Slægtens Offer
English translation: Sacrificed for the clan (see other answers + comments)
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| 16:27 Apr 16, 2009 |
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|  Selected response from: Christine Andersen Denmark Local time: 12:40 | ||||||
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| 3 +1 | Sacrificial Lamb |
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| 4 | In the bondage of legacy |
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| 3 | Hereditary sacrifice |
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| 2 | The family legacy |
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| 2 | Victim of the clan |
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10 mins confidence: 
The family legacy Explanation: How about rewriting the title? =) |
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34 mins confidence:
Hereditary sacrifice Explanation: the closest I could get after checking books on google. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 37 mins (2009-04-16 17:04:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- see example at http://www.brank.org/gibbon/or/words/clear/ |
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7 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Sacrificial Lamb Explanation: The Danish "offer" can be read two ways, i.e., as "victim" and as "offering." I think that ambiguity is intentional here, given the protagonist's age and circumstances. To convey what the author wanted, I think a similar play on words might be appropriate, emphasizing the protagonist's youth and innocence and the cruelty of sacrificing her. I'd like to have used "family" in some way as well, but I couldn't come up with anything satisfactory to me. |
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15 hrs confidence:
Victim of the clan Explanation: My idea here is that the girl is in a way the victim or potential victim of both families, who are probably related loosely through cousins and earlier marriages over time. 'For the good of society' or whatever the expression is... It doesn't have the same almost proverbial ring as the Danish original, however. |
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In the bondage of legacy Explanation: I really like the word "legacy" here (good one Lise) and perhaps the word "bondage" is a good way to express the duality of the word "offer". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days4 hrs (2009-04-18 20:45:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here's a link to writings by Martin Luther titled "The Bondage of the Will" with the subtitle "On the Enslaved Will" http://www.truecovenanter.com/truelutheran/luther_bow.html |
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