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> We translate the english: “let us go for it” to “la oss gå for det” but that literally means “let us walk for it” "la oss gå for det" seems like a direct tra
by reitanqild 8y ago
> We translate the english: “let us go for it” to “la oss gå for det” but that literally means “let us walk for it”
"la oss gå for det" seems like a direct translation but "vi går for den" seems more natural, don't you think? Like metaphorically marching towards some goal?
/Lived in Norway 15+ years, Norwegian wife and kids, English is not my native language
- jacobush 8y ago"låt gå för det" (Which is easily short for "låt [oss] gå för det") --> I found a usage from 1912, before English was a great influence on Swedish: https://litteraturbanken.se/forfattare/SoderbergH/titlar/DenAllvarsamma/sida/110/etext https://litteraturbanken.se/forfattare/SoderbergH/titlar/Den...
- reitanqild 8y agoNice find!