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English to Swedish: Experiment on how music can make your day feel better
Source text - English Are you fed up of seemingly endless, grey winter days? New research suggests listening to happy-sounding music could make the world seem a bit brighter.
Psychologists at the Goldsmiths, University of London conducted experiments where volunteers were asked to judge the brightness of a grey square when it was presented before and after a short excerpt of music.
Twenty adults were shown the first grey square for one second, and then played a randomized piece of music for nine to 17 seconds. The volunteers were asked to rate the music on a scale of 'very unpleasant' to 'very stimulating'. They were then shown a second grey square.
The second square was actually identical to the one presented earlier. Volunteers who thought the music they heard was pleasant judged the square to be brighter than people who rated their piece of music more negatively.
The right song can transform your mental state, and your day
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The process was then repeated with 20 different volunteers, but they were not asked to rate the music before being shown the second square. Again, participants thought the square was brighter when played music the psychologists had already rated as more pleasant, while 'sad' music made the square appear darker. Professor Joydeep Bhattacharya, who led the research with colleague Job Lindsen, says:
"From everyday phrases like 'look on the bright side' and 'the forces of darkness' to rituals and attire of weddings and funerals, a prevalent metaphor in our culture is the association of the concept of good and evil, or happiness and sadness, with brightness and darkness. Across three experiments we have shown that relatively short pieces of music could be used as effective emotional primes for influencing how bright we judge something to be. It demonstrates the powerful way music can affect our bias, and that this bias is aligned with the way we use metaphor."
So next time you open the curtains and grey skies get you down, find your headphones, select your most cheerful playlist and trick yourself into thinking spring is on its way.
Translation - Swedish Är du trött på ändlösa gråa vinterdagar? En ny forskning föreslår att genom att lyssna på musik med glada toner kan få dagarna att kännas lite bättre.
Psykologer på Goldsmiths Universitet i London har utfört experiment där testindivider ombads att bedöma färgstyrkan i en grå ruta efter att fått lyssnat på musikstycken.
Testet gjordes på tjugo vuxna där de fick se den gråa rutan i en sekund och uppföljningsvis fick ett slumpmässigt musikstycke som varade från nio till 17 sekunder. Testindividerna ombads att betygsätta musiken på en skala från ”mycket obehagligt” till ”mycket behagligt”. De fick efteråt se en liknande grå ruta när musiken hade spelats klart.
Den andra rutan hade egentligen samma identiska gråa färg som den första rutan. De personerna som uppfattade musikstycket vara behagligare ansåg att färgen i rutan var ljusare i än de som ansåg att musikstycket kändes mer negativ.
Rätt låt kan förvandla din mentala tillstånd, i andra ord hur du mår under dagen.
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Testet gjordes därefter med ytterliggare 20 andra individer, men denna gång skulle de inte betygsätta musiken förrän att ha lyssnat igenom båda styckena. Återigen så tyckte deltagare att rutan var ljusare när det spelades musik som psykologerna klassade som mer behagligt medan ”ledsen” musik valdes en mörkare mörkare ruta. Professor Joydeep Bhattacharaya som ledde forskningen med sin kollega Job Lindsen uttryckte sig så här:
”Från vardagliga fraser som ”se på den ljusa sidan” och ”mörkrets krafter” till ritualer och klädsel av bröllop och begravningar, är ett utbrett metafor i vår kultur som förenas med begreppet gott och ont, glädje och sorg eller med ljus och mörker. Över tre experiment har vi visat att relativt korta musikstycken kan användas som effektiva emotionella primtal för att påverka hur ljust vi bedömer något att vara. Det demonstrerades ett sätt där musik kan påverka vår tankar och att denna forskning visar att vi är i linje med hur vi använder metafor. ”
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I am an English - Swedish translator based in Karlstad, Sweden. Currently working as a technical/web translator for one of Swedens biggest translation agencies for two and half years. I have worked with variety of translations for my clients such as: Letters and documents from school and organizations, code of conduit/tems of agreement, various websites, journalism and manuals.
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Translator | Adman 100 Språk
July 2014 - Present
Mainly working with Swedish local authorties on official documents for schools, migration agency, public employment service, and social service.
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