"Glassene setter ringer på bordet."

Translation: The glasses are putting rings on the table.

[Liefhebber]

sounds un-english imho (would be more suitable to say ' the glasses leave...)

[Deliciae]

That's another accepted translation.

I agree that the English model translation is a tad too literal, but it's a choice between awkward English and having people think that "å sette" means "to leave" in a more general sense. We might remove the sentence altogether.

[cursorcorner]

I would prefer to see ahead of time what might be said to me before I move to Norway, so I love these seemingly awkward sentences. These dialogues clear up any uncertainty nicely.

[AndrijAndrusiak]

How can glasses put rings? What rings are those?

[quis_lib_duo]

= water rings, water stains

[TheRoofRabbit]

From the condensation outside the cup running down, making water stains on the table. The water vapor in the air comes into contact with the cool surface of the glass, causing it to condense and phase shift back into water.

[Gary_Kotka]

For the lucky ones who live in hot countries... =)

[TheRoofRabbit]

trudat

[Solvinter]

For the unlucky*

[finnishnightmare]

There are times when that happens the cup starts moving by itself.

[otsogutxi]

Stains of coffee or tea, even wine.

[Schnookums1]

For a second I was really confused, thinking that the glasses were putting actual rings, as in jewelry, onto the table.... but then I realized that they were referring to the rings of liquid they leave.

[Catherine224766]

Thought the same at first. But pictured it in my head and got it that second ^^'

[ep_nl]

Would it be OK to translate it as 'the glasses make rings on the table'?

[Deliciae]

Yes, it would.

[olayasimioni]

Romantic glasses

[MicheFranchow]

Use a coaster!

[mprdo]

or drink faster... 18DEc17

[Michael17867]

I was translating this literally in my head, as if the glasses were putting gold rings on the table and i was very confused

[GregHolmes7]

Me too. Freaked me out.

Then I thought - well, someone learning English might hear this same sentence (or similar) in English and be equally confused.

[jel1o]

there's a word for this in italian i believe its "culaccino"