Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2009 9:36:33 GMT -5
Lady of Midnight suggested that I shared my observations since I've read Abarat in Swedish (and are not reading both books in English). So I'd like to start with the names!
Christopher Carrion became Kristoffer Kadaver. 'Kadaver' is the Swedish word for cadaver. I think they could have translated that better.
Candy Quackenbush became Candy Kvackensnår, which is a fairly good translation.
John Mischief became John Spjuver. I didn't like that translation at all. 'Spjuver' is an old, very silly, word for mischief maker, which I guess is appropriate, but still... tsk.
Mendelson Shape became Mendelson Skapnad, and that is an odd translation, because 'Skapnad' is also a very old, weird word that I up until the day I read it in that book had never heard before. It does refer to how something is shaped, so it's a correct translation, but not a stylish one.
That's all I can think of right now, and if I stumble across more fun translations I'll post them here.
Christopher Carrion became Kristoffer Kadaver. 'Kadaver' is the Swedish word for cadaver. I think they could have translated that better.
Candy Quackenbush became Candy Kvackensnår, which is a fairly good translation.
John Mischief became John Spjuver. I didn't like that translation at all. 'Spjuver' is an old, very silly, word for mischief maker, which I guess is appropriate, but still... tsk.
Mendelson Shape became Mendelson Skapnad, and that is an odd translation, because 'Skapnad' is also a very old, weird word that I up until the day I read it in that book had never heard before. It does refer to how something is shaped, so it's a correct translation, but not a stylish one.
That's all I can think of right now, and if I stumble across more fun translations I'll post them here.
