Sep 27, 2007 23:55
16 yrs ago
Danish term
er hun svær
Non-PRO
Danish to English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
Old Danish?
hun er af spansk Blod, derfor er hun svær
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | portly // heavy build |
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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| 3 +1 | she is difficult |
Jande
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Proposed translations
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portly // heavy build
my suggestion
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much. The word was not making too much sense in the sense of 'difficult' but heavy or rather well-fed makes more sense."
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3 hrs
she is difficult
She is of Spanish blood, therefore she is difficult.
I offer this suggestion, because Spanish people are usually referred to as fiesty and smaller, rather than larger than the Danish. In general of course and of course I do not judge any individual person based on these generalisations.
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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-09-28 20:26:04 GMT)
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Here is the translation provided by the Hans Christian Andersen Foundation:
You must bow your heads prettily to that old duck yonder; she is the highest born of them all, and has Spanish blood, therefore, she is well off. Don't you see she has a red flag tied to her leg, which is something very grand, and a great honor for a duck; it shows that every one is anxious not to lose her, as she can be recognized both by man and beast.
http://www.andersenabc.org/index.dsp?area=27
http://www.andersenabc.org/index.dsp?area=37
I offer this suggestion, because Spanish people are usually referred to as fiesty and smaller, rather than larger than the Danish. In general of course and of course I do not judge any individual person based on these generalisations.
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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-09-28 20:26:04 GMT)
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Here is the translation provided by the Hans Christian Andersen Foundation:
You must bow your heads prettily to that old duck yonder; she is the highest born of them all, and has Spanish blood, therefore, she is well off. Don't you see she has a red flag tied to her leg, which is something very grand, and a great honor for a duck; it shows that every one is anxious not to lose her, as she can be recognized both by man and beast.
http://www.andersenabc.org/index.dsp?area=27
http://www.andersenabc.org/index.dsp?area=37
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Mads Grøftehauge
: Could possibly be either, but I would guess this meaning. Context will tell. (Note: Text is almost certainly pre-1950s, judging from the capitalised noun).
7 hrs
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I'm pretty sure it's H. C. Andersen so there is proberly an official translation somewhere
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