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 6: FATE (PP41-48) |
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| P41 L2: take a stroll down to the garden gate T: nip down to the mailbox L14: little holes T: deep holes L21: There was a girl T: There were several girls L23: probably T: doubtless L24: stars influenced C: planets, rather L26: As she thought about it, several more T: The more ... the more | ||||||||
| P42 L1: Why do so many people T: Why did people say L6: Superstitious T: Superstition (N: overtro) L7: faith (N: tro) L12: empty space T: the void L16: pray for recovery T: good health L17: God had some power over T: influence on L26: a letter ready T: waiting L29: for that matter T: For all Sophie knew L35: to use your full name T: to reveal L36: coffee ... when my mother is at home T: not when C: What would Mom say? PM (shocked?) intervenes | ||||||||
| P43 L8: the problem was where to put (the letter) so T: how to put it out so L18: she sneaked out T: slipped out C: Boys 'sneak'; girls 'slip' L26: not still sitting there T: not sitting there L31: Yuck! T: Pooh! L31: soppy T: silly L33: Is he the one who told you about the rabbit and the top hat? C: Obviously a dangerous type L36: do drugs T: take drugs L38: completely nutty T: awfully silly L39: just because someone had a slightly (C: slightly?!) bizarre idea he must be on something T: amusing ideas should have anything at all to do with narcotics | ||||||||
| P44 L1: never do any of that stuff T: try anything like that L7: Sophie nodded T(cont): 'And so he's keen on philosophy?' Sophie nodded again L8: darling T: my friend L10: for what seemed like hours T: for many hours L11: At last she could hardly keep her eyes open. It was one o'clock T: By one o'clock she was so tired that her eyelids began to droop L19: She could have sworn he glanced T: He seemed to glance C: Sophie is a nice girl who never swears L22: fished it up T: picked it up L25: Her first instinct was (T: She was tempted) to run after him in her pajamas (T: nightdress) but (T: no,) she didn't dare run after a stranger in the middle of the night C: a good example of 'common sense'. And we can't allow a modern girl like Sophie to wear a nightie, can we? Hollywood would certainly disapprove L37: never attempt to check up on me T: try to spy on me | ||||||||
| P45 L4: transformations in nature T: changes in L7: political events T: political affairs L8: believers in fatalism T: in fate L15: country T: state C: incl. city-state L17: that they can tell your fortune T: that it is possible to L19: coffee cups T: coffee grounds L22: resemble a car ... the person ... is going for a long drive C: Or is going to be taken for a ride? L26: foreseeing T: fortune-telling L31: stars could tell us T: foretell L35: They could consult the famous oracle T: learn of their fate from L37: stool T: seat | ||||||||
| P46 L3: interpret it T(cont): for the questioner L4: Apollo ... knew ... about the future T(cont): and the past L7: decisive steps T: important L11: at Delphi was a famous inscription: KNOW THYSELF! It reminded visitors that (a) man must never believe himself to be more than (a) mortal - and that no man can escape his destiny C: Is that what Know Thyself means? Who would have guessed? L17: tragedy (T: story) of King Oedipus C: Oedipus, schmoedipus! What does it matter as long as he loves his mother? L20: fortunes of war T: outcome of a war L26: natural explanations T: natural causes L27: When a country lost a war, the vengeance of the gods was no longer an acceptable explanation to them T: So, when a state lost a war, this was no longer explained as 'the vengeance of the gods' L31: divine intervention T(cont): Infectious diseases were often interpreted as the punishment of the gods L34: sickness was due to supernatural causes T: can have a supernatural cause L39: cured with the help of the supernatural T: by supernatural means. | ||||||||
| P47 L1: new directions in Greek philosophy T: new way of thinking L24: an abortion. C: Then important section missing L36: during the night C: following sentence omitted L39: She (T: got out of bed,) crouched down | ||||||||
| P48 L2: Sophie edged herself in T: wriggled (eeled herself) L3: It wasn't hers, that was for sure T: It certainly wasn't hers. | ||||||||