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missfirmelse

English translation: criminal libel / defamation

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Swedish term or phrase:missfirmelse
English translation:criminal libel / defamation
Entered by: Peter Linton (X)

18:26 Dec 30, 2008
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Swedish term or phrase: missfirmelse
From a novel.

Zola döms för "missfirmelse" och måste fly hastigt till England.
lo nathamundi
United States
Local time: 16:14
criminal libel
Explanation:
I am no legal expert, but as I understand it, there is a distinction between slander, usually spoken, and libel, usually written. Coming from Zola, I am guessing it was written. Wikipedia supports this:

Zola was brought to trial for criminal libel on 9 June 1899, and was convicted on 23 February, sentenced, and removed from the Legion of Honor. Rather than go to jail, Zola fled to England.
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Peter Linton (X)
Local time: 00:14
Grading comment
Thank you, Peter. I'm giving the points to Peter, because his answer is technically the most correct... But special award goes to Thomas, because I will probably actually end up using "defamation". The point is the people in power don't like what he's writing. The sympathy of the author of the passage clearly lies with Zola. "Missfirmelse" is in quotes as if it were trumped-up legal jargon for a bogus charge. 'Libel' sounds official and correct and seems to stand on the side of the court, whereas 'defamation' sounds a bit foggier and subjective, seems to leave a little more room and make it easier to side with Zola...
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2slander
Hugh Curtis
3criminal libel
Peter Linton (X)
2defamation
Thomas Johansson


  

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
defamation


Explanation:
The French term appears to be "diffamation", which in English should become "defamation", I suppose.

La réaction du gouvernement ne se fait pas attendre, en assignant Émile Zola pour diffamation.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Zola#Les_proc.C3.A8s_Zola
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Zola_dans_l’affaire_Dreyf...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_qdr=all&q=Zola Dreyfus...

Thomas Johansson
Peru
Local time: 18:14
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 4
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
criminal libel


Explanation:
I am no legal expert, but as I understand it, there is a distinction between slander, usually spoken, and libel, usually written. Coming from Zola, I am guessing it was written. Wikipedia supports this:

Zola was brought to trial for criminal libel on 9 June 1899, and was convicted on 23 February, sentenced, and removed from the Legion of Honor. Rather than go to jail, Zola fled to England.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_zola
Peter Linton (X)
Local time: 00:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Thank you, Peter. I'm giving the points to Peter, because his answer is technically the most correct... But special award goes to Thomas, because I will probably actually end up using "defamation". The point is the people in power don't like what he's writing. The sympathy of the author of the passage clearly lies with Zola. "Missfirmelse" is in quotes as if it were trumped-up legal jargon for a bogus charge. 'Libel' sounds official and correct and seems to stand on the side of the court, whereas 'defamation' sounds a bit foggier and subjective, seems to leave a little more room and make it easier to side with Zola...
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
slander


Explanation:
This is the law term

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Note added at 2 days15 hrs (2009-01-02 10:15:43 GMT) Post-grading
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Zola was convicted of slander:

http://www.metropoleparis.com/1998/302/zola302.html

Hugh Curtis
Local time: 01:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 13

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  George Hopkins
5 mins
  -> Thanks George
agree  Anna Herbst
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Anna
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