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I tried to figure out if the translation is correct (the concept of a "studio apartment" in English is not easy to express in Swedish, and "ateljé" is certainly

by unwind 2y ago

I tried to figure out if the translation is correct (the concept of a "studio apartment" in English is not easy to express in Swedish, and "ateljé" is certainly not it). I even found this [1] comment on Reddit, detailing the exact same concern. Perhaps worth looking into? [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Svenska/comments/1j4teje/comment/mgbr5lf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/Svenska/comments/1j4teje/comment/mg...

Broken_Hippo 2y ago
I'm guessing it is pretty easy to express in Swedish once you learn how to speak about housing, though. Don't know Swedish, but I'm fully lower-to-mid intermediate with Norwegian (I hit limits, but my workplace is Norwegian). Swedish and Norwegian are really similar. In Norwegian, they don't talk about bedrooms as much as total major rooms. So a studio apartment, the sort that contains a private bath and kitchen area, is a one-room apartment. A one bedroom is a two-room apartment. And it looks like Swedish (unsurprisingly) is similar: https://www.reddit.com/r/Svenska/comments/16aigvx/question_on_en_l%C3%A4genhet/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Svenska/comments/16aigvx/question_o...
yeyeyeyeyeyeyee 2y ago
A studio apartment in Swedish is "en etta", literally meaning a "one room". An apartment with one bedroom would then be "en tvåa", two bedrooms "en trea".
- unwind 2y ago
  True, it's actually quite simple. :) The main point stands though, that this is not about art studios but just small apartments, and the automatic translation messes that up.
Kiro 2y ago
It's not a studio apartment though. The book takes place in some kind of arts center: "And at exactly the same instant Signor Jacobelli was bursting without warning or ceremony into a studio on the second floor where a model posed."

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I tried to figure out if the translation is correct (the concept of a "studio apartment" in English is not easy to express in Swedish, and "ateljé" is certainly

by unwind 2y ago

Broken_Hippo 2y ago
I'm guessing it is pretty easy to express in Swedish once you learn how to speak about housing, though. Don't know Swedish, but I'm fully lower-to-mid intermediate with Norwegian (I hit limits, but my workplace is Norwegian). Swedish and Norwegian are really similar. In Norwegian, they don't talk about bedrooms as much as total major rooms. So a studio apartment, the sort that contains a private bath and kitchen area, is a one-room apartment. A one bedroom is a two-room apartment. And it looks like Swedish (unsurprisingly) is similar: https://www.reddit.com/r/Svenska/comments/16aigvx/question_on_en_l%C3%A4genhet/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Svenska/comments/16aigvx/question_o...
yeyeyeyeyeyeyee 2y ago
A studio apartment in Swedish is "en etta", literally meaning a "one room". An apartment with one bedroom would then be "en tvåa", two bedrooms "en trea".
- unwind 2y ago
  True, it's actually quite simple. :) The main point stands though, that this is not about art studios but just small apartments, and the automatic translation messes that up.
Kiro 2y ago
It's not a studio apartment though. The book takes place in some kind of arts center: "And at exactly the same instant Signor Jacobelli was bursting without warning or ceremony into a studio on the second floor where a model posed."