SOPHIE'S WORLD
(Sofies verden), by Jostein Gaarder (JG), translated from Norwegian into American by Paulette Møller (PM)Guestbook | Guestmap | Discussion forum | Inspired by...
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| CH = chapter, P = page, L = line, C = comment, N = Norwegian, T = (alternative) translation, usually closer to the original text, TTR = Two-Tier Reality (metaphysical system bridging East and West) |
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CHAPTER 17: THE BAROQUE (PP180-193) |
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| P180 L2: frequently T: several times a day L4: a former T: an old L8: in T: on L11: doing T: drying L22: that bad T: so bad | ||||||||
| P181 L12: It's none of your business T: It's nothing to do with you L15: you haven't got the guts T: are too cowardly L19: to bed T: to lie down L21: she felt like crying T: close to tears L23: covers T: quilt/duvet L29: was T: had become L35: sounds great T: nice L37: Hopefully T: Perhaps | ||||||||
| P182 L7: at the moment T: these days L9: Probably T: No doubt L22: ventured T: began L25: Were they T: Have they been L31: got home T: was coming home L36: over the hedge C: Then sentence omitted: T: We've sat down together | ||||||||
| P183 L10: what is his connection with (T: has he got to do with) Lebanon? L14: he's the major T: it was he L19: everything that's important T: of importance L32: They'd probably flip and think Alberto was my (T: They are sure to think that A. is your) new boyfriend L38: an aspirin T: a 'paracet' | ||||||||
| P184 L1: Afternoon classes at school T: final school lessons L2: was doing T: had done L3: grades T: marks L5: class T: lesson L9: point out T: emphasise L11: about technology that were not so good for society T: technology's unfortunate/negative aspects L12: with a paragraph on the fact T: by saying/writing L14: that make up a single strand T: woven/twisted together L15: untangle T: separate L17: and winked T: with a glint in his eyes (or better) with a speculative twinkle in his eyes L18: She got an A (N: M+) and the comment: Where do you get (T: have you got) all this from? L19: As he stood there C: Phrase not in original text L22: from Lebanon C: Then unimportant sentence omitted L25: war T: war and violence L26: Perhaps the best remedy against (T: both war and) violence would be a short course in philosophy C: emphasising the cosmic importance of raising rabbits L29: I'll propose the idea to the UN General Secretary T: Secretary-General C: If the major doesn't even know his chief's correct title, he isn't likely to get very far L32: you're the untidiest creature T: the most butter-fingered person L37: already started (T: set out on) the long trip (T: journey) home L40: playground T: schoolyard | ||||||||
| P185 L4: 5/30/90 C: American for 30.5.90 L5: the death of the major T: accident L9: Especially not considering the rather unusual address T: Particularly considering the special address L10: Junior High T: Secondary L19: But are you going to invite Jeremy? L20(cont): If you want (T: like) C: Then sentence omitted: T: Not unsuitable, having a squirrel at a garden party C: It seems that Sophie is not impressed by poor J. But then, few girls (Joanna being an exception) are turned on by a boy whose main interest in life is collecting nuts L29: The dog stood motionless for a second. Sophie knew exactly what was going on in that second (C: O wise Sophie!) the dog heard her call, recognised her voice, and decided to see if she was there (T: to see where the sound was coming from) Then, discovering her, he began to run toward her. Finally all four legs came pattering (T: began to beat) like drumsticks. That was actually quite a lot in the space of one second C: Yes indeed! Utterly fascinating! And what's more, his collar was shaking up and down rhythmically as he ran. Truly hath it been spoken that the philosopher observes more keenly than the ordinary man L35: jumped up to lick her face T: up at her | ||||||||
| P186 L1: wrote a note to her mother. She wrote (T: mother, saying) that she ... would be back by seven T: would ring if she was not back by seven L12: a lot of characteristics (T: many things) in common L12: there was one distinct difference between people and animals, and that was human reason(ing) C: and poor sense of smell. L19: souls were built up of atoms that are spread to the winds when (T: disperse in all directions as soon as) people die L26: sidewalk T: pavement L27: looked automatically T: instinctively looked | ||||||||
| P187 L5: I said T: told you L9: Sophie ran T: trotted L11: Out of my way T: Move aside, Gramps L12: every reason T: good reason L12: Alberto stood aside as she barged in T: let her pass L13: Hermes laid himself : lay L16: discovered T: realised L18: loud T: showy L19: on top of (T: over) the suit he had thrown (T: hung) a red cape L27: ruder T: cheekier L29: unmask T: expose L30: tasteless T: disgusting L30: almost T: virtually L32: a sham T: cheating L35: He held up (T: pointed down at) the card L35: tore it to pieces T: just like the last one L36: the card that fell out of (T: she had found in) her exercise book | ||||||||
| P188 LL7-9: Paragraph expanded by PM L12: (lenses) ... polished T: ground L18: Have a seat T: Let us sit down L28: Baroque art ... much richer in highly contrastive forms than the T: rich in highly contrasting forms, unlike the L30: characterized T: marked | ||||||||
| P189 L2: skull T: skeleton L3: vanity or T: and L6: the beauty that surrounds us T: around us L8: realize T: think L12: most T: large parts L16: What were the wars (T: they fighting) about? L19: More or less like T: Very much as L24: presupposes T: amounts to L26: were typified by T: typically had L28: typified T: marked L33: while attending T: at L34: huge T: big L41: courtesies T: courteous phrases | ||||||||
| P190 L3: most commonly employed T: foremost L12: frailty T: wretchedness L14: greatest T: great L36: I got (T: I've begun to get) the message | ||||||||
| P191 L7: little enough T: worth little L10: gigantic T: great L31: God is God if every land was waste, God is God if every man were dead C: 'God' is not a name, any more than 'Father' is a name. 'John Smith' may exist, but he is not a father unless he has children. Similarly, a non-human being may exist ('Jehovah'?) but he is not a god unless he has worshippers L40: powerful (T: severe) struggles L42: what exists is at bottom T: existence is basically | ||||||||
| P192 L3: real things T: natural phenomena L9: he agreed with what Democritus said T: thought the same as D. L11: themes you will find all through T: like red threads running through L14: Newton showed (T: held) ... that all changes in the natural world ... were (C: could be) explained by (T: due to) the principles (T: laws) of universal gravitation L19: Everything was thus governed by the same unbreakable laws C: A mere unproved and unprovable assumption L22: Newton completed (T: put in place the final bricks in) ... the mechanistic world view C: but forgot the mortar L25: remarkable T: worth noting L34: time T: moment L35: unknown T: uncertain L36: their T: its L37: It's written in the stars (T: cards) that something will (T: what will) happen L39: was T: can be L40: was T: is then | ||||||||
| P193 L3: central T: important L4: about the same thing T: which expresses the same thought L13: grows T: lies L15: Leibniz ... material can be broken up into smaller and smaller bits but the soul cannot be divided into two C: Nor can other abstractions, such as mind, evil, beauty, straightness L19(cont): No, what kind of scalpel would you use for that? C: How about Ockham's Razor? L26: I'm supposed to be home by seven T: if we haven't finished by seven, I must telephone. | ||||||||