Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
en kunde engang ønskede skrevet ind
English translation:
a customer once wanted inscribed
Added to glossary by
Tara Chace
Dec 25, 2005 01:17
18 yrs ago
Danish term
United States
Reliable quality, attention to detail
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
en kunde engang ønskede skrevet ind
Danish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
This is in a novel, describing a bunch of people (powerful people looking for court gossip and hopeful nobodies hoping the king will elevate their status by greeting them) crowding around, hoping to see the king. The sight of all these people makes the court painter think of a Latin aphorism:
"Men synet af de mægtige og de håbefulde ledte tankerne hen på visdommen bag en latinsk sentens, en kunde engang ønskede skrevet ind i sit portræt og sagt igen og igen. Derfor huskede han ordene så nøjagtig og derfor også deres mening..."
But there are too many verbs. Can you help me figure out how kunde + ønskede + skrevet all fit together? Thank you!!!
"Men synet af de mægtige og de håbefulde ledte tankerne hen på visdommen bag en latinsk sentens, en kunde engang ønskede skrevet ind i sit portræt og sagt igen og igen. Derfor huskede han ordene så nøjagtig og derfor også deres mening..."
But there are too many verbs. Can you help me figure out how kunde + ønskede + skrevet all fit together? Thank you!!!
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| 5 +2 | ...a sentence, which a customer once wanted written on his portrait |
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Danish term (edited):
en kunde engang �nskede skrevet ind
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...a sentence, which a customer once wanted written on his portrait
I am sure that 'kunde'(old spelling of 'kunne')here means customer.
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