Shining - I Nattens Timma (In the Hour of Night) (2011)

[Hverglemer]

Who wrote this? I heard this is a cover.

[Lightfox177]

@Hverglemer Landberk

[Hverglemer]

@Lightfox177

Landberk who?

[nattramn]

i want this song to be played at my funeral

[Lightfox177]

@nattramn \,,/

[Gorgorium]

svenska hjärtan introt

[erebusodora69]

@Gorgorium

Icke d¨... du måste lyssna mer noggrant!

[metalphil]

A better translation would really be "In the Dark of Night." This is an excellent, excellent cover and it's in the perfect place on the record.

[intaler]

@metalphil

I do not agree on the title-thing...

[metalphil]

@intaler Well, you're wrong. "In the Hour of Night" doesn't make any sense in English.

[Blixish]

@metalphil Just to give you a direct translation, word by word. "I nattens timma" translates to "In the night's hour". I am Norwegian, so my Swedish is practically fluent.

[metalphil]

@Blixish I'm aware of the literal translation. I live in Sweden, speak the language pretty well and am a native speaker of English. Trust me on this one when I say "In the Hour of Night" doesn't make sense in English.

[Blixish]

@metalphil I know it doesn't, but I still think a literal translation is better than changing the meaning of the sentence. Maybe "In / During the Night Hours" would be better? ^^,

(I am very interested in language in general, so I enjoy discussing these things. I'm sorry if I'm bothering you.)

[metalphil]

@Blixish I just don't see why you would want to translate something to be nonsensical in the other language. You don't say "Hög fem!" when you high five someone in Swedish, despite the fact that it's a literal translation. Why? Because it doesn't make sense or it sounds silly. It's the same in this situation.

It is better if you say "In the Hours of Night" but it's still clunky, and I would change it to something that is more colloquially correct if ever slightly more inaccurate.