Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
kicker
English translation:
member of a non-ethnically-Swedish gang
Added to glossary by
Tara Chace
Dec 31, 2007 05:03
16 yrs ago
Swedish term
United States
Reliable quality, attention to detail
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
kicker
Swedish to English
Art/Literary
Slang
A teenager goes into a chat room and this is what someone is talking about in the chat room:
Är du kicker eller bara dum i huvudet? Vem fan vill prata som en svartskalle?
Need to translate this so that it is accessible to American teenagers...
Är du kicker eller bara dum i huvudet? Vem fan vill prata som en svartskalle?
Need to translate this so that it is accessible to American teenagers...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 -1 | medlem av gäng med invandrarbakgrund |
Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
|
| 4 | våldsverkare |
Kent Andersson
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| 2 | (trying to be a) big shot |
Larry Abramson
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| 3 -1 | tripping |
Solfrid Lokslid
|
Proposed translations
-1
8 hrs
Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Swedish
&
English
United Kingdom
Bilingual and bicultural (SE-UK & UK-SE)
Native in: English 
, Swedish
Works in: Swedish to English, English to Swedish, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Selected
medlem av gäng med invandrarbakgrund
Kickers verkar vara en något nedsättande (?) term för invandrargäng. Se den här inte helt PC diskussionen:
http://www.socialism.nu/index.php?page=forum§ion=thread&...
Någon direkt översättning kan jag inte komma på - gang member säger ju inget om medlemmens etniska bakgrund.
http://www.socialism.nu/index.php?page=forum§ion=thread&...
Någon direkt översättning kan jag inte komma på - gang member säger ju inget om medlemmens etniska bakgrund.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
5 hrs
Larry Abramson
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Use the Asian advantage (US lawyer&team)
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
12
(trying to be a) big shot
Difficult to know exactly
Note from asker:
| Thanks! |
-1
1 day 21 hrs
Solfrid Lokslid
United States
United States
United States
Native in: Norwegian
Works in: English to Norwegian, Swedish to Norwegian, Danish to Norwegian
tripping
It seems to me that you could use this way of approaching the translation: "Are you tripping or are you just plain dumb in the head? ..." or maybe: "Are you tripping or just braindead?..."
My Swedish to Norwegian dictonary says this: kick -en, -ar (sjarg.) spark, skubb; (narkotika)trip.
I might be wrong, but to me this sounds like the underlying meaning here.
My Swedish to Norwegian dictonary says this: kick -en, -ar (sjarg.) spark, skubb; (narkotika)trip.
I might be wrong, but to me this sounds like the underlying meaning here.
Note from asker:
| Thanks! This was extremely helpful! |
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Kent Andersson
: I think "kicker" is being used as a derogatory term here since most people don't consider the ones that beat up other people for fun to be to bright.
18 hrs
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2 days 16 hrs
våldsverkare
En kicker är en person som (regulbundet) misshandlar andra människor. (Jag kände en person som var kicker i sin ungdom.)
Note from asker:
| Thank you! |
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