Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Norwegian term or phrase:
det er bare fornavnet
English translation:
that's not even the half of it
Added to glossary by
Tara Chace
Mar 27, 2007 00:42
17 yrs ago
Norwegian term
United States
Reliable quality, attention to detail
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
det er bare fornavnet
Non-PRO
Norwegian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
This is from a young adult book. Klaus (age 14) and his friends are at the lake. Klaus shouts into the woods, "I'm going to tell her I love her!" Then the girl he likes comes out of the woods with other people doing orienteering. He gets all flustered and just makes small talk with her. Later, Klaus talks about this with his friend:
Friend: "Det største problem er at hun sannsynligvis tror at du er forelska i en annen."
Klaus: "Hvordan kan hun tro det?"
Friend: "Jeg går ut fra at de fleste som befant seg i skogen da du brølte, tror det. Men vi finner nok en løsning. Du sa at du var nokså flau. Stemmer det?"
Klaus: "Det er bare fornavnet."
Friend: "Tror du hun la merke til det?"
Friend: "Det største problem er at hun sannsynligvis tror at du er forelska i en annen."
Klaus: "Hvordan kan hun tro det?"
Friend: "Jeg går ut fra at de fleste som befant seg i skogen da du brølte, tror det. Men vi finner nok en løsning. Du sa at du var nokså flau. Stemmer det?"
Klaus: "Det er bare fornavnet."
Friend: "Tror du hun la merke til det?"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | that's not even half of it |
Per Bergvall
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| 5 +1 | that's just the beginning |
Solfrid Lokslid
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| 4 | That's putting it mildly. |
brigidm
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Proposed translations
+1
56 mins
Per Bergvall
Norway
Norway
Native in Norwegian
Norway
Automotive, PC, IT: Fast, high quality
Native in: Norwegian 
Works in: English to Norwegian, Norwegian to English, German to Norwegian, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
16
Selected
that's not even half of it
The response is to "du var ganske flau - stemmer det?", And Klaus is essentially saying "I wasn' just pretty embarrassed - that's not even half of it - I was hugely embarrassed". To find out how a 14-year old would say this these days, ask a 14-year old...:-)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
+1
10 mins
Solfrid Lokslid
United States
United States
Native in Norwegian
United States
Native in: Norwegian
Works in: English to Norwegian, Swedish to Norwegian, Danish to Norwegian
Related KudoZ points
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8
that's just the beginning
Here is one suggestion. I'm sure others will come. Tip of the iceberg would work too, but I doubt teenagers would say that.
Note from asker:
| Thanks! |
4 hrs
That's putting it mildly.
;-). Another alternative could be "That's a slight understatement", or something along those lines.
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-03-27 09:12:44 GMT)
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I just tried to imagine what my 16 year old English niece would have said, and came up with "Was I ever..!"
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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-03-27 09:12:44 GMT)
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I just tried to imagine what my 16 year old English niece would have said, and came up with "Was I ever..!"
Note from asker:
| Thanks! "Was I ever...!" is great ;-) |
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