Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Finnish term or phrase:
muina naisina
English translation:
as if nothing had happened
Added to glossary by
Owen Witesman
Jan 30, 2009 17:05
15 yrs ago
Finnish term
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Works in: Finnish to English, Estonian to English, English, and 1 more.
muina naisina
Finnish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
I know this is terrible without a lot of context. The sentence is "XXXX nyökkää muina naisina, pystytään, pystytään." It's a line of dialogue in an argument between a husband and wife. This line is a response to a question that takes the woman (XXXX) off guard--she had meant to reply angrily, but the question surprises her so much that she just agrees.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | as if nothing had happened |
Erkki Pekkinen
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| 5 | negligently |
anukorpi
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| 3 | without missing a beat |
Anu Carroll
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Proposed translations
+3
7 mins
Erkki Pekkinen
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Related KudoZ points
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16
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as if nothing had happened
the original idiom is muina miehinä, but here the writer is playing with the expression and because the subject is a woman the writer has given the original expression a twist
Note from asker:
| I like it. I'm going to wait for some other creative suggestions as well. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks everyone! I like Anu's suggestion too ('without missing a beat'), but there can be only one..."
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without missing a beat
Might be easier to work with in the context of a conversation.
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