Re: hitchhiker's guide (was Re: Degaspregos)

Me und Rune eskrë »

> > Actually, the Norwegian translation is really pants. The translators
have
> > clearly never played Scrabble.
>
> Really? Is that possible? (Never having played Scrabble, that is, not
> the Norwegian translation being awful - you should see some of the
> things they come up with in the subtitles on TV)
Oh, I have. But it must be tricky trying to give subtitles (where
necessarily the space is restricted) which convey humour correctly. On my
third night in Norway I found myself watching M*A*S*H with subtitles. (That
was in Førde, the town now made famous by the notorious cheese thief... but
that's another story.)

But no, the translators clearly knew nothing of Scrabble. In the original,
Arthur plays EXQUI next to SITE. "On a triple word score. Scores rather a
lot I'm afraid." In _Restauranten der Universet slutter_, he plays FORTRE
next to FFELIG. Grrrrrrrr. "Ffelig" isn't even in my Welsh dictionary, let
alone in Norwegian. :)

James

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