Glossary entry (derived from question below)
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
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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!”
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +1 | of our time | Hanne Rask Sonderborg |
4 | present day | Anna Herbst |
3 | relevant for our time | Kristina Thorne |
3 | with his finger on the pulse of our times | Anders Dalström |
Proposed translations
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3 hrs
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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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38 mins
present day
"a present day story teller"
Sounds better than contemporary which could be another option
Sounds better than contemporary which could be another option
11 hrs
relevant for our time
Is this not an expression of where le Carré fits amongst his peers and in our time?
14 hrs
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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