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Fröken Duktig

English translation: Miss Know-It-All

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Swedish term or phrase:Fröken Duktig
English translation:Miss Know-It-All
Entered by: Tara Chace

03:23 Aug 16, 2006
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / young adult novel
Swedish term or phrase: Fröken Duktig
A 50-year-old recovering alcoholic is being challenged by his son's girlfriend. She's calling him on what a terrible father he was. He's mad. Called her "lilla Fröken Arg och Duktig Feminist" earlier. Now he asks her:
"Hur gammal är du?" frågar jag utan att ens försöka dölja hatet i min röst.
"Sjutton," svarer hon. "Lika gammal som din son."
Sjutton år och tror sig veta allt, tror sig ha alla svar. Lilla Fröken Duktig. Det är så typiskt.
Tara Chace
United States
Local time: 07:26
miss know-it-all
Explanation:
Another well known way of saying it is "little miss know it all.
Selected response from:

Eva-Marie Adams
Local time: 07:26
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3miss know-it-all
Eva-Marie Adams
4 +1Little Miss Goodie Two Shoes
Anders Östberg
3 +2(Little) Miss Smarty Pants
Michele Fauble
4a manhater in training, angry young woman
Larry Abramson
4Miss Clever
George Hopkins
4A proper Pollyanna
asptech


  

Answers


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
miss know-it-all


Explanation:
Another well known way of saying it is "little miss know it all.

Eva-Marie Adams
Local time: 07:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathy Saranpa: but please capitalize: Miss Know-It-All
41 mins
  -> Thanks Kathy, yes you are absolutely right about the caps. was just in a hurry. -- thanks for pointing it out.
agree  Tim Kynerd: Without context I'd say "Miss Goody Two Shoes," but in this context I think "know-it-all" captures the meaning better. I agree with Kathy on the caps as well. :-)
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Tim!
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
10 hrs
  -> Thanks Marju!
agree  Charlesp
11 hrs
  -> thank you Charles
neutral  Michele Fauble: I would agree with this, but I don't like the repetition - "... she thinks she knows it all, has all the answers. Little Miss Know-It-All."
12 hrs
neutral  asptech: not quite the right connotation - "Fröken Duktig" tries to please everybody, but gets taken advantage of in the process.
13 hrs
disagree  Thor Truelson: No. Not how this would be written, although the concept is correct.
1 day 1 hr
  -> how would you say it?
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a manhater in training, angry young woman


Explanation:
The phrase context here is NOT Fröken Dutig, but rather Fröken Arg och duktig feminist. My first suggestion specifically relates the that phrase, while the second is an allusion to the Angry Young Men who populated British post-war literature.

Larry Abramson
United States
Local time: 10:26
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Miss Clever


Explanation:
One of the other answers, or Clever Miss.

George Hopkins
Local time: 16:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Little Miss Goodie Two Shoes


Explanation:
Possibly a bit dated by I like the expression


    Reference: http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/27/messages/651.htm...
Anders Östberg
Sweden
Local time: 16:26
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clare Barnes: Not to do with knowing it all, but trying to do everything as she's supposed to.
1 hr
agree  Charlesp
8 hrs
neutral  Eva-Marie Adams: I don't know that this is what they are trying to say in the text (trying to do what you are supposed to). It seems to me that he is angry because she thinks "she knows it all" even if she is only 17.
12 hrs
disagree  Thor Truelson: No. That's not really what's implied.
22 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(Little) Miss Smarty Pants


Explanation:
"Might as well call her 'Little Miss Smarty Pants.'"
life.familyeducation.com/behavioral-problems/parenting/36010.html

Little miss smarty-pants, ... You always think you know best. ...
www.tattoohighway.org/2000/lovesong.html




Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 07:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charlesp
8 hrs
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agree  Thor Truelson: Yes. This works.
22 hrs
  -> thanks
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
A proper Pollyanna


Explanation:
if you remember that character?

asptech
Local time: 16:26
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 26
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