Solution types found by Anthony Pym

English - Swedish

2022-04-08 01:43:39 UTC

Birds of a feathered flock fly together translate to lika fåglar flyga gerna tillsammans which is a direct translation of equal birds fly together

English - Swedish

2022-04-08 01:44:34 UTC

In Westman’s translation they chose to omit a particularly difficult section. The English section was: there’s a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral of that is — ‘The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.

Sinhala - English

2022-04-08 01:47:39 UTC

Alice in Wonderland
ඇලිස්ගේ විස්මලන්තයා (Alice's wonderland)

The Sinhala version gives the idea that Wonderland belongs to Alice rather than her being in it.

Eng-Ita

2024-08-29 06:51:55 UTC

'Mabel' becomes 'Isabella'. Change for a more Italian name.

Eng-Ita

2024-08-29 07:11:57 UTC

"Hjckrrh!" is kept the same in between languages.

English - Vietnamese

2024-08-29 07:24:34 UTC

Most character names are kept the same: Alice, Dinah, Mary Ann

English-Vietnamese

2024-08-29 07:25:52 UTC

Explicitation - the translator added an explanation at the beginning of the poem, so instead of copying the exact zic-zac pattern like the ST, the TT notes:

Vietnamese - Chú ý: bài thơ được xếp thành hình zíc zắc

Meaning - Note: this poem is arranged into a zig-zag pattern

English - Spanish

2025-02-19 12:14:37 UTC

Alice - Alicia

Dinah - Dina

New Zealand - Nueva Zelanda

Perspective changes also involve how a speaker identifies something, so it's adapted to one's own language.

(Naiara, Carla, Dúnia, Claudia & Alejandro)

English - Japanese

2025-02-19 12:15:28 UTC

In japanese 不思議の国のアリス (fushigi no kuni no arisu), the title is translated as "The strange land of Alice", rather than a word for word translation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

English - Turkish

2025-02-19 12:17:36 UTC

Character names are kept the same: Alice, Dinah, Mary Ann

English - Turkish

2025-02-19 12:26:43 UTC

In Turkish, the translator translated the title as “Alice Harikalar Diyarında, which means “Alice in Wonderland”, rather than doing a literal translation of the original title “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”.

English - Spanish

2025-02-19 12:28:33 UTC

"DRINK ME," beautifully printed on it in large letters.

«BEBEME», hermosamente impresa en grandes caracteres.

The translation in Spanish follows the same structure, so if you wanted to translate the Spanish version to English it will stay the same.

(Naiara, Carla, Dúnia, Claudia & Alejandro)

English - Japanese

2025-02-19 12:28:34 UTC

Translating "In another moment" as 次のしゅんかんに (In the next instant or In the following instant).

The translation adapts the phrasing to sound more natural in Japanese.

English - Spanish

2025-02-19 12:29:50 UTC

"What is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?"

“¿Y de qué sirve un libro sin dibujos ni diálogos?”

English - Spanish

2025-02-19 12:30:49 UTC

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is translated into Spanish as "Alicia en el Pais de las Maravillas"

The title in Spanish gives de ilusion that Wonderland is a country more than it is just a territory.

English-Spanish

2025-02-19 12:31:32 UTC

Dodo → remains the same in the translation (Dodo), adapting only the pronunciation to Spanish without changing the spelling.

Grifo (from Gryphon) → Morphological adaptation to Spanish, respecting the meaning and keeping a word that exists in the target language.

English - Japanese

2025-02-19 12:31:33 UTC

In the original text " ORANGE MARMALADE" is written, whereas in japanese, simply 。「マーマレード」(mermelade) is used.

English - spanish

2025-02-19 12:36:06 UTC

"(...)she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody underneath(...)

"No le pareció bien tirarlo al fondo, por miedo a matar a alguien que anduviera por abajo."

The Spanish version expands the idea of "underneath" by adding "que anduviera por abajo," making it more explicit that someone might be walking around below.

