18:54 Dec 3, 2012 |
Danish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Linguistics / fairy tale | |||||||
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5 | To the horizon and back |
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5 | East of the sun |
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3 +1 | in a realm far, far away |
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3 | Coming Full Circle |
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English speaking people are not unfamiliar with fairytales |
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To the horizon and back Explanation: A literal translation would be 'east of the sun and west of the moon', but there is an old joke a comic strip titled Homer depicted wonderfully. Homer was made a supervisor for slaves in Roman times, given the task of building a road to the horizon. A slave suggested Homer run to the horizon to find out how long the road would need to be. The joke is, the horizon is always at the horizon, and Homer was being tricked. I wouldn't use 'Riding into the sunset', because that has another meaning; to ride away in a conclusion to a story or chapter. To the Horizon and Back implies you just keep going for a very, very long time, and is ironic in saying you will be coming back. |
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in a realm far, far away Explanation: :o) |
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Reference: English speaking people are not unfamiliar with fairytales Reference information: However, Wikipedia has a nice introduction that might inspire your explanation. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_of_the_Sun_and_West_of_the... |
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