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samizdat-reader

Swedish translation: samizdat-läsare/läsare av samizdat-litteratur

10:02 Aug 31, 2004
English to Swedish translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: samizdat-reader
".., who were all banned from reading Enid Blyton at home, and would scrounge my cast-offs, devouring them with the greedy zeal of the samizdat-reader."
J�rgen Rosvall
Swedish translation:samizdat-läsare/läsare av samizdat-litteratur
Explanation:
"Kommer ni ihåg det gamla ordet samizdat? Det betyder på ett ungefär "eget förlag". Samizdat-litteratur brukade man kalla de förbjudna skrifter som cirkulerade i Sovjet. Mestadels av författare som hade förklarats vara icke-personer. Officiellt fanns de inte till." Ur Aftonbladet idag.
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Monica Berntsson
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Local time: 10:55
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3 +4samizdat-läsare/läsare av samizdat-litteratur
Monica Berntsson
4 +3läsare av förbjuden/underjordisk litteratur
EKM


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
samizdat-läsare/läsare av samizdat-litteratur


Explanation:
"Kommer ni ihåg det gamla ordet samizdat? Det betyder på ett ungefär "eget förlag". Samizdat-litteratur brukade man kalla de förbjudna skrifter som cirkulerade i Sovjet. Mestadels av författare som hade förklarats vara icke-personer. Officiellt fanns de inte till." Ur Aftonbladet idag.


    Aftonbladet 31 augusti 2004
Monica Berntsson
Sweden
Local time: 10:55
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agree  ohemulen
1 hr
  -> Tack Krisitina!
agree  Reino Havbrandt (X): samizdat är väl rätt etablerat? Åtminstone för oss femtitalister.
2 hrs
  -> Tack Reino!
agree  Mario Marcolin
3 hrs
  -> Tack Mario!
agree  Paul Svensson
5 days
  -> Tack.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
läsare av förbjuden/underjordisk litteratur


Explanation:
http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn?stage=1&word=s...

Kanske:

och slukade dem med den lystna iver som bara förbjudna böcker kan framkalla.

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Note added at 8 mins (2004-08-31 10:11:12 GMT)
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febrila girighet som är samizdatläsarens kännemärke.

är ett alternativ om man vill pusha för att låna in det ryska låneordet - det beror naturligtvis på textens målgrupp.

Merriam Webster:

Main Entry:samizdat
Pronunciation:*s*m*z*d*t
Function:noun
Inflected Form:-s
Usage:often attributive
Etymology:Russian, from sam self + izdatel\'stvo publisher, from izdat\' to publish, from iz out, from + dat\' to give; akin to Latin dare to give more at DATE

: a system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and countries within its orbit by which government-suppressed literature is clandestinely printed and distributed; also : such literature


EKM
Sweden
Local time: 10:55
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Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexander Onishko: I do not know Swedish but I know Russian and your explaination of "samizdat" is correct !!!
1 hr
  -> Thank you very much, Alexander! :-)
agree  ohemulen
1 hr
  -> Tack så mycket, Kristina! :-)
agree  JessicaC
1 hr
  -> Tack så mycket, Jessica! :-)
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