very confused between these two very similar Danish words:<\/p>\n Danish \u00a0==> \u00a0English<\/strong> Speaking of one-letter differences: In English there is “Banking” and there is “Baking”. In a very strange way, the two were interchanged the other day, as I received a poorly translated Danish financial document to proofread. The English translation read: “You have bought 1000 ABC\u00a0securities for \u00a0XY Danish kroner. The securities will be deposited into\u00a0your\u00a0custodial depot and XY kroner will be raised<\/em> on<\/em> your account on May 15,\u00a02015″.<\/p>\n “Raised on your account”?\u00a0What kind of strange English was that?… And then it dawned on me, that the same Danish word “at h\u00e6ve” has\u00a0both a baking and a banking meaning. These two have nothing at all to do with each other, but Google Translate did not see the difference.\u00a0And also in Danish, you withdraw the money “on” the account and not “from” the account…:-)<\/p>\n Danish \u00a0==> \u00a0English<\/strong> In fact, Google Translate is blissfully unaware of the banking version of the word:<\/p>\n And we won’t even talk here about translating the term “a money shot”…<\/p>\n Banking and investments\u00a0present various risks of monetary loss to the uninitiated. Besides monetary losses, we can now also add the danger of being lost in translation… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Let’s talk banking, money. Always a touchy subject. Danish language may have it just right, as the word “bank” means both “getting beaten up” and “a banking institution”. Thus the title of this posting is actually saying “Do you want … Continue reading
\nB\u00e6nk\u00a0—>\u00a0A bench (to sit on), just one.
\nBanker\u00a0—> \u00a0Banks (noun, plural of bank)
\nBanker —> Beats, hits (verb)
\nFlere\u00a0bank —> \u00a0Several beatings
\nFlere banker —> Several banks
\nB\u00e6nke \u00a0—> Benches<\/p>\n
\nEconomy —> \u00a0\u00d8konomi
\nPersonal finances —> Privat\u00f8konomi
\nSecretary of Treasury\u00a0—> Finansminister
\nGovernment Finances\u00a0—-> Statsfinanserne
\nEconomic\u00a0trends —> Konjunkturer
\nBeing economical–> At\u00a0v\u00e6re sparsommelig<\/p>\n
\nAn institution—> \u00a0En institution
\nAn institute\u00a0—>\u00a0Et institut
\nFinancial\u00a0institution —> Et pengeinstitut (NOT “en pengeinstitution”).<\/p>\n
\nForretningskrav\u00a0—>\u00a0Business\u00a0requirements
\nForrentningskrav —> “Interest requirements”, minimum rate of return on capital,<\/p>\n
\nAt h\u00e6ve —-> To rise (baking)
\nAt h\u00e6ve —-> To withdraw (banking)
\nBr\u00f8ddejen h\u00e6ver\u00a0<\/strong>—>\u00a0The bread dough rises (a baking term)
\nVi h\u00e6ver<\/strong> p\u00e5 kontoen—>\u00a0We will withdraw from the account (a banking term)<\/p>\n![\"h\u00e6vet](\"http:\/\/rottendanish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/h\u00e6vet-p\u00e5-Google-Transalte.jpg\")
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