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スウェーデン語から英語詩&文学 Translation Glossary

スウェーデン語 term		英語 translation
A-lag		wineos

äger		rules

är du avis		are you jealous/envious (or "jealous much?")

åttastrofig		a little poem in eight verses

barnrumpa		immature behavior like a child

bondeskald		ploughman poet

ett litet John Silver.		a small pack of John Silver

f.f.g		for the first time

flyt		readability	Michele Fauble
Entered by: Michele Fauble
FNL:are och flummare		peaceniks (Vietniks) and slackers

folkskrift		writing for the people

Fröken Duktig		Miss Know-It-All

Fristadsförfattare		Shelter city

fritt efter		inspired by / based on / from an original idea by / freely adapted

gammpojkar		embittered/confirmed bachelor	David Rumsey
Entered by: David Rumsey
gråvädersrealism		grey skies realism

gubbmage		paunch	Michele Fauble
Entered by: Michele Fauble
handelsträdgård		nursery

istermunkar		lard dougnuts

kälkpartier		sledging parties (social event)

klassresenär		socially mobile person

konfliktfylld		conflictual

kvinnomedveten		conscious of gender equality

lång- och lerhalm		as if they were glued to each other

Liten tuva stjälper stora lass		A small stone in the way overturns a great wain

litteraturvetare		literary scholar

missfirmelse		criminal libel / defamation

motskrift		polemical writing (against...)

näbbskor		Lappshoes; Sami shoes

Nu jävlar!		Finally!/Sheesh!/This is it!/Now, damn it!/Here we go!

ostadiga		shaky/unsteady

pagen		pageboy	Michele Fauble
Entered by: Michele Fauble
samtidsdebatterande		dealing with contemporary issues / on contemporary issues

sedeskildring		novel of manners

sila mygg och svälja kameler		not see the forest for the trees	David Rumsey
Entered by: David Rumsey
sitta stilla i båten		don't rock the boat (for the time being)

skörlevnad		in sin

starkt driven intrig		forceful plot

stilbrytning		change of style

styrdans		ballroom dancing, cheek-to-cheek dancing

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