Nederland Vertaalt 2015
NEDERLANDS-ENGELS
Genomineerde vertalingen
Jury
David Colmer
Sam Garrett
Michele Hutchison
De vertaalopgave
Thé Lau (1952)
Blauw (1990)
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Ik heb vannacht gedronken en gezien
hoe geen vrouw ooit krijgt wat ze verdient
het zien duurt een seconde, de gedachte blijft voor altijd
ik heb vannacht gedronken en gezien
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Ik heb vannacht gekeken en beleefd
hoe geen vrouw ooit terugkrijgt wat ze geeft
er is geen macht ter wereld die niet vroeg of laat opzij trapt
ik heb zojuist gekeken en beleefd
9. Ik heb zojuist gedronken en gezien
10. hoe jij van mij nooit krijgt wat je verdient
11. als weer één die altijd vooruit en daarom nooit opzij kijkt
12. ik heb zojuist gekeken en gezien
13. Blauw, blauw, blauw
14. keer ik terug naar jou
15. Het zien duurt een seconde, de gedachte blijft voor altijd
16. hier kom ik aan, hier ben ik, lief, ik geef mezelf aan jou
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De genomineerde vertalingen
1. Vertaling Floris Kleijne
Blue
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Last night I drank my fill and then observed
That a woman never gets what she deserves
The seeing took a second, but the thought lingers forever
Last night I drank my fill and then observed
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Last night I first observed, then understood
That a woman never earns back what she should
'Cos any power ultimately hurts the ones around it
Last night I first observed, then understood
9. Today I drank my fill and then observed
10. You never get from me what you deserve
11. With my gaze fixed on the future I forget what's right beside me
12. Today I drank my fill and then observed
13. Blue, blue, blue
14. I'm coming back to you
15. 'Cos the seeing takes a second, but the thought lingers forever
16. I'm coming now, I'm staying, love, surrendering to you
2. Vertaling Christopher Phillips
Blue
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Tonight the bottle showed me, and I learned
No woman ever gets what she has earned
The flash just took a second but the insight lasts forever
Tonight the bottle showed me and I learned
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Tonight the bottle showed me, and I know
How women never harvest what they sow
How day and night they're trampled by the world and all its powers
The bottle has just showed me and I know
9. The bottle has just showed me, and I learned
10. That I am in your debt for what you've earned
11. As one who walks with blinders and so misses what's around him
12. The bottle has just showed me and I learned
13. Blue, blue, blue
14. I'm coming back to you
15. The flash just took a second but the insight lasts forever
16. I'm here now, truly here, my love, I give myself to you
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3. Vertaling Marc Spierings
Wasted Blue
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Last night I took a drink and saw the worst
no woman ever gets what she deserves
the vision lasts a second but the thought will stay forever
last night I took a drink and saw the worst
last night I took a glance at my regrets
a woman always gives more than she gets
no power in the world that doesn't turn into a menace
just now I took a glance at my regrets
just now I took a drink and saw the worst
I give you so much less than you deserve
another one who always looks ahead and never sideways
just now I took a glance at my regrets
Wasted blue
I'm drifting back to you
The vision lasts a second but the thought will stay forever
So here I come and here I am surrendering to you
4. Vertaling Eileen Stevens
Blue
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Last night I got to drinking and observed
How no woman gets what she deserves
The seeing took a second, now Iʼll know it till I die
Last night I got to drinking and observed
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Last night I took a look and itʼs a fact
A woman gives but donʼt get nothing back
There is no force on earth that doesnʼt pass some things aside
Last night I took a look and itʼs a fact
9. Just now I got to drinking and observed
10. How I donʼt give you all that you deserve
11. Like someone going forward, never looking to the side
12. Just now I took a look and I observed
13. Blue, blue, blue
14. Iʼm coming back to you
15. The seeing took a second, now Iʼll know it till I die
16. Iʼm coming back, love, here I am - I give myself to you
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5. Vertaling Matthew Tate
Blauw
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Last night I started drinking and I knew
No woman ever gets what she is due
I saw it in a second but the thought will last a lifetime
Last night I started drinking and I knew
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Last night I saw what I had never known
No woman ever reaps what she has sown
There's no power in this world that one day won't kick like a mule
Just now I saw what I had never known
9. Just now I started drinking and I knew
10. You never get from me what you are due
11. One more blinkered fool who never even once looked sideways
12. Just now I saw what suddenly I knew
13. Blue, blue, blue
14. I'll come back to you
15. I saw it in a second but the thought will last a lifetime
16. So here I come, here I am, love, I give myself to you
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