Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

mitt i tiden

English translation:

of our time

Added to glossary by Thomas Johansson
Jan 16, 2009 23:13
15 yrs ago
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Swedish term

mitt i tiden

Swedish to English Other Other
han kallade boken ”en ren och skär uppvisning av en mogen mästare”, menade att Le Carré är ”en berättare mitt i tiden” och utropade: ”Vilken underbar dialog han skriver!”

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of our time

Someone able to catch the essence of this moment in time.
Example sentence:

Ursula K. Le Guin, a visionary author of our time who knows and writes passionately about science, nature, culture, humans and technology, thus predicts the role of books and reading

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agree Robert Nordberg
8 days
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38 mins

present day

"a present day story teller"

Sounds better than contemporary which could be another option
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relevant for our time

Is this not an expression of where le Carré fits amongst his peers and in our time?
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with his finger on the pulse of our times

Bit of a long-winded translation, but perhaps necessary to capture the meaning of the phrase. Gives 100+ google hits. Alternatively '...of today'
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