Five thousands crowns

[Giselle Beraun]

Por favor alguien que me ayude a entender si esto es un idiom? Necesito traducir al español esta frase:
..active users and participants with access to knowledge and information in an unprecedented scale, directly from our five-thousand crowns laptops and cell phones”

 

[User With No Name]

There are at least a couple of errors in the English. Could you give us some context? Who wrote it? From what country is the author? What kind of text is it?

 

[AGT55]

It would definitely be easier to assist if you were to provide some more context to understand what this is referring to. Crowns could refer to the monetary value of the laptops and cellphones. The variable would be which currency it is talking about. There are Danish crowns, Czech crowns, Swedish crowns and Icelandic crowns.

 

[Giselle Beraun]

There are at least a couple of errors in the English. Could you give us some context? Who wrote it? From what country is the author? What kind of text is it?

is a research about the media from a University in Sweden. the complete paragraph is:
It is argued that:
“The principles of openness that characterize the Internet have transformed
our entire society”, by making us “active users and participants with access to
knowledge and information in an unprecedented scale, directly from our fivethousand
crowns laptops and cell phones”.

 

[Masood]

Not sure why they've translated krona (Swedish currency) to crown, but it's about £400, or whatever other currency you prefer.

 

[elroy]

Not sure why they've translated krona (Swedish currency) to crown

This is common in English, at least in the US.

Wikipedia:
In English, the currency is sometimes referred to as the Swedish crown, as krona means "crown" in Swedish.
Swedish krona - Wikipedia

 

[Masood]

This is common in English, at least in the US.

Wikipedia:
In English, the currency is sometimes referred to as the Swedish crown, as krona means "crown" in Swedish.
Swedish krona - Wikipedia

Ok thanks. We tend to refer to it over here as the Swedish krona.

 

[franzjekill]

There are Danish crowns, Czech crowns, Swedish crowns and Icelandic crowns.

... and Norwegian crowns.

Norwegian: Crowns or Kroner
Quien inició ese tema escribió con mayúscula los nombres de las monedas, pero van en minúscula en inglés (kroner es el plural de krona en noruego; kronor es el plural en sueco). Todos los que intervinieron en ese tema se mostraron en contra de que sea traducido el nombre de la moneda. Sin embargo, la Wiki dice: "In English, the currency is sometimes referred to as the Swedish crown, as krona means crown." Lo mismo dice sobre las coronas noruegas. Afirmación que, según veo, no gozará de las simpatías de los foreros de WR.

En mi zona, "krona" se traduce siempre como "corona".

 

[User With No Name]

in an unprecedented scale

Normally it would be "on an unprecedented scale."

five-thousand crowns laptops

Normally it would be "five thousand crown laptops" (just as we would say "five thousand dollar laptops.")

I'm pointing out these details because they suggest that the passage was either written in a hurry and not edited or was not written by a native speaker, so it's probably not too useful to analyze the details about the decision to use "crown" versus "kroner/krona" and such based on this particular case.

 

[OtroLencho]

Normally it would be "five thousand crown laptops" (just as we would say "five thousand dollar laptops.")

Personally, I'd write "five-thousand-crown laptops. Written without hyphens, we could be referring to five laptops costing a thousand crowns each.

Or five thousand "crown laptops", whatever those might be.

 

[User With No Name]

Personally, I'd write "five-thousand-crown laptops. Written without hyphens, we could be referring to five laptops costing a thousand crowns each.

I thought about that, but couldn't decide.

In any case, the English is not a good model.

 

[OtroLencho]

In any case, the English is not a good model.

I agree. Can't imagine a native speaker writing "crowns" in plural.

 

[gengo]

It is a research about the media from a University in Sweden. The complete paragraph is:
It is argued that:
“The principles of openness that characterize the Internet have transformed
our entire society”, by making us “active users and participants with access to
knowledge and information on an unprecedented scale, directly from our five-thousand-
crown laptops and cell phones”.

As noted by others, the English was incorrect (but now corrected), presumably because it was written by a Swede.

The basic idea is: ...usuarios y participantes activos con acceso al conocimiento y la información a una escala sin precedentes, directamente desde nuestras computadoras portátiles y teléfonos celulares que cuestan 5000 coronas.