14:42 May 9, 2018 |
Finnish to English translations [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Ian Mac Eochagáin Finland Local time: 22:22 | ||||||
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4 +1 | It will do for want of something better |
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It will do for want of something better Explanation: I have been told that this is an eastern Finnish dialect term meaning "it will do, faute de mieux" or "for want of something better" or "it will do the job in spite of small insufficiencies". I don't have any etymological information on the form "vältänti", however. |
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