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shogun

Swedish translation: shogun (:: militär ledare, krigsherre)

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English term or phrase:shogun
Swedish translation:shogun (:: militär ledare, krigsherre)
Entered by: Thomas Johansson

19:30 Oct 11, 2004
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
History / Japansk historia
English term or phrase: shogun
Det forekommer i en engelsk historietext som jag ska oversatta. Hur skulle man oversatta den har titeln?
En ytterligare fraga: Var shogun en titel som delades med andra, eller kunde det bara finnas en shogun i taget?

1614 Japanese shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, issues an edict suppressing Christianity.
Thomas Johansson
Peru
Local time: 20:49
Shogun
Explanation:
a very Japanese thing which therefore I would not translate, although you can give it the meaning of WARLORD.

PS: I lived in Shogun country for several years.
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swisstell
Italy
Local time: 03:49
Grading comment
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4 +13Shogun
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +13
Shogun


Explanation:
a very Japanese thing which therefore I would not translate, although you can give it the meaning of WARLORD.

PS: I lived in Shogun country for several years.

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 03:49
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  arvendal: Se Nationalencyklopedin: militär ledare. Översätts inte.
12 mins
  -> tak, Mats. But "military leader" is a bit too contemporary. On the times of the Shoguns, they were Warlords.
agree  Erik Hansson
22 mins
  -> thanks, Erik!
agree  Georgios Paraskevopoulos
38 mins
agree  Marie Andersson (Allen)
51 mins
agree  Sven Petersson
1 hr
agree  lena blondel: agree to "shogun" (but not to warlord since shogun was a HEREDITARY military J. commander).
1 hr
agree  ohemulen
1 hr
agree  lafresita (X)
2 hrs
agree  Lisa Dahlander
4 hrs
agree  asptech: det fanns bara en "shogun" i taget och det var han som utövade kejsarens värdsliga makt (kejsaren var je gud)
10 hrs
agree  Elisabeth Tauvon: Hai, som man säger på japanska :-)
10 hrs
agree  EKM
16 hrs
agree  Mario Marcolin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogunate
16 hrs
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