What are Finnish seal puppies and german flounders? Both refer to
foootwear, I want to know what they look like.

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Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 02 Feb 2005 02:40 PST

Are you sure of your spelling? Where did you get these names from?

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Clarification of Question by majas-ga on 03 Feb 2005 02:28 PST

The names are from the novel "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides which
I'm translating into the Croatian.
The paragraph goes: "You used to be able to tell a person's
nationality by the face. Immigration ended that. Next you discerned
nationality via the footwear. Globalization ended that. Those Finnish
seal puppies, those German flounders - you don't see them much
anymore. Only Nikes, on Basque, on Dutch, on Siberian feet."
Any ideas?

Majas, 

I'd try to find out what other translators have used.