Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
brun-rød politisk allianse
English translation:
brown-red political alliance
Added to glossary by
Mats Wiman
Jan 8, 2005 08:26
19 yrs ago
Norwegian term
brun-rød politisk allianse
Norwegian to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
Public administration
partipolitisk sammenslåing, går jeg utfra, men som består av hva?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | brown-red political alliance |
Mats Wiman
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| 4 +1 | red-brown political alliance |
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Proposed translations
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1 hr
Mats Wiman
Sweden
Sweden
Specializes in field
Sweden
DEU / ENG / FRA / SPA > SWE since 1982
Native in: Swedish (Variant: Stockholm) 
Works in: German to Swedish, English to Swedish, Swedish
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Norwegian term (edited):
brun-r�d politisk allianse
Selected
brown-red political alliance
'brown' connoting nazi (brown-shirts), fascist, reactionary, ultra-right-wing, nationalist etc
'red' = all shades of socialist/social-democratic parties/associations
Without knowing the context one cannot say more. Please take your pick.
'red' = all shades of socialist/social-democratic parties/associations
Without knowing the context one cannot say more. Please take your pick.
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7 hrs
Norwegian term (edited):
brun-r�d politisk allianse
red-brown political alliance
Sorry to sound picky here, but it does look like the accepted term has the colouring the other way round! If you do a search for "red-brown alliance" or "red-brown politics" you will get lots of relevant relevant hits.
Peer comment(s):
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Charlesp
: i agree, Red-Brown is the way it is referred to. See eg. http://odin.dep.no/ud/engelsk/publ/rapporter/032001-220004/h... and http://www.deanesmay.com/archives/001250.html
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