Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
kläs av inpå bara skinnet
English translation:
be completely exposed
Added to glossary by
Thomas Johansson
Mar 28, 2009 01:07
15 yrs ago
Swedish term
kläs av inpå bara skinnet
Swedish to English
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Händelserna i [Maupassants genombrottsnovell "Fettpärlan"] utspelar sig i norra Frankrike under det Fransk-tyska kriget 1870-71. Några av Rouens medborgare försöker ta sig från den ockuperade staden till Le Havre som fortfarande befinner sig i fransmännens händer. De färdas i en vagn som i maklig takt för dem mot sin destination. Med i vagnen finns den yppiga prostituerade Fettpärlan som vägrar att ha något med tyskarna att göra. Maupassant skildrar illusionslöst ett obönhörligt klassamhälle i miniatyr, där hyckleri och medlöperi triumferar över tomma patriotiska och moraliska fraser. Småborgarna kläs av inpå bara skinnet.
(Provisional translation of "småborgarna": "the petty bourgeoisie". Maybe it could also be something like "middle-class people".)
(Provisional translation of "småborgarna": "the petty bourgeoisie". Maybe it could also be something like "middle-class people".)
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +1 | ruthlessly / mercilessly exposed | Gayle Rolando (X) |
4 | to be stripped bare | Anna Herbst |
3 | exposed in full light | Kristina Thorne |
Proposed translations
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ruthlessly / mercilessly exposed
I can't think of an English idiom that can be used here that works as well as the Swedish one - but I think in the Swedish version that they were not spared in any way and were exposed and defenceless against that exposure - so perhaps by adding "merciless" or "ruthless", the meaning is conveyed more strongly.
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Note added at 1 day7 hrs (2009-03-29 08:11:49 GMT)
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I thought about this yesterday, and I think you could also use either "utterly" or "completely" exposed as well.
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Note added at 1 day7 hrs (2009-03-29 08:11:49 GMT)
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I thought about this yesterday, and I think you could also use either "utterly" or "completely" exposed as well.
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Comment: "Tack!"
2 hrs
to be stripped bare
:)
6 hrs
exposed in full light
The petit-bourgeoisie is exposed in their full glory...
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