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 34: COUNTERPOINT (PP403-418) |
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| P403 L6: down (T: into) the garden and sat in the glider T: swing-seat L11: dissolve T: disintegrate L16: And (T: But) where were they now? T: then? L23: one or two more times T: once or twice again L24: dragged T: had dragged L25: ran T: had run | ||||||||
| P404 L3: reach T: attention L5: the cabin N: Majorstua L10: acquaintances T: in Lillesand L12: Sophie's World ... was not a story one could be done with after a single reading C: No, indeed not! L14: when they left T: after leaving L26: ventilation canals T: channels/pipes L31: We made (T: did/managed) it L32: But where are we? C: Then two sentences omitted: T: This place is called Majorstua (C: In English, 'Major's cabin') T: But ... Majorstua? L33(cont): This is Oslo T: It is (C: the name of a district) in Oslo C: Gaarderian irony reigns supreme L37: Congregation Faculty. It's a school of theology T: Faculty of Theology | ||||||||
| P405 L4: were of T: belonged to L6: envisaged T: imagined L9: in on it T: in on the game L14: had been going on T: had happened L15: yards T: metres L19: went over to (T: ran towards) them L20: the name of this street? T: what exactly this place is called? L22: provoked T: annoyed L22: asked T: ran up to L23: person T: question L25: his companion T: the woman L26: Contrapuntal form operates on (T: in) two dimensions ... There will always be (T: So it involves) two or more melodies sounding together L30: The melodies combine in such a way that they develop as much as possible, independently of how they sound against each other T: sound together L32(cont): But they have to be concordant. Actually it's note against note T: But there must also be harmony, of course. That's what we call counterpoint, meaning note against note C: Sophie's story-tune separate from but (gradually) combining with Hilde's story-tune L33: (T: For) They were L40: Although (T: When) we have sneaked out of a book, we can't expect to have exactly (C: exactly?!) the same status as its author | ||||||||
| P406 L2: Does that mean we'll (T: Will we) never have any real contact with the people around us? T: either? L4(cont): A true philosopher never says "never" C: What, never? - No, never - What, never?? - Well, hardly ever... C: So is Alberto a true philosopher? L8: That's why T: So L10: anxious T: eager L16: were invisible T: were air L17: curbside T: kerb/roadside L23: driving T: moving L27: cryptic T: mysterious L28: make-believe (T: fantasy) car L28: People here see only a vacant space C: So why doesn't some driver park in it? L29: confirm (T: check) before we're on our way T: we set off L32: sidewalk T: pavement L35: the (T: front) passenger seat L41: more and more (T: several big) Midsummer bonfires | ||||||||
| P407 L2: Is it true that no one can see us? T: And people really can't see us? L8: that's for sure T: any longer L11: a (freak) wind (T: it was the wind that) blew over the field L14: lap T: leg/stage L16: he was T: had always been so L18: (UN) an international legal system C: No T: a system of international justice C: of sorts L20: a flight (T: small shoulder) bag L21: hold up T: wave L25: the (T: greatest) present L27: discover T: find L28: with T: to L29: found himself a table T: found a seat | ||||||||
| P408 L3: you can imagine T: you see L7: stolen and wrecked (T: collision with a stolen) Mercedes L9: P.S.P.S. T: P.P.S. L9: here T: home L11: P.S.P.S.P.S. T: P.P.P.S. L15: impulse T: reaction L17: vixen T: bandit-girl L18: Kastrup (Copenhagen) Airport L20: toward (T: through) the little (T: big) shopping mall L22: deli T: shop LL27/36: pound T: kilo L28: Danish (Limfjord) caviar(e) L30: turned (T: looked all) around L37: continued T: walked on. | ||||||||
| P409 L1: a little (T: travel-)radio - yes, that was what he would get T: just the thing L6: note T: message L9: great T: really fine L13: tobacco T: cigarettes L21: he was constantly on guard T: looked in all directions L22: secret agent T: spy L23: rights T: freedom L24: new (T: white) envelope L24: (T: It was as if) The whole airport was becoming a computer game with him as the cursor C: Or should that be 'curser'? L28: gumdrops T: wine-gums L29: I can recall T: I remember L34: shopped as instructed T: bought the things on the list L37: there T: where they were | ||||||||
| P410 L3: by someone else T: in another hand L4: only block letters and digits T: only letters against digits L5: He took it down. This one said only 'It won't be long now!' C: Added by PM. But see P413 L7: on his knees T: in his lap L10: discovering T: seeing/spotting L11: each passenger that came in T: the passengers as they turned up L13: were finally allowed T: began L14: person T: one L17: passed (T: the) Brevik T: bridge L17: exit T: turnoff L19: You're going awfully fast T: You are doing 180 (kph) L26: Didn't you notice that we passed the Bat Mobile? C: What is Batman doing in Norway? T: Did you notice that we passed Il Tempo Gigante? C: Yeah, and weren't the passengers having a whale of a time! L32: Can't you get it into your head? T: You'll soon see/learn L37: into a brick wall T: through a steel wall L38: That only means we're (T: That means we're only) spirits of the air compared to (T: in relation to) our surroundings L40(cont): No, now you're putting the cart before the horse T: turning it (things) upside down L40(cont): It is the reality around us that's an airy adventure (T: like an airy/ ethereal fairy tale) to us | ||||||||
