Updated Version of 1st Obligatory Translation Assignment :x
So sorry to keep spamming you with these things, but it's actually really helpful to me to have them stored here 8D;;;
Would love it if people could take a look at this, ahahha.
"The attached text is an extract from the introduction to a brochure about Aulestad, former home of the Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, now a museum.
Imagine that you have been asked by the museum to translate this brochure into English. The target group for your translation is English-speaking tourists who visit the museum."
Source text (Norwegian)
Aulestad
En junikveld i 1875 kom dikteren Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson med hele sin familie til Aulestad. Året før hadde Bjørnson, som da oppholdt seg i Italia, fått vite av vennene sine på folkehøyskolen Vonheim, like ved Aulestad, at gården var til salgs.
Etter nøye overveielse med argumenter for og imot og en intens lyst til å erverve Aulestad, kjøpte Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson gården for 16.000 Spd.
Aulestad som etter navnet å dømme må skrive seg fra vikingtiden, er en god gård på ialt omkring 2.000 mål. Av dette var 150 mål dyrket i 1874, resten var utmark og ypperlig skog.
Det framgår av dikterens egen beskrivelse av gården at han hadde store planer med sin gård, jord ble dyrket og stein kjørt vekk. Uthusene ble reparert, senere etter hvert ombygd. Et nytt stabbur, tegnet av Bjørnson selv, inspirert av bygninger på gården i sørligere egne, fikk plassen etter det gamle.
Bjørnson hadde også allerede før han kom hjem, hatt planer om en ny hovedbygning, som skulle ligge nede i skogen. Den svenske arkitekt Gegerfelt laget tegninger i gammel-nordisk stil med dragehoder og forsiringer etter tidens smak. Heldigvis tillot økonomien aldri at det ble bygd.
Før familien kom til Aulestad, hadde gården også en tid vært skyss-stasjon. I den tiden hadde forresten Bjørnson overnattet der en gang, en opplevelse Bjørnson husket i lyse farger, mens fru Karoline mintes det atskillig dystrere.
Hovedbygningen på Aulestad består egentlig av to bygninger av den typen en kan studere bl.a. på Maihaugen. Disse to bygningene ble tidlig på 1800-tallet satt inntil hverandre under felles tak - etter en planløsning som en fant på storgårdene på flatbygdene. I 1875 hadde de fleste rommene fremdeles mørke tømmervegger inne, og små, grønne uklare glassruter i vinduene gjorde inntrykket ennå dystrere.
En viss oppussing og skifting av dører og vinduer ble snart satt i gang, men de store forandringene kom vinteren 1880-81 da Bjørnson var i Amerika på foredragsturné.
For Bjørnsonfamilien ble Aulestad snart det faste holdepunktet i tilværelsen. «Også når jeg oppholder meg utenfor Norge, er mine tanker på Aulestad.»
Target text (English)
Aulestad
The poet Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson arrived at Aulestad with his family a June evening of 1875. The year before, while residing in Italy, Bjørnson had been told by his friends at Vonheim Community College ((County College//Folk High-School - is 'folk high-school' an established concept in English?)), close to Aulestad, that the farm was up for sale.
After carefully considering arguments for and against buying, with a strong inclination towards acquiring Aulestad, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson bought the farm for 16.000 Spd (approximately €7935 in today's currency).
Aulestad, which judging by the name can be traced back to the Viking Age, is a sizable farm with about 494 acres of land in total. In 1874, 37 acres of land were used as farmland, while the rest were uncultivated land ((outlying fields)) and woodlands.
We can tell by the poet's own descriptions of Aulestad that he had grand plans for his farm. Land was cultivated, and boulders driven away. The outbuildings were repaired, and later remodeled. A new granary ((do I need more cultural explanation here? This is what a 'stabbur' looks like, is it like the English expectation of a 'granary'?)), drawn by Bjørnson himself ((having been)) inspired by buildings at farms ((in tracts//regions)) further south, took the place of the old one.
Bjørnson had, even before returning home, plans of a new main building which was ((were? I keep wanting to put 'were' here)) to be placed in the woods. The Swedish architect Gegerfelt drew up plans in an old-Nordic style ((is there such a thing? Could I use 'Norse'?)) with dragon heads and ornaments that were to the taste of the time.
Fortunately ((Luckily//As luck would have it)), the family's financial situation never allowed for these plans to be completed.
The farm had for a while served as a coaching inn before the family settled there. During this period Børnson had spent a night at the inn, an experience he looked back on with fond memories, while his wife Karoline would rather have it erased from her mind. ((oh my god what, I don't know what to do about this sentence, the original Norwegian also has a BY THE WAY in there which is just awful omg)).
Aulestad's main building is actually made up of two individual buildings of the kind that can be studied at Maihuagen (amongst other places). These buildings were put next to each other under a joint roof in the early 19th century - fashioned after large farms in the lowland districts. Most of the rooms still had dark wooden walls by 1875, green opaque glass in the windows made the rooms feel ((impression)) even gloomier.
((Certain)) Renovations and replacing of doors and windows soon commenced, but the major changes were implemented the winter of 1880-81, when Bjørnson toured the US with his lectures.
The Bjørnsons soon made Aulestad their home sweet home.
'Even when I travel abroad ((am away)), my thoughts are at Aulestad.'
For comparison, this is what my first rough draft looked like.
My structuring still sucks. I end up going back to the original Norwegian structures for help, and it only messes with my head. *SADFACE*
Tried to make some things clearer :x
Looked up some of the farm lingo words at the university library, lol.
