Translation - Swedish-English - Stannar upp ett slagCurrent status Translation
Category Song - Daily life  This translation request is "Meaning only". | | | Source language: Swedish
Vi läser tidningen och stannar upp ett slag
Och tänker att det kunde varit hon och du och jag
Som hade suttit på det flyget
Om inte resan fått det dåliga betyget
Vi tar en dag
Ett ögonblick i sänder
Och hoppas innerligt att ingenting händer | Remarks about the translation | "stannar upp ett slag" esto no lo comprendo, no tiene sentido con lo que resta de la estrofa, o si? |
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Translated by  lenab | Target language: English
We read the paper and stop a while
And think that it could have been her and you and me
Who were sitting on that flight
If the journey hadn't got that bad reference
We take one day
A moment at a time
And sincerely hope that nothing will happen | Remarks about the translation | In swedish the text is rhyming, but it's impossible to both keep the meaning and put the translaation into rhyme. |
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6 February 2009 22:50 | | | Hi Lena,
Those verb tenses are a bit weird 
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6 February 2009 22:59 | | 
lenabNumber of messages: 1084 | I agree, but I kept the tenses from the original.
I had missed a "have" though!  | | |
6 February 2009 23:02 | | | I think "Who'd have been sitting " should be: "Who were sitting"
Also: I ---> me | | |
6 February 2009 23:09 | |
lenabNumber of messages: 1084 | Yes, I agree, that sounds a lot better. But in the swedish text it is a pluperfect, and I kept it even though an imperfect would be better in Swedish too. I'll edit!
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