English - Spanish

2025-02-19 12:36:33 UTC

In the original is “In another moment down went Alice after it.”, but in Spanish it's translated as “Un momento más tarde, Alicia se metía también en la madriguera.”, specifying where Alice was going.

(Iyad, Núr, Mireia, Paula L)

English - Spanish

2025-02-19 12:37:00 UTC

"curtsey" - "reverencia" The word curtsey refers to a specific type of bow made by women in English-speaking cultures. The Spanish translation uses “reverencia”, which is a culturally equivalent term for a formal bow or courtesy gesture in Spanish-speaking cultures.
“a little door about fifteen inches high” - “Una puertecita de unos dos palmos de altura” The original English text talks about inches, but the Spanish translation swaps that out for "palmos" which is more familiar to Spanish speakers.

English - Spanish

2025-02-19 12:39:37 UTC

Thump! - ¡Cataplum!: Change of onomatopoeia depending on the language.

“She was close behind it” - “… pisándole los talones”: translation that includes Spanish idioms.

(Iyad, Paula L, Núr, Mireia)

English - Spanish

2025-02-19 12:40:15 UTC

...very soon finished off the cake

...en un santiamén dio buena cuenta del pastelito

'en un santiamén' conveys the same meaning as 'very soon', but it is adapted as an idiom.

(Naiara, Dúnia, Carla, Claudia, Alejandro)

SPANISH - ENGLISH

2025-02-19 12:41:21 UTC

—Válganme mis orejas y bigotes, ¡qué tarde se me está haciendo!

`Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!'

SPANISH - ENGLISH

2025-02-19 12:41:55 UTC

De nada servía quedarse esperando junto a la puertecita.

There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door.

SPANISH - ENGLISH

2025-02-19 12:42:19 UTC

Un momento más tarde.

In another moment

SPANISH - ENGLISH

2025-02-19 12:42:45 UTC

—¡Y qué criaja tan ingnorante voy a parecerle!

`And what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking!

SPANISH - ENGLISH

2025-02-19 12:43:03 UTC

Versión en español después del título aparece el índice de los capítulos y antes del primer capítulo.

In English version appears a poem after title of the book and before the first chapter.

English - Turkish

2025-02-19 12:43:19 UTC

The long sentence describing the moment when Alice catches the orange marmalade while falling has been translated into Turkish as 3 separate sentences.

English - Spanish

2025-02-19 12:43:56 UTC

‘Oh dear! Oh dear!' → ‘¡Dios mío! ¡Dios mío!'

(Mireia, Iyad, Paula L & Núr)

English - Turkish

2025-02-21 21:51:07 UTC

[“Well!” tought Alice to hersef, (…)] is translated into Turkish as follows: [“Hımm!” diye düşündü Alice kendi kendine.]. Here,“Hımm!” conveys the effects of “Well!” as a thinking expression using its equivalent in Turkish culture.

English - Turkish

2025-02-21 22:02:32 UTC

The “Down, down, down.” part is translated in the same way into Turkish: “Aşağı, aşağı, aşağı.” Although such a repetition in Turkish does not sound totally natural or fluent in this context, the structure in English is copied exactly.

English - Turkish

2025-02-21 22:26:13 UTC

”I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth!” is translated like “Acaba düşe düşe dünyanın tam içinden geçip öbür tarafa çıkar mıyım!” which means “I wonder if I would fall and fall through the earth and come out on the other side?”. The translator’s additions, such as “fall and fall” and “come out on the other side”, make the meaning clearer, increasing the density.

English - Turkish

2025-02-21 22:39:21 UTC

“I hope they’ll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time.” is translated like “Umarım çay saatinde önüne bir kap süt koymayı unutmazlar.” which means “I hope they don’t forget to put a cup of milk in front of her at tea-time.” The verb “to forget” is preferred over “to remember”.