Jan 24, 2021 04:08
3 yrs ago
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Swedish term
United Kingdom
non specialist text translations
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Swedish to English, Norwegian to English
Spar på ettret
Swedish to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
Court room etiquette
The judge gives this instruction to the prosecution after the defence’s objection is sustained
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | A bit less aggression please! |
Agneta Pallinder
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| 5 +1 | Cut down (or hold back) a bit on the vitriol |
Anders Ericsson
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| 3 | stop spitting venom |
SafeTex
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Proposed translations
+1
5 hrs
Agneta Pallinder
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Swedish
&
English
United Kingdom
Your bridge between Swedish and English
Native in: Swedish 
, English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: Swedish to English, English to Swedish, English, and 1 more.
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38
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A bit less aggression please!
It is hardly a question of translating here, but of finding something that a judge in an English court room might say in this situation.
Being "ettrig" isn't necessarily being poisonous, but sharp and aggressive, even if "etter" literally is snake poison.
Being "ettrig" isn't necessarily being poisonous, but sharp and aggressive, even if "etter" literally is snake poison.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
1 hr
stop spitting venom
I'm pretty sure of the meaning (see references) but can't think of a translation that I really like. This one is quite close though to the Swedish
+1
6 hrs
Anders Ericsson
Sweden
Sweden
Native in Swedish
Specializes in field
Sweden
20 years smoking translations that bite
Native in: Swedish 
Works in: English to Swedish, Swedish to English, Danish to Swedish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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12
Cut down (or hold back) a bit on the vitriol
"etter" is literally poison, especially the kind of snakes (or mythological dragons). So it is used figuratively in the sense of something being sharp, hateful and acidic in speech.
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