Translation - Swedish-English - Jag trÃ¤ffade honom pÃ¥ troika, den kÃ¤nda ryska...

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Jag trÃ¤ffade honom pÃ¥ troika, den kÃ¤nda ryska...

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hannanderss0n

Source language: Swedish

Jag trÃ¤ffade honom pÃ¥ troika, den kÃ¤nda ryska resturangen i West End dÃ¤r jag brukade Ã¤ta lunch.Han satt vid ett bord fÃ¶r sig sjÃ¤lv och sÃ¥g melankolisk ut. NÃ¤r jag satte mig mittemot honom, kom en servitris fram och tog hans tomma kopp."fÃ¥r det vara nÃ¥got mer?" frÃ¥gade hon. Mannen svarade tvekande. "jag..jag tror jag skulle vilja ha ett glas vatten.

Title	I met him in the Troika, the famous Russian restaurant
Translation English Translated by gamine	Target language: English I met him in the Troika, the famous Russian restaurant in the West End where I used to have lunch. He was sitting at a table alone, looking melancholy. When I sat down in front of him, a waitress came and took his empty cup. "Maybe something more?" she asked. The man hesitated and replied: "I..I think I'd like a glass of water".

Validated by lilian canale

- 25 March 2009 15:47

Last messages

	Author	Message
		25 March 2009 13:41
	casper tavernello Number of messages: 5057	sÃ¥g melankolisk ut = he seemed to be melancholic Att se ... ut.
		25 March 2009 13:39
	gamine Number of messages: 4611	Hello Casper; If I translate the way you say it would give: "Han verkade vare melankolisk" in Swedish. Pia, can you help us please. CC: casper tavernello pias
		25 March 2009 13:42
	casper tavernello Number of messages: 5057	Well, Pia has voted for "right", so I withdraw my first post.
		25 March 2009 13:47
	gamine Number of messages: 4611	Thanks Casper. Well don't be sad, usually it's I who's wrong.
		25 March 2009 13:49
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	Perhaps it should simply be: "He was sitting at a table alone, looking melancholy." CC: pias
		25 March 2009 14:24
	pias Number of messages: 8113	I'm not always right Casper, and I was to fast too give a positive vote here! Sorry ... Yes "sÃ¥g melankolisk ut" reffer to the way he looks. Lilians suggest looks fine to me.
		25 March 2009 14:32
	gamine Number of messages: 4611	Lilian's suggestion looks fine to me too. CC: pias
		25 March 2009 15:07
	pias Number of messages: 8113	It's not hard to understand why you missunderstood it Lene, because if it had been a little "t" at the end "sÃ¥g melankoliskt ut", (e.g. genom fÃ¶nstret), your translation would have been correct.
		25 March 2009 15:47
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	Thank you all. Issue solved, job accepted, everybody happy!
		25 March 2009 17:30
	gamine Number of messages: 4611	Thanks for comforting me Pia. Thanks for your help, Lilian and you Casper, once again, you're right. But I'll have you some day. Perhaps in a looong time, but just wait and see.
		25 March 2009 17:37
	casper tavernello Number of messages: 5057	I was going to post something regarding the same propposal given by Pia about the "...melankoliskt..." (an adverb.), but I would say "tittade melankoliskt ut...".
		25 March 2009 18:05
	gamine Number of messages: 4611	Thanks for your help Casper. Everything I learn is precious for me.
		25 March 2009 19:33
	pias Number of messages: 8113	How come Casper isn't a Swedish expert yet. "sÃ¥g" and "tittade" are synonyms, so I think you can use them both here.