{"id":465,"date":"2013-04-03T16:55:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T23:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rottendanish.com\/?p=465"},"modified":"2013-04-04T09:57:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T16:57:19","slug":"a-story-about-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rottendanish.com\/?p=465","title":{"rendered":"A story about history"},"content":{"rendered":"

The web brings with it many changes. Some times new words have appeared and entered the mainstream. In Danish the noun “Historik” (English: list of historical events, activity record) is such a relatively new addition to the vocabulary. While English has not chosen to distinguish between “History”, as taught in school, and “History”, as a record of your, say, historical activity on the web, Danes have.
\nIn Danish your online history is “Historik”.<\/p>\n

If a translation between English and Danish misses the correct word, things can quickly become funny, as both in English and Danish “History” has different double meanings:<\/p>\n

In English there’s “History” (without a pronoun, or maybe with a “the” in front), which is what we learn about the Romans and the Incas in school, and there’s also “a history” which is what you get when you’ve been dating the wrong people.<\/p>\n

In Danish “Historie” (without a pronoun) is what we learn in school. “En historie”, on the other hand, is a story. Often used to describe an unbelievable tale that your kid or lover may use to explain some strange coincidences of facts…<\/p>\n

Thus I laughed when the following came across my desk:<\/p>\n

Addition of a selection of\u00a0payment methods also allows you to establish a successful selling history at the same time as you conduct business. \u00a0==> Tilf\u00f8jelse af flere betaligsmetoder giver dig ogs\u00e5\u00a0mulighed\u00a0\u00a0for at\u00a0etablere\u00a0positive\u00a0salgshistorier medens du s\u00e6lger.<\/em><\/p>\n

In English the Danish translation above means that you can establish some positive\u00a0tales about your sales :-).\u00a0The correct translation should have been:\u00a0“Tilf\u00f8jelse\u00a0af\u00a0flere\u00a0betalingsmetoder\u00a0giver dig\u00a0samtidig\u00a0mulighed\u00a0for at\u00a0opbygge\u00a0en\u00a0positiv\u00a0salgshistorik medens du s\u00e6lger.”<\/p>\n

English ==> Danish:<\/strong>
\n(The) History \u00a0==> Historie(n)
\n(A) History \u00a0 ==> (En) Fortid, Ry, Omd\u00f8mme
\nA Story \u00a0 ==> En Historie
\nOnline History \u00a0 ==> Historik<\/p>\n

\"4162010103910AM_history\"<\/a> \"History<\/a><\/p>\n

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