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Translation - Danish-English - Højt på en Gren en Krage

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Category Song

This translation request is "Meaning only".
Title
Højt på en Gren en Krage
Text
Submitted by Lelia
Source language: Danish

Højt på en Gren en Krage
Sim sa la dim bam ba sa la du sa la dim...

Der kom en heslig jæger

Der kom en heslig jæger hen

Han sköd den stakels Krage ned
Remarks about the translation
canção popular dinamarquesa

Title
High on a bough a crow
Translation
English

Translated by Porfyhr
Target language: English

High on a bough a crow
Sim sa la dim bam ba sa la du sa la dim

There came a ghastly hunter

There came a ghastly hunter by

He shot the poor crow down
Remarks about the translation
The meaning is very childish. A crow in a tree is shot, shot down by a man.

I've tried to adapt the english words to the danish song rhythm.
Validated by kafetzou - 30 July 2007 15:47





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Author
Message

28 July 2007 21:10

wkn
Number of messages: 332
The word "Joger" in the Danish text is wrong. The correct word in this children's song is "jæger" which means "hunter".

28 July 2007 23:57

Francky5591
Number of messages: 12396
Thanks a lot for the notification, wkn.

There's another thing I would like to know,(Sorry for my ignorance about your language)
it is about one word which is writen in a different way in the title. Is it because in Danish"ö" is "Ø" in caps?
(HØJT = Höjt?)

30 July 2007 00:16

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
Is there a reason why some words are capitalized?

30 July 2007 00:24

Porfyhr
Number of messages: 793
No not any reason at all.

There is no difference between the Ø and ø. The letters are the same, the difference lies in the language. (but speaking Da/No/Sw one is very aware about the difficulties for others to use the proper dots and circles)

Th scandinavian "dots":
In danish you use Ø ø, Æ æ, AA aa
In norwegian you use Ø ø, Æ æ, Å å
In swedish you use Ö ö, Ä ä, Å å

30 July 2007 00:49

Francky5591
Number of messages: 12396
I asked because in the title there as a cap "Ø", and that in the text the small font was an "ö".
Anyway, thanks, I edited with small fonts...

30 July 2007 15:44

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
I can't see your edits, Francky, so I'm going to edit the extra capitals out of the English.

30 July 2007 16:57

Francky5591
Number of messages: 12396
Oh, right! I forgot to mention this edit under the text, sorry, it's about the title, and I did the following edit : "HØJT POA EN GREN EN KRAGE">>"Höjt poa en Gren en Krage"

30 July 2007 18:18

kafetzou
Number of messages: 7963
Oh - thanks - I get it now.

30 July 2007 18:22

Porfyhr
Number of messages: 793
Well actually you edited with the swedish ö,

it is danish so it should be ø.

The title and the first sentence should be:
Højt paa en Gren en Krage


30 July 2007 18:25

casper tavernello
Number of messages: 5057
Højt and på.

30 July 2007 18:49

Porfyhr
Number of messages: 793
I rest my case...

(PÃ¥ or Paa...
Ã…lborg or Aalborg? just me thinking loud)

30 July 2007 22:59

Francky5591
Number of messages: 12396
Oh, thanks! and uuuh what about "sköd ", couldn't it be "skød"?
(Høölålä!)