– Lille Gustav til Stina på skjæret.
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"Little Gustav to Stina on the reef.
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DavidKenstad • 957
2 weeks, 4 days ago
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"Little Gustav for Stina on the reef."
- If Andreas is speaking in the previous unit then the old pilot is speaking here, remembering how little Gustav fancied (as the British say) Stina. The Norwegian "til" is a very flexible preposition translated into English has to, for, by, etc. If we translate the previous unit as "He was imagining himself for..." then "Little Gustav for Stina" completes the thought.
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DavidKenstad • 957
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Discussion
Good. However, how would the English speaking reader understand unless we add clarification such as "Little Gustav, the son of Stina on the skerry"?
by DavidKenstad 1 week, 6 days agoThat's what I thought as well. "Little Gustav of Stina on the skerry" seems correct.
by markvanroode 2 weeks agoOkay, Mark, now I get what you were referring to here. Your translation is most likely correct. Furthermore, upon reviewing the original .epub presentation in Calibre Viewer, it is clear that Andreas is speaking here while the master-pilot is thinking about the name 'Gustav'. So I asked Google in AI mode and got this interesting response: "The Mother's Identity: The phrase "til Stina på skjæret" uses a traditional Scandinavian naming convention. It translates to "Little Gustav, [son] of Stina on the skerry/islet." This indicates his family's humble background, living on a small, isolated rocky island along the coast." So I should enter a 3rd translation, this time using the preposition 'of'. "Little Gustav of Stina on the skerry." How does that sound to you?
by DavidKenstad 2 weeks, 1 day agoBut it is Gustav who was on board the ship with Stina on the Reef. Isn't it? Please see my explanation above and the discussions in the previous and following units.
by DavidKenstad 2 weeks, 1 day agoPerhaps, "Little Gustav, Stina's boy out on the reef."
by markvanroode 2 weeks, 2 days ago