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over

English translation: among

10:55 Dec 6, 2007
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Mathematics & Statistics
Norwegian term or phrase: over
Siden responsene varierer over individene (husholdene), postulerer Leyden-forskerne en sammenheng mellom x og kjennetegn ved husholdene.
Carole Hognestad
Local time: 21:40
English translation:among
Explanation:
Over is not an appropriate word in the source text. 'Blant' would have been better - and then, the translation gives itself. Mellom/between would be an alternative - but over? Naah.
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Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 21:40
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2among
Per Bergvall
5from individual to individual
Andrew Alix
4across
brigidm


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
among


Explanation:
Over is not an appropriate word in the source text. 'Blant' would have been better - and then, the translation gives itself. Mellom/between would be an alternative - but over? Naah.

Per Bergvall
Norway
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 19
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francis Gregson
5 mins
agree  Diarmuid Kennan
8 mins
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2 days 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
over (in this context)
from individual to individual


Explanation:
The word "over" is not incorrect, as it refers to each individual being asked at different times. "Between" could be an alternative, but "mellom" isn't used and "over" is.

Example sentence(s):
  • Since the responses vary from individual to individual (in the households), the Leyden researchers postulate a correlation between x and indicators of the households.
  • The situation varies from individual to individual. (Situasjonen varierer over individer.)
Andrew Alix
United States
Local time: 14:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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3 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
across


Explanation:
I also think the source text is rather peculiarly formulated, and therefore unclear. This is just another possible interepretation.

Example sentence(s):
  • Responses did not appear to vary significantly across student groups.
  • These responses stayed more or less constant across age, gender, ethnic group and domicile.

    Reference: http://www.liv.ac.uk/projects/documents/LiverpoolreportBarke...
brigidm
Norway
Local time: 21:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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