Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Danish term or phrase:
så er elefanter ikke, som mennesker er flest
English translation:
Elephants are not like most people
Added to glossary by
stephen mewes
Oct 9, 2008 15:34
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Danish term
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så er elefanter ikke, som mennesker er flest
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Selv om der ingen tvivl er om, at det lille stykke elefantparadis, der nu er skabt på Frederiksberg, også er skabt i menneskets billeded af det perfekte liv, så er elefanter ikke, som mennesker er flest
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | Elephants are not like most people |
Christine Andersen
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| 4 | ... elephants are not like most people. |
Marianne Sorensen
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| 4 | then elephants are outside the ordinary run of people |
Tine Wanning
|
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28 mins
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Denmark
Native in English
Denmark
the message, not just the words
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Danish to English, English
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Elephants are not like most people
Elephants are not like most people
´som mennesker er flest´ is a colloquial, perhaps slightly archaic expression that really only means ´like most people´.
You probably need to rephrase is a bit to put across what the Danish really means:
The little elephant paradise created in Frederiksberg was created for the human vision of the perfect life, only elephants are not like most people.
Ideally, you should catch the biblical allusion (Genesis 1. 27) along with the creation of Paradise -
Og Gud skabte mennesket i sit billede
- in the wording of the Danish Bible (1959).
But that is perhaps rather a tall order.
´som mennesker er flest´ is a colloquial, perhaps slightly archaic expression that really only means ´like most people´.
You probably need to rephrase is a bit to put across what the Danish really means:
The little elephant paradise created in Frederiksberg was created for the human vision of the perfect life, only elephants are not like most people.
Ideally, you should catch the biblical allusion (Genesis 1. 27) along with the creation of Paradise -
Og Gud skabte mennesket i sit billede
- in the wording of the Danish Bible (1959).
But that is perhaps rather a tall order.
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
19 mins
Marianne Sorensen
Denmark
Denmark
Native in Danish
Works in field
Denmark
Danish MA and web journalist
Native in: Danish
Works in: English to Danish, Swedish to Danish, Norwegian to Danish, and 2 more.
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8
... elephants are not like most people.
Since this is a joke, I think it should be translated literally. You could add 'after all' or insert it somewhere before this.
19 mins
then elephants are outside the ordinary run of people
Vinterberg og Bodelsens da-eng ordbog under 'flest'
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Note added at 22 mins (2008-10-09 15:56:46 GMT)
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En lille tilføjelse: People er i betydningen folk : 'som folk er flest'. måske vil du hellere have en mere præcis oversættelse for 'mennesker'
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Note added at 22 mins (2008-10-09 15:56:46 GMT)
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En lille tilføjelse: People er i betydningen folk : 'som folk er flest'. måske vil du hellere have en mere præcis oversættelse for 'mennesker'
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