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Känn ingån sorg för meg

English translation: Don't grieve for me/don't feel sorry for me

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Swedish term or phrase:Känn ingån sorg för meg
English translation:Don't grieve for me/don't feel sorry for me
Entered by: Derringdo

14:54 Dec 7, 2005
Swedish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Slang
Swedish term or phrase: Känn ingån sorg för meg
hi, can you please translate into english for me. Thanks alot!
H Bradley
Don't grieve for me/don't feel sorry for me
Explanation:
If it is Swedish the spelling is not correct. But it does sound Swedish.

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Note added at 24 mins (2005-12-07 15:18:43 GMT)
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If it is slang I would understand it as "Don't trouble yourself over me" or something like that.
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Derringdo
Bulgaria
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3Don't grieve for me/don't feel sorry for me
Derringdo
4 +2Don't grieve for me/Don't mourn for me
Michele Fauble
4Can someone take care of me
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
3Can't anyone look after me
Eliza-Anna
3Don't cry for me
Peter Linton (X)


Discussion entries: 7





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Känn ingån sorg för meg
Can't anyone look after me


Explanation:
I think this is Swedish. My Swedish is not as strong as my Danish, but I think it does mean the above.

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-12-07 14:59:53 GMT)
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P.S. If it really is slang, I suppose a better translation would be "Can anyone look out for me".

Eliza-Anna
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:50
Native speaker of: English
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Känn ingån sorg för meg
Don't grieve for me/don't feel sorry for me


Explanation:
If it is Swedish the spelling is not correct. But it does sound Swedish.

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Note added at 24 mins (2005-12-07 15:18:43 GMT)
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If it is slang I would understand it as "Don't trouble yourself over me" or something like that.

Derringdo
Bulgaria
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian, Native in DanishDanish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  EKM
12 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Hans Harding: It is not slang, but known from the lyrics of a song by Håkan Hellström.
16 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Michele Fauble
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Thanks. You have more exp. in the world of Kudoz than me so maybe repeating parts of other suggestions is alright. Maybe the "rules" differ in the different fora. :)
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Känn ingån sorg för meg
Can someone take care of me


Explanation:
my suggestion

Suzanne Blangsted (X)
Local time: 02:50
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dziadzio
3 hrs
  -> Thank you
disagree  Michele Fauble: 'Don't grieve/mourn for me'.
5 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Känn ingån sorg för meg
Don't grieve for me/Don't mourn for me


Explanation:
Swedish-language rock poet Håkan Hellström (album "Känn
ingen sorg för mig Göteborg" or "Don't grieve for me, Gothenburg"). ...
www.mic.stim.se/avd/mic/prod/hitfacts.nsf/0/a925b8aec628145...

Best Male Artist was rock poet Håkan Hellström, with his CD "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg" ("Don't mourn for me Gothenburg") also Best Album. ...
www.mic.stim.se/avd/mic/prod/hitfacts.nsf/0/c674a0f7bdaecca...



Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 02:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Catherine Brix: Another take on this theme is from Evita - Don't cry for me Argentina
10 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Clare Barnes: Don't cry for me...
42 mins
  -> thanks
neutral  Derringdo: How is this answer different from mine? And why does she receive the "agrees"?
1 hr
  -> 'Don't mourn for me' + references
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1 day 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Känn ingån sorg för meg
Don't cry for me


Explanation:
As the asker specifies slang, I think you need something lightweight like this, particularly because it echoes the well-known song. Words like 'grieve' and 'mourn' are of course perfectly correct translations, but they are not really slang words -- too high a register in this context, in my view.

Peter Linton (X)
Local time: 10:50
Native speaker of: English
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