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I know Norwegian also has two different written standards, found an example that demonstrates it: >English: I will not tell anyone the secret. >Bokmål: Jeg sk
by Cordiali 7mo ago
I know Norwegian also has two different written standards, found an example that demonstrates it:
>English: I will not tell anyone the secret.
>Bokmål: Jeg skal ikke fortelle hemmeligheten til noen.
>Nynorsk: Eg skal ikkje fortelja løyndomen til nokon.
Source: https://www.visitnorway.com/typically-norwegian/norwegian-language/ https://www.visitnorway.com/typically-norwegian/norwegian-la...
- vidarh 7mo agoYeah, so really there are at least 3 translations of Lord of the Rings, to continue that example, and I was being a typical Bokmål user and ignored Nynorsk. The title differences are also a good illustration of how different it can be: Bokmål: Kampen om Ringen, Ringenes Herre (the first one is literally "the battle for the ring") Nynorsk: Ringdrotten