The Norwegian text is horrible, I'll be so glad to have this assignment over and done with 8D
Would love it if people could take a look at this, ahahha.
"The attached text is an extract from the introduction to a brochure about Aulestad, former home of the Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, now a museum.
Imagine that you have been asked by the museum to translate this brochure into English. The target group for your translation is English-speaking tourists who visit the museum."
Source text (Norwegian)
Aulestad
En junikveld i 1875 kom dikteren Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson med hele sin familie til Aulestad. Året før hadde Bjørnson, som da oppholdt seg i Italia, fått vite av vennene sine på folkehøyskolen Vonheim, like ved Aulestad, at gården var til salgs.
Etter nøye overveielse med argumenter for og imot og en intens lyst til å erverve Aulestad, kjøpte Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson gården for 16.000 Spd.
Aulestad som etter navnet å dømme må skrive seg fra vikingtiden, er en god gård på ialt omkring 2.000 mål. Av dette var 150 mål dyrket i 1874, resten var utmark og ypperlig skog.
Det framgår av dikterens egen beskrivelse av gården at han hadde store planer med sin gård, jord ble dyrket og stein kjørt vekk. Uthusene ble reparert, senere etter hvert ombygd. Et nytt stabbur, tegnet av Bjørnson selv, inspirert av bygninger på gården i sørligere egne, fikk plassen etter det gamle.
Bjørnson hadde også allerede før han kom hjem, hatt planer om en ny hovedbygning, som skulle ligge nede i skogen. Den svenske arkitekt Gegerfelt laget tegninger i gammel-nordisk stil med dragehoder og forsiringer etter tidens smak. Heldigvis tillot økonomien aldri at det ble bygd.
Før familien kom til Aulestad, hadde gården også en tid vært skyss-stasjon. I den tiden hadde forresten Bjørnson overnattet der en gang, en opplevelse Bjørnson husket i lyse farger, mens fru Karoline mintes det atskillig dystrere.
Hovedbygningen på Aulestad består egentlig av to bygninger av den typen en kan studere bl.a. på Maihaugen. Disse to bygningene ble tidlig på 1800-tallet satt inntil hverandre under felles tak - etter en planløsning som en fant på storgårdene på flatbygdene. I 1875 hadde de fleste rommene fremdeles mørke tømmervegger inne, og små, grønne uklare glassruter i vinduene gjorde inntrykket ennå dystrere.
En viss oppussing og skifting av dører og vinduer ble snart satt i gang, men de store forandringene kom vinteren 1880-81 da Bjørnson var i Amerika på foredragsturné.
For Bjørnsonfamilien ble Aulestad snart det faste holdepunktet i tilværelsen. «Også når jeg oppholder meg utenfor Norge, er mine tanker på Aulestad.»
Target text (English)
Aulestad
The poet Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson arrived at Aulestad with his family a June evening of 1875. The year before, while residing in Italy, Bjørnson had been told by his friends at Vonheim Community College ((County College//Folk High-School - is 'folk high-school' an established concept in English?)), close to Aulestad, that the farm was up for sale.
After carefully considering arguments for and against buying, with a strong inclination towards acquiring Aulestad, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson bought the farm for 16.000 Spd (approximately €7935 in today's currency).
Aulestad, which judging by the name can be traced back to the Viking Age, is a sizable farm with about 494 acres of land in total. In 1874, 37 acres of land were used as farmland, while the rest were uncultivated land ((outlying fields)) and woodlands.
We can tell by the poet's own descriptions of Aulestad that he had grand plans for his farm. Land was cultivated, and boulders driven away. The outbuildings were repaired, and later remodeled. A new granary ((do I need more cultural explanation here? This is what a 'stabbur' looks like, is it like the English expectation of a 'granary'?)), drawn by Bjørnson himself ((having been)) inspired by buildings at farms ((in tracts//regions)) further south, took the place of the old one.
Bjørnson had, even before returning home, plans of a new main building which was ((were? I keep wanting to put 'were' here)) to be placed in the woods. The Swedish architect Gegerfelt drew up plans in an old-Nordic style ((is there such a thing? Could I use 'Norse'?)) with dragon heads and ornaments that were to the taste of the time.
Fortunately ((Luckily//As luck would have it)), the family's financial situation never allowed for these plans to be completed.
The farm had for a while served as a coaching inn before the family settled there. During this period Børnson had spent a night at the inn, an experience he looked back on with fond memories, while his wife Karoline would rather have it erased from her mind. ((oh my god what, I don't know what to do about this sentence, the original Norwegian also has a BY THE WAY in there which is just awful omg)).
Aulestad's main building is actually made up of two individual buildings of the kind that can be studied at Maihuagen (amongst other places). These buildings were put next to each other under a joint roof in the early 19th century - fashioned after large farms in the lowland districts. Most of the rooms still had dark wooden walls by 1875, green opaque glass in the windows made the rooms feel ((impression)) even gloomier.
((Certain)) Renovations and replacing of doors and windows soon commenced, but the major changes were implemented the winter of 1880-81, when Bjørnson toured the US with his lectures.
The Bjørnsons soon made Aulestad their home sweet home.
'Even when I travel abroad ((am away)), my thoughts are at Aulestad.'
For comparison, this is what my first rough draft looked like.
My structuring still sucks. I end up going back to the original Norwegian structures for help, and it only messes with my head. *SADFACE*
Tried to make some things clearer :x
Looked up some of the farm lingo words at the university library, lol.
The Norwegian text is horrible, I'll be so glad to have this assignment over and done with 8D