Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dec 11, 2006 18:03
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Danish term
Canada
nådlerske
Danish to English
Other
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
Marriage Certificate
A "nådlerske" is evidently a woman who works with shoes, sewing up the leather and possibly doing any dye work involved. My Danish English dictionary translates "nådler" as "closer", and the Oxford English Dictionary doesd include the term, but it looks as though it has been out of use since the late 1800s.
I don't think I can use "closer" on this marriage certificate from 1968 because it won't be evident to English speakers what it is. It certainly wouldn't be to me!
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
I don't think I can use "closer" on this marriage certificate from 1968 because it won't be evident to English speakers what it is. It certainly wouldn't be to me!
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | shoe sewer |
Lingua Danica
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| 3 | cobbler/shoe-maker |
Diarmuid Kennan
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Proposed translations
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shoe sewer
the work a nådlerske = nådlerjomfru made some decades ago is today mainly done by machine operators called shoe sewers.
So... If "closer" is an outdated word then why not use the the updated word shoesewer?
Or just write: closer (shoe sewer)
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Note added at 18 hrs (2006-12-12 12:21:27 GMT)
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http://www.workfutures.bc.ca/profiles/profile.cfm?site=graph...
An extract from the site:
Example Titles
machine operators:
lining stitcher, sample maker, sample sewer, serging machine operator, sewing machine operator, shoe sewer
more or less the same here:
http://saskjobfutures.ca/profiles/profile.cfm?lang=en&noc=94...
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Note added at 18 hrs (2006-12-12 12:29:14 GMT)
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I found a site called History Of Work Information System,
http://historyofwork.iisg.nl
On this site you can search under "Occupational Titles" and see the title translated into different languages.
Write "shoe sewer" (and click "go") and the title pop up in other languages, here among Swedish: nåtlerska (which is the same as the Danish nådlerske.
http://historyofwork.iisg.nl/list_hiswi.php
So... If "closer" is an outdated word then why not use the the updated word shoesewer?
Or just write: closer (shoe sewer)
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Note added at 18 hrs (2006-12-12 12:21:27 GMT)
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http://www.workfutures.bc.ca/profiles/profile.cfm?site=graph...
An extract from the site:
Example Titles
machine operators:
lining stitcher, sample maker, sample sewer, serging machine operator, sewing machine operator, shoe sewer
more or less the same here:
http://saskjobfutures.ca/profiles/profile.cfm?lang=en&noc=94...
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Note added at 18 hrs (2006-12-12 12:29:14 GMT)
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I found a site called History Of Work Information System,
http://historyofwork.iisg.nl
On this site you can search under "Occupational Titles" and see the title translated into different languages.
Write "shoe sewer" (and click "go") and the title pop up in other languages, here among Swedish: nåtlerska (which is the same as the Danish nådlerske.
http://historyofwork.iisg.nl/list_hiswi.php
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Comment: "Thanks for your help - everyone. That history of work website is great. It seems that "shoe closer" might also work. It appears on a few genealogical records from early in the twentieth century, as I discovered later.
Many thanks!
Tania"
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cobbler/shoe-maker
I would use the word cobbler or shoe-maker
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Lingua Danica
: How is the word cobbler used nowadays? (I thought a cobbler is one who repairs shoes)
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a mender or maker of shoes and often of other leather goods; that is how the Mirriam-Webster dictionary defines cobbler. In my experience though, cobbler is archaic. I don't think I have ever heard it used in ordinary speech.
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Discussion
There's a really fascinating glossary here, http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/RESEARCH/G... but it probably won't help you much with a marriage certificate!
Best of luck!