| P411 L1: I don't get it T: You must explain that better L2: misunderstanding T: misconception L3: a thing that is T: something L3: than vapor T: water vapour L6: And now T: Then L8: visited T: sought out L10: Then T: At last L15: that lay T: lying L17: we took a path that led through (T: we crossed) a marsh L18(cont): We both walked right (T: were both able to glide) through the mist L23: That's a comfort T: good to know L24: an hour since we left the major's cabin T: we left Majorstua / we started driving LL26/34/42: cafeteria T: road café L27: on the left-hand side of the road T: on their left L27: Alberto swung the car around T: swung in L28: grass in front of it T: nearby L29: Coke T: cola L30: lift T: move L31: tap T: run L34: mad T: angry L34: guests T: customers L37: laughter C: Then sentence omitted: T: Of course they can't hear us and we can't serve ourselves with their coffee either L41: She (T: Both the colours and she herself) seemed | ||||||||
| P412 L1: How you do yell, my boy! T: It's awful how you yell, my lad! L5: We have a small establishment close by T: a little place around the corner L7: While T: As L12: where are you (T: newcomers) from? L15: That's a new one T: something new L18: danced T: swarmed L26: What a lot of noise! T: What a tremendous crowd! L28: Valborg's Eve T: Walpurgisnacht L29: short (T: return) visit L33: façades T: walls L33: baker T: baker-woman L37: returned with a cup of coffee C: Only one?! L38(cont): Thank you very much indeed T: 1000 thanks L39: visitors T: guests L41: For coffee, an old wives' tale will suffice T: a little anecdote will do | ||||||||
| P413 L2: unfortunately (T: the awkward fact is that) we are in a (T: terrible) hurry L2: some other day T: another time L5: Alberto explained their errand C: So the old woman got her story after all! L7: mortal progenitor T: carnal origins L7(cont): We no longer need their world T: We are no longer dependent on flesh and (Christian) blood C: No vampires around then?! L8: people T: folk L9: Alberto and Sophie hurried back to T: Soon A. and S. were back at L10: busy T: flustered L12: they soon (T: it was not long before they) arrived in Lillesand. L13: (T: Flight) SK 876 L14: plane (was) taxied L15: hanging from T: attached to L18: You probably T: Perhaps you L20: ingenious T: intricate L21: well-known T: tradition-rich L28: lower T: lean L28: give yourself a (well-earned) (T: have a little) rest L32: witch-daughter T: troll-crone of a daughter L33: Highest T: Supreme L35: Then T: But suddenly | ||||||||
| P414 L3: He lowered the back of his seat (T: leaned his seat back) and nodded off L4(cont): He was not fully awake again T: did not wake up fully L7: There were eight or ten (young) people of about (T: most of them about) Hilde's age L17: explained T: declared L21: with (T: placards and) banners L22: ready T: waiting L24: thanked the driver with ... and three cans of Carlsberg Elephant beer C: A bit risky - that Elephant beer is powerful stuff! L26: His wife T: Marit L26: outside T: in front of L26: After a long embrace, he asked: 'Where is she?' L28(cont): She's sitting on the dock, Albert C: All sing together now: Sittin' on the dock of the bay ... L29: stopped T: parked L41: whole T: long | ||||||||
| P415 L4: nymphs T: spirits L7: the glider T: a swing-seat L8: set T: laid L14: Naturally T: Of course L17: line that the rowboat was made fast with T: attaching the rowing-boat to the quay L21: bright T: striking L25: Hilde gave no sign that she had heard T: There was no sign of any reaction from Hilde L30: sharply T: to the right L33: said T: called L36: the deep voice of a man T: a deep male voice L39: toward (T: to meet) him | ||||||||
| P416 L1: T: Every fifteen minutes since he had landed at Kastrup, she had tried to imagine where he was now, what was happening to him and how he was taking it L7: would T: could just L13: quickly T: sharply L13(cont): There was something T: Something was there L16: she was afraid she was hearing things T: clairvoyant C: clairaudient, rather L22: Hilde was crying T: began to weep L26: Hilde wiped away her tears T: dried her tears on the sleeve of her yellow dress L30: description T: account | ||||||||
| P417 L9: It isn't? T: What do you mean? L10(cont): I'm going to tell you about the universe C: See companion volume: Hilde's Universe L12: knee T: lap L13: he caught (T: hold of) Marit L14: It was quite a while T: She had to sit there a long time L15: To think you'll soon be forty C: Who? L18: was T: felt L22: exactly T: just L40: We are T: belong to | ||||||||
| P418 L4: And you have T: haven't you got L6: we left (all) that (T: reality) behind L7: who (T: has) left L8: dear T: child C: Child?! Sophie is 15 now, remember! L10: Anytime we want T: As much/often as we wish/like L11: Cinderella's cafeteria T: the 'Cinderella' café on Fiane L16: a good way away T: some distance L19: details and the sorry ending (T: details) of the (T: disastrous) garden party L21: You may as well go to bed, Mom. We have so much to talk about C: First things first, Major! Time to stop talking... Poor Marit! Farvel, du... | ||||||||