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vänskap utan skuggor

English translation: unconditional friendship

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Swedish term or phrase:vänskap utan skuggor
English translation:unconditional friendship
Entered by: Annabel Oldfield

16:32 Jan 9, 2012
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: vänskap utan skuggor
Boken är en hyllning till vänskap utan skuggor, på barnens egna villkor.
Annabel Oldfield
Local time: 08:25
unconditional friendship
Explanation:
I think this could work.
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Bianca Marsden-Day
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:25
Grading comment
Thanks Bianca. Liked Charles' too!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2boundless friendship
Charles Ek
3 +2unconditional friendship
Bianca Marsden-Day
5an unclouded friendship
Åsa Schoening
4blemishless friendship
rajagopalan sampatkumar


  

Answers


11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
boundless friendship


Explanation:
This is what came to mind almost immediately. See the first link for some examples of its use. The second link is the poem that is the source for the example sentences.

Example sentence(s):
  • When all, with boundless friendship burn, The golden ages will return.

    Reference: http://tinyurl.com/7e5nbmz
    Reference: http://tinyurl.com/6w4hrnn
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 01:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Andrei Gitch (X): http://www.boundless.org/ VV kolla!+ Boundless in the English language means utan gränsen. Skugga betyder shadow. It is just wrong translation and the web page is the example of the usage of the word you have offered.
38 mins
  -> A literal translation of "utan skuggor" makes no sense in English here. "Boundless friendship" includes (to me) an implication of happiness to be in the company of the other person. It therefore conveys a meaning in keeping with the spirit of the source.
agree  egj_translation
39 mins
  -> Tack!
agree  trsk2000 (X)
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
neutral  rajagopalan sampatkumar: 'boundless' can refer to the extent, but the source text refers to the quality of the friendship
1 hr
  -> The extent of a friendship is a very important parameter in measuring its quality. :-)
agree  Deane Goltermann: Getting into this late, but will just back you up in taking this suggestion--a good stylistic usage. There are others, but they can be saved for next time.
15 hrs
  -> Tack!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
blemishless friendship


Explanation:
This refers to pure friendship.

rajagopalan sampatkumar
Switzerland
Local time: 08:25
Native speaker of: English
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
unconditional friendship


Explanation:
I think this could work.

Bianca Marsden-Day
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Bianca. Liked Charles' too!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Larsson (X): I think this one fits best. Another one is: friendship with no strings (attached)
7 hrs
agree  Charles Ek: This does a good job of dispelling the shadows, perhaps even better than mine. The alternative offered by Linda Lind is also good and should be offered as an answer.
10 hrs
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
an unclouded friendship


Explanation:
That's what I'd say. Unclouded can be used in constructions such as a close and unclouded friendship, unclouded love/happiness/brightness, etc.

Åsa Schoening
United States
Local time: 02:25
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 2
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