Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

Det var saa stille, at jeg vaagnede op

English translation:

Sound of silence woke me up. It was so silent that I woke up

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Nov 25, 2009 06:45
14 yrs ago
Danish term

Det var saa stille, at jeg vaagnede op

Danish to English Social Sciences Marketing / Market Research Dansk
Man er vel dansk, naar man forstaar saette - nissen !
Change log

Nov 25, 2009 09:33: Christine Andersen changed "Language pair" from "English to Danish" to "Danish to English"

Discussion

English-Dani (X) (asker) Nov 26, 2009:
And... in any case, it didn't distort you from extracting the meaning beautifully, so you are well and truely forgiven... And for the keyboard, I have my ways of getting about when it comes to business, but admit fallacy in having adjusted technologically to the world of IT. Does this make any sense? Mvh Lisbeth
kolya Nov 26, 2009:
Dear David...We forgive you...Happy Thanks giving day to you and your family where ever you might be.
David Young (X) Nov 26, 2009:
Misunderstanding Ah, my mistake - I thought that the use of "saa" and "vaagnede" indicated an older text, but I now realise it's because you don't have a Danish keyboard :)
kolya Nov 26, 2009:
Happy Thanks giving to you & your family, and everyone in and out of Proz.com world. That song [link was great] thank you, it was a moment of Flash back on memories, and what you know; in the silence created by the streaming images and voices of the of the past.
Thank you again
English-Dani (X) (asker) Nov 25, 2009:
Tak for begge forslag, kan bruges
til at beskrive stemningen i denne tekst.

Jeg vaelger Kolyas, fordi den fik mig til at taenke paa denne:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGWQauQOAQ

som jeg ikke havde hoert i alt for lang tid...

Proposed translations

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Sound of silence woke me up. It was so silent that I woke up

You know they say, sound of silence is louder than any speaker.[loud speaker]
Sometimes silence of a night, does keep you awake, and sometimes, it keeps you company by words no one can understand nor hear but your heart and mind, and yours only.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Tak Kolya."
15 hrs

I was woken by the stillness.

Less literal; just thought I'd play around with the word order :)
What is the context? Certainly not modern, methinks.
Note from asker:
Nu er jeg virkelig "paa den", for jeg kan ogsaa vaeldig godt lide din meget fine oversaettelse af oplevelsen, som jeg forstaar den. Maaske maa jeg lade det overgaa til "kommunalbestyrelsen" at naa till enighed :-) And no, it is not modern but can happen in the present days too :-)
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