oddssetter på norsk trav

English translation: race-side odds caller at trotting event

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Norwegian term or phrase:oddssetter på norsk trav
English translation:race-side odds caller at trotting event
Entered by: Paul Larkin (X)

09:57 Aug 29, 2004
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
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Norwegian term or phrase: oddssetter på norsk trav
There isn't much context. Someone wants to be an "oddssetter på norsk trav".
Asya Sokirko
Sweden
Local time: 02:25
race-side odds caller at trotting event
Explanation:
the one who marks the odds for betting at the side of the track

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Note added at 2004-08-29 11:55:51 (GMT)
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Nota Bene -
My colleague Counsel has quite rightly pointed out that course side betting is illegal in Norway. The \'odds setter\', therefore, that you are looking for is working in a \'Bookies\' and, in Ireland at least , these are called \'Odds Assessors\' when they have the specific job of calculating the odds on races. Otherwise we just call them \'bookies\', or \'book keepers\' to be more formal.
We also have another name for them which is not repeatable over the web and on the Day of Our Lord!
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Paul Larkin (X)
Local time: 01:25
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Thanks a lot! And plenty of useful comments, too :-))
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2race-side odds caller at trotting event
Paul Larkin (X)
1trav = buggy racing?
Pia Walker


  

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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
race-side odds caller at trotting event


Explanation:
the one who marks the odds for betting at the side of the track

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Note added at 2004-08-29 11:55:51 (GMT)
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Nota Bene -
My colleague Counsel has quite rightly pointed out that course side betting is illegal in Norway. The \'odds setter\', therefore, that you are looking for is working in a \'Bookies\' and, in Ireland at least , these are called \'Odds Assessors\' when they have the specific job of calculating the odds on races. Otherwise we just call them \'bookies\', or \'book keepers\' to be more formal.
We also have another name for them which is not repeatable over the web and on the Day of Our Lord!

Paul Larkin (X)
Local time: 01:25
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot! And plenty of useful comments, too :-))

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  KirstyMacC (X): .. with the luck of the Irish...Thx for the attribution of the illegality point. However, credit for this must go to Norwegian racing expert (and tote-winner?) Per.
19 mins

agree  Per Bergvall: Whoever is going to need more than the luck of the Irish - trackside betting is strictly prohibited in Norway; Tote only.
43 mins
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oddssetter på norsk trav
trav = buggy racing?


Explanation:
Not one to go to the races often, but the word 'totalizer' springs to mind, and trotting I think is called buggy racing here in the UK.

Pia Walker
Local time: 01:25
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
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