Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
lantmannagöromål
English translation:
farm work
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Swedish term
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Native in: Danish (Variant: Standard (rigsdansk)) 
, English (Variant: British)
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lantmannagöromål
Context:
Nyktra, välfrejdada och i **lantmannagöromål** arbetsdugliga personer av båda könen.
In connection with the translation of a museum web site (from Danish to English), I have come across the above citation pubished in a Swedish newspaper in 1869. Unfortunately my knowledge of Swedish is rather limited so, even with Google translation's help, I have not been able to get the full translation: Google does not know the word 'lantmannagöromål'. Any help would be very much appreciated, thanks.
PRO (3): Viachaslau, urbom, Charlesp
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Proposed translations
Sweden
Medical Translator
Native in: Swedish , English
Works in: English to Swedish, Danish to Swedish, German to Swedish, and 13 more.
farm work
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Note added at 6 hrs (2009-12-09 19:21:49 GMT)
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"i lantmannagöromål arbetsdugliga personer" = "able-bodied farm workers"
Farming tasks
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Ulf Norlinger
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Tack Ulf!
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asptech
: or "farmer's work"
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Tack asptech!
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Shawn Champion
: this is a prime example of translating the word rather than the meaning.
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true, but if you translate the words as they are here, then....
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Sweden
Champion Translations
Native in: English 
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English
able-bodied farmers
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Ulf Norlinger
: Not the farmers themselves, or?
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The whole section: lantmannagöromål arbetsdugliga personer.
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Viachaslau
: that's a very good option for arbetsdugliga
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Sweden
Russian translator in Stockholm
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia) , Belarusian
Works in: English to Russian, Swedish to Russian, Norwegian to Russian, and 4 more.
occupied with farmering activitiees/chores
X, X, X people of bothe sexes occupied with farming activities/chores
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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-12-09 16:00:45 GMT)
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though i don't like my own "of both sexes" (especially with the typo)
what about
.....people, both men and women....
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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-12-09 16:01:25 GMT)
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yeah, sorry
of course it should be "farming"
"sober, well-reputed people of both sexes suited/fit for/able to do farm work"
| Thanks, Hootntoot. This answer would be selected if you gave it in response to my earlier question yesterday on the same subject (it is not too late since I haven't yet selected any of the answers there), where I asked for help with the whole sentence. I can't really select it here since I only asked about 'lantmannagöromål'. |
... agricultural work
| Charles, the original text was (as i stated in the question) published in a Swedish newspaper so I'm not sure that the more formal and academic expression you are proposing would be appropriate in this case. |
Discussion
To translate it as "farm work" or "farm tasks" would be akin to translating sjukhus as "sick house" instead of hospital.