I thought I would show this cover I have just found. Canada to Norway and returned to the DLO in Montreal before being returned to the sender with a 3c charge
When I put the text Reist Parti from the boxed Norwegian cachet two online translation sites gave either Erected party or Erected a lot which I assume are both incorrect. Is there anyone here who actually knows the correct translation
It works out if it is German and French. "Reist" is German for "traveling", "reist ab ..." means "gone from .../left ...". "Parti" is French for "departed/left".
Machine translation has its uses, but it can't figure out context, either. Plus stuff like philatelic terms and even postal terms don't often translate very well. I get that French gets used in the marking -- UPU requirement. But German? Maybe a lot of mail, or forwarded mail, went between Norway and Germany in 1949. Maybe it's a remnant from German occupation? Norwegian has the same word as German as a noun (reise), but I could find no verb form.
Reist / Parti wold make sense as any of left, gone, departed, etc., and would be consistent with the directions above the return address of "If left, Please return to ...", probably chasing a tourist.
As I think we all expected the literal translation is TRAVELLED. So GONE AWAY
That came from a Norwegian living in the UK
Quote: Yes, it is an easy question to answer. Reist / Parti means gone away in Norwegian and French which is the official language of UPU. The word reise means to travel, so reist is the past tense of this - translates literary as travelled!
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