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17:45 Jun 2, 2011 |
Danish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Marianne Sorensen Denmark Local time: 02:42 | ||||||
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5 | weak vessels |
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3 | fragile containers |
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fragile containers Explanation: It sounds like a metaphor refering to the "place" where the person keeps his/ her memories. The grammar is a bit weird, though: det (sing) er skrøbelige kar (plural). Maybe you could tell us more about the origin and general meaning of the text? Cheers! |
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weak vessels Explanation: In the Bible woman is called "the weaker vessel" in comparison to man. But the word "vessel" has passed into Christian theology as signifying simply a human being according to link below. Google has 8.120.000 posts for weaker vessel Bible. Reference: http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/V/VESSEL/ |
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