| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Swedish term or phrase: | missfirmelse | | English translation: | criminal libel / defamation | | Entered by: |  Peter Linton |
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | Swedish term or phrase: missfirmelse | From a novel.
Zola döms för "missfirmelse" och måste fly hastigt till England. |
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| | criminal libel | Explanation:
I am no legal expert, but as I understand it, there is a distinction between slander, usually spoken, and libel, usually written. Coming from Zola, I am guessing it was written. Wikipedia supports this:
Zola was brought to trial for criminal libel on 9 June 1899, and was convicted on 23 February, sentenced, and removed from the Legion of Honor. Rather than go to jail, Zola fled to England. |
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Peter Linton
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Local time: 23:18
| Grading comment Thank you, Peter. I'm giving the points to Peter, because his answer is technically the most correct... But special award goes to Thomas, because I will probably actually end up using "defamation". The point is the people in power don't like what he's writing. The sympathy of the author of the passage clearly lies with Zola. "Missfirmelse" is in quotes as if it were trumped-up legal jargon for a bogus charge. 'Libel' sounds official and correct and seems to stand on the side of the court, whereas 'defamation' sounds a bit foggier and subjective, seems to leave a little more room and make it easier to side with Zola...
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Explanation:
I am no legal expert, but as I understand it, there is a distinction between slander, usually spoken, and libel, usually written. Coming from Zola, I am guessing it was written. Wikipedia supports this:
Zola was brought to trial for criminal libel on 9 June 1899, and was convicted on 23 February, sentenced, and removed from the Legion of Honor. Rather than go to jail, Zola fled to England.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_zola
| Peter Linton
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| | Grading comment | Thank you, Peter. I'm giving the points to Peter, because his answer is technically the most correct... But special award goes to Thomas, because I will probably actually end up using "defamation". The point is the people in power don't like what he's writing. The sympathy of the author of the passage clearly lies with Zola. "Missfirmelse" is in quotes as if it were trumped-up legal jargon for a bogus charge. 'Libel' sounds official and correct and seems to stand on the side of the court, whereas 'defamation' sounds a bit foggier and subjective, seems to leave a little more room and make it easier to side with Zola... |
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