English translation: Sound of silence woke me up. It was so silent that I woke up
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Danish term or phrase:
Det var saa stille, at jeg vaagnede op
English translation:
Sound of silence woke me up. It was so silent that I woke up
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Danish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Marketing / Market Research / Dansk
Danish term or phrase:Det var saa stille, at jeg vaagnede op
Man er vel dansk, naar man forstaar saette - nissen !
Explanation: You know they say, sound of silence is louder than any speaker.[loud speaker]
Sometimes silence of a night, does keep you awake, and sometimes, it keeps you company by words no one can understand nor hear but your heart and mind, and yours only.
in any case, it didn't distort you from extracting the meaning beautifully, so you are well and truely forgiven... And for the keyboard, I have my ways of getting about when it comes to business, but admit fallacy in having adjusted technologically to the world of IT. Does this make any sense? Mvh Lisbeth
Ah, my mistake - I thought that the use of "saa" and "vaagnede" indicated an older text, but I now realise it's because you don't have a Danish keyboard :)
Happy Thanks giving to you & your family, and everyone in and out of Proz.com world. That song [link was great] thank you, it was a moment of Flash back on memories, and what you know; in the silence created by the streaming images and voices of the of the past.
Thank you again
Sound of silence woke me up. It was so silent that I woke up
Explanation: You know they say, sound of silence is louder than any speaker.[loud speaker]
Sometimes silence of a night, does keep you awake, and sometimes, it keeps you company by words no one can understand nor hear but your heart and mind, and yours only.
kolya Native speaker of: Danish, Farsi (Persian) PRO pts in category: 4
Explanation: Less literal; just thought I'd play around with the word order :)
What is the context? Certainly not modern, methinks.
David Young Local time: 08:37 Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Nu er jeg virkelig "paa den", for jeg kan ogsaa vaeldig godt lide din meget fine oversaettelse af oplevelsen, som jeg forstaar den. Maaske maa jeg lade det overgaa til "kommunalbestyrelsen" at naa till enighed :-) And no, it is not modern but can happen in the present days too :-)
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