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is set in a passive voice in the Swedish translation , probably to avoid mentioning the Germans : “[ s ] edan bombarderades London ” ( 17 ). Another , very tart , remark about the Germans is also toned down in the Swedish target text . A character tells Cherry : “[ ... ] I have no daughter�thanks to the Germans ” ( 84 ), which is quite literally translated into Norwegian as “[ ... ] jeg har ingen datter ... takket være tyskerne ” ( 64 ), whereas the Swedish translator has chosen to phrase it more neutrally : “[ ... ] jag har ingen dotter , för krigets skull ” ( 57 ) (“ I have no daughter , because of the war ”). Once again , the Swedish target text provides a more neutral description of events .
In Flight Nurse , the enemy is Germany , whereas in Army Nurse and Chief Nurse , it is Japan . Passages where the Japanese are named as the enemies have not been omitted or made less explicit in either target text . A very clear example of this appears in Chief Nurse , where Japanese bombers attack the island where Cherry ’ s temporary hospital is located . This attack makes Cherry furious . She thinks of the attackers : “ The beasts , inhuman killers ” ( 152 ), which is literally translated as “ Disse umenneskelige morderne ” ( 132 ) in Norwegian , and “ Odjur , omänskliga mördare ” ( 118 ) in Swedish . However , the parts where the Germans are referred to in negative terms are sometimes omitted or rendered less explicit in the Swedish translations , as shown above . It is possible that this strategy is used in order to avoid perpetuating a grudge against the Germans after the war or transferring any lingering animosity to coming generations , who had not experienced the war . This would not benefit European peace . It is as if the translator has adopted Cherry ’ s own creed of forgiving and seeing the best in people as guidelines for how to translate the text . The Japanese participation in the war , however , was quite distant for the Scandinavians , and naming Japan as the enemy would not be so great a risk as naming the Germans .
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