OFF: hja"lp med svensk!

[Daniel Wikdahl]

Carl wrote:
>    Sorry to intrude with an off-topic issue, but it shouldn't take
>long--and I know there are plenty of people who can advise me on BOC-L ;)
>
>    I have tried to translate the English phrase "The sword of the mighty
>does not sleep" (or "The sword of the mighty sleeps not") into Swedish.
>Unfortunately, my limited Swedish is not good enough, I think!  The best
>guess I had was: De ma"ktigas sva"rd ej sover.
>
>    That's probably wrong, so any help from the List-svenskar would be
>appreciated!  I can't quite figure out how to make it clear that the sva"rd
>belongs to de ma"ktiga ....


OK; "De mäktiga" is plural but the english phrase is in singular, right?!
...and you have to put "ej" in the end of the sentence.
"De mäktigas svärd sover ej:" is OK if you want to use the plural form.
or in singular; "Den mäktiges svärd sover ej".
But it sounds quite silly... a little more poetic translation could be like;
"Den mäktiges svärd _vilar_ ej"
But I think this one is the best:
"Ej vilar den mäktiges svärd" (or "Ej sover den mäktiges svärd".)

"Vila" ="rest"... but in this context it works better than "sova/sleep".

                mvh -Daniel

ps ... and where did you find this phrase? ds







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