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English to Swedish - Rates: 0.12 - 0.14 USD per word / 40 - 45 USD per hour
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English to Swedish: 6th ProZ.com Translation Contest - Entry #3842
Source text - English Eroticism has this in common with an addictive drug: that there is a coercive element to its pleasure with which part of us is in complicity, and part not. Thus ever since time began men have been trying to enjoy eroticism without being destroyed by it. Societies, religions can be defined in the way they deal with this conundrum. Polygamy, monogamy with repression, monogamy with affairs, monogamy with prostitutes, serial monogamy. Not to mention individual solutions of great ingenuity, or desperation: Victor Hugo with the door knocked through the wall of his office, to let in a girl each afternoon. Auden's flair for finding call-boys in every town. Picasso who simply refused when wife and mistress demanded he choose between them. Then there is always the hair-shirt of course. But perhaps the thing to remember when you wake up with a life full of fresh paint and tortuous complications is that eroticism wasn't invented for you, nor merely for the survival of the species perhaps, but for a divinity's entertainment. Nothing generates so many opportunities for titillation and schadenfreude as eroticism. Which is why it lies at the centre of so much narrative. How the gods thronged the balconies of heaven to see the consequences of Helen's betrayal! And your friends are watching too. Your antics have put the shine on many a late-night conversation.
On the borders between mythology and history, that wily survivor Odysseus was the first who learnt to trick the gods. And perhaps his smartest trick of all was that of lashing himself to the mast before the Sirens came in earshot. There are those of course who are happy to stand at the railings, even scan the horizon. Otherwise, choose your mast, find the ropes that suit you: sport, workaholism, celibacy with prayerbook and bell... But the kindest and toughest ropes of all are probably to be found in some suburban semi-detached with rowdy children and a woman who never allows the dust to settle for too long.
Translation - Swedish Erotik och beroendeframkallande droger har en sak gemensamt, nämligen att det finns ett slags tvång i njutningen därav – vi är med på noterna, och samtidigt inte. Sedan tidernas begynnelse har vi försökt att njuta av erotiken utan att förgöras av den. Samhällen och religioner kan definieras utefter hur de hanterar denna gåta. Polygami, monogami med förtryck, monogami med otrohetsaffärer, monogami med prostituerade, seriemonogami. För att inte tala om snillrika – eller desperata – personliga lösningar: Victor Hugo lät slå ut väggen till kontoret så att en flicka kunde avlägga en daglig eftermiddagsvisit. Audens fäbless för hyrda pojkar i varje stad. Ta Picasso, som tvärvägrade när hans fru och hans älskarinna krävde att han skulle välja en av dem. Sen har vi förstås tagelskjortan. Men det man kanske bör komma ihåg, när man vaknar upp till ett liv fyllt av färgfylld lockelse och plågsamma komplikationer, är att erotiken inte uppfanns för endast dig, inte heller enbart för vår arts överlevnad, utan för gudomlig underhållning. Inget annat skapar så många tillfällen till frestelse och skadeglädje som erotiken. Det är också därför den är i centrum i så många berättelser. Som gudarna trängdes på balkongerna för att få se konsekvenserna av Helens svek! Dina vänner de tittar, de också. Dina utsvävningar har stått i blickfånget i många nattliga samtal.
I gränslandet mellan mytologi och historia finner vi den sluge Odysseus som var den förste att lära sig att dra gudarna vid näsan. Hans kanske smartaste trick var när han surrade fast sig själv vid masten innan sirenerna kom inom hörhåll. Sedan finns det dem som nöjer sig vid att stå vid staketet och se på, eller kanske blickar ut mot horisonten. Om inte du hör till dem -välj din mast, finn de rep som passar just dig: sport, arbetsnarkomani eller celibat med bönebok och bjällra … Men de rep som är både skonsammast och starkast är förmodligen de man hittar i något radhus i förorten, med busiga ungar och en kvinna som aldrig låter dammet riktigt lägga sig.
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I know you are browsing through loads of information today so I hope you won't mind if I keep this short and to the point.
Trends: In the last years I have been hired a lot for:
Poker and casino texts
User manuals and copy for consumer electronics
Software manuals
Hardware manuals
Names, names, names and personal bragging rights:
The way NDA's work I will not name names but lately I have been working with
* POS system, software localization
* Mobile phone entertainment content
* Video game press release and newsletters
* Forex website including “Forex school”
* Large translation (part of a team) for the Swedish launch of ASUS eee PC
* Well known home electronics & computer manufacturers
* Well known Search engine
* Another well known search engine
* A network management company that you may have heard of
* Household VoIP provider
* A European flight carrier
* Mobile memory manufacturer
All in all many household names that keep coming back for more translations, that always make me happy.
Thanks again, looking forward to hearing from you!
Markus Wahlgren
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