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Fair is foul and foul is fair

Swedish translation: Styggt är vackert, och vackert styggt

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English term or phrase:Fair is foul and foul is fair
Swedish translation:Styggt är vackert, och vackert styggt
Entered by: Sidra

17:18 Jan 4, 2010
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English term or phrase: Fair is foul and foul is fair
Hello, Happy new year to all.
Can anyone help me with the above quote? Unfortunately no context since it is a string. Thanks alot for any suggestion. :)
Sidra
Brazil
Local time: 04:04
Styggt är vackert, och vackert styggt
Explanation:
That's Shakespeare, from Macbeth.
The old Hagberg translation is:
"Styggt är vackert, och vackert styggt."
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Joakim Braun
Sweden
Local time: 09:04
Grading comment
Tack!!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +3Styggt är vackert, och vackert styggt
Joakim Braun


  

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fair is foul and foul is fair
Styggt är vackert, och vackert styggt


Explanation:
That's Shakespeare, from Macbeth.
The old Hagberg translation is:
"Styggt är vackert, och vackert styggt."

Joakim Braun
Sweden
Local time: 09:04
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Tack!!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Herbst
13 hrs
agree  EKM: Hagbergs val förefaller aningen platt, ingen alliteration... snyggt/styggt?
1 day 12 hrs
agree  DebW (X): ingen alliteration men väl repetition, nog så gott
2 days 8 mins
  -> Och mer blankversig rytm. Hagberg kunde, han.
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