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Translation - Danish-English - I gamle dage

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Title
I gamle dage
Text
Submitted by snaaske
Source language: Danish

I gamle dage

Title
In the past
Translation
English

Translated by hitchcock
Target language: English

In the past
Validated by IanMegill2 - 22 September 2007 15:27





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22 September 2007 04:44

IanMegill2
Number of messages: 1671
Hi Porfyhr,

Why did you vote against this translation?

Your opinion is important to me!

CC: Porfyhr

22 September 2007 06:41

Porfyhr
Number of messages: 793
In Scandinavian we say "førrn i tiden" to express "In the old days we had horses and farm." It is a descriptive form.

To translate "I gamle dage" correct I would say "In the past the king had his servants who tasted the kings food to make sure it wasn't poisoned." It is a past tense in a more concrete form. A more old fashioned expression

"I gamle dage" you also lack the important final-r "I gamle dager", if that -r would have been present then it would have been much more descriptive, and more alike the first variety.

It might seem like small variations but that is the difference between a w-b-w translation and a translation.
Hope you feel a little more understanding!
/Porfyhr

22 September 2007 12:59

IanMegill2
Number of messages: 1671
Thank you Porfyhr!

Thanks to your explanation, I think I have a good idea of the difference in nuance here between these two!

Such small variations are important to me as a translator, too!

22 September 2007 15:19

ludde33
Number of messages: 1
i gamle dager