Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Fair is foul and foul is fair

Swedish translation:

Styggt är vackert, och vackert styggt

Added to glossary by Sidra
Jan 4, 2010 17:18
14 yrs ago
English term

Fair is foul and foul is fair

English to Swedish Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Hello, Happy new year to all.
Can anyone help me with the above quote? Unfortunately no context since it is a string. Thanks alot for any suggestion. :)
Proposed translations (Swedish)
5 +3 Styggt är vackert, och vackert styggt

Proposed translations

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Styggt är vackert, och vackert styggt

That's Shakespeare, from Macbeth.
The old Hagberg translation is:
"Styggt är vackert, och vackert styggt."
Peer comment(s):

agree Anna Herbst
13 hrs
agree EKM : Hagbergs val förefaller aningen platt, ingen alliteration... snyggt/styggt?
1 day 12 hrs
agree DebW (X) : ingen alliteration men väl repetition, nog så gott
2 days 8 mins
Och mer blankversig rytm. Hagberg kunde, han.
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