John on morning talk show

[bore]

I did notice that John said something that included the word "Jävla" that set them both to laughing.

You actually sat down and watched an interview in a language you don't understand!?

Well, I will be off to work now and will probably not post more translations for at least 12h.
Meanwhile; here are a few more lines. No timestamps yet, you will have to figure out where they belong by yourselves.

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JAL: Men i och med att filmernas slut inte är lika öppet så ville jag ändå ge min version utav vad som händer de här två efteråt.
03:02 But in that the movies endings aren't as open
03:05 I wanted to give my version of
03:08 what happens to these two afterwards anyway.

OL: Just det.
03:10 Quite so.

OL: Och då undrar jag så här; Låt Dom Gamla Drömmarna Dö, altså, är det, syftar du då bara på, eh, så att säga
And then I ask like this: Let The Old Dreams Die, anyway, is that, do you only aim for, eh, so to speak,

OL: fortsättningen på Låt Den Rätte Komma In eller finns det liksom någonting annat i den titeln?
the continuation of Let the Right One In or is there anything else about that title?

OL: Alltså är det fler drömmar man skall lämna bakom sig och hitta nya eller?
Are there more dreams one should leave behind and find new ones?

JAL: Ja, alltså nu har ju novellen blivit sk.. det är ju egentligen Let the Right One in det är ju en sång utav Morrissey
Well, since the story now have been wr.. the thing is that Let the Right One in is a song by Morrissey

JAL: och i den sången så är nästa rad "Let the right one in - Let the old dreams die", det är ju nästa rad i sången,
And in that song the next line is "Let the right one in - Let the old dreams die", that is the next line in the song.

JAL: Men sedan är det ju dessutom en passande titel på en sådan här textsamling tycker jag
But then it is also av very suitable name for a text collection like this I think

JAL: därför att det handlar väldigt mycket om att det här är drömmar eller bilder som jag har haft någon gång
because it is very much about all these dreams or images that I have had at some time

JAL: och nu samlar jag dem och så får dom dö och vara ifred och borta.
and now I gather those so that they may die and be left alone and be gone.

JAL: Och sedan så är det ju den här berättelsen då som egentligen inte handlar om Eli och Oskar då utan som handlar om ett annat kärlekspar,
And then there is this story that not really is about Eli and Oskar but rather deals with another couple,

JAL: ett äldre kärlekspar i blackeberg men som har en relation till Oskar och Eli vilket gör att man får veta vad som händer med dem.
An older couple in Blackeberg, but that has a relation to Oskar and Eli which allows you to get to know what happens with them.

JAL: Deras historia blir den repliken väldigt relevant i, att lägga det gamla bakom sig, hitta på annat.
That line becomes very relevant in their story, to leave the old behind, find something else.

[a_contemplative_life]

I like how he talks about the notion of writing as a device by which a bunch of ideas become ossified onto a page and thereby, in a sense, 'die.' This is very true. It's sort of like pinning a butterfly.

[covenant6452]

I just think it is incredibly cool to know our appreciation of JAL's works is appreciated.

[Struan]

You actually sat down and watched an interview in a language you don't understand!?

Dude. We eat Swedish interviews for breakfast around here.
I remember watching the whole Guldbagge awards ceremony. JAL wasn't there but it was worth it for the occasional shot of the kids, Per, and then Tomas got an award. Everything was mostly inintelligible, but fun.

Seriously, many thanks for the trouble you took with the transcription and translation.

[bore]

I didn't really feel like translating stuff tonight, but here are a few more lines.

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JAL: Deras historia blir den repliken väldigt relevant i, att lägga det gamla bakom sig, hitta på annat.
That line becomes very relevant in their story, to leave the old behind, find something else.

OL: Jag tyckte i och för sig att det var fantastiskt just att det hängde ihop i låten och att det passade så väldigt bra,
I thought that it in itself was great, that it coincided with the song and that it fit so very well.

OL: alltså som boktitel och en fortsättning på Låt Den Rätte Komma, alltså det är som att det liksom var menat så.
That is as a title for a book and as a sequel to Let The Right One In, it is like it was ment to be like that.

OL: Det tyckte jag var lite spännande.
I thought it was a bit exciting.

JAL: Det tyckte jag med. Och just det! sedan har jag sett människor som citerat den här Let the Right One In och det här,
I thought so too. And while we are at it! I have seen people quote this Let the Right One In and that,

JAL: och den biten av citat hade jag aldrig uppfattat, uhm, "Let the right one in - Let the old dreams die" - blaha blaha, och sedan när slutet kommer;
and the part of the quote that I never thought of, uhm, "Let the right one in - Let the old dreams die" yadda yadda, and then at the end;

JAL: "And when at last it does I'd say you were within you rights to bite the right one saying; what kept you so long?"
"And when at last it does I'd say you were within you rights to bite the right one saying; what kept you so long?"

JAL: och den textraden hade jag lyckligtvis missat annars hade jag säkert citerat och det hade varit ganska töntigt.
and this line I had luckily overlooked, otherwise I would surely have quoted it and that would have been pretty corny.

OL: Hahahaha
Hahahaha

OL: Det är roligt att du säger att det är töntigt för att du behandlar det ämnet lite grand i boken att när man
It is funny that you say that it is corny because you do touch that subject a bit in the book, that when you

OL: blir svulstig så är det lätt att bli töntig men man måste vara det för att beskriva vissa skeenden och sådär.
get bombastic it very easily transcends into corny, but that you have to be that to describe certain occurances and such.

JAL: Ja just det, man måste balansera lite på gränsen till det larviga.
Yes, exactly, one has to balance a bit on the edge to the silly.

JAL: Jag menar med den här typen av berättelser det är alltid den riskan man löper, man tar till den här typen av stor.. som i mänsk..
I mean with this kind of story it is always a risk you take, one uses this kind of epic like in harb...

JAL: min förrförra bok människohamn där det är ett väldigt storslaget monster som kommer på slutet och en del tycker då att det här är för mycket.
My second last book Harbour where there is a very epic monster that shows up at the end and some people think that it is too much.

JAL: Men för mig är det så.. Jag gillar det, det skall inte vara någon sådanhär intrapsykologisk förklaring,
But for me it is like that.. I like it that way, there should not be any intra-psychological explanation,

JAL: det skall verkligen vara ett stort jävla monster ibland som kommer.
sometimes there should really be a huge fucking monster that shows up.

OL: Det behöver inte vara svårare än så?
It does not have to be more complicated than that?

JAL: Det behöver inte vara svårare än så nej.
It does not have to be more complicated than that, no.

OL: Jag gjorde en jämförelse eller någon parallel, rent verbalt bara någon gång när jag skulle beskriva dig så sade jag såhär
I did a comparsion or some parallell, just verbally once when I was going to describe you I sad like this:

OL: att det är litteraturens motsvariget till musikens Håkan Hellström.
That it is the litteratures version of the musics Håkan Hellström.

JAL: Ja?
Yes?

OL: Alltså sådär egen, unik, fast ändå väldigt väldigt populär. En kombination som ju är svår.
That is a bit odd, unique, but still very very popular. A combination that is quite tricky.

[DMt.]

Thank you for this work, bore.

[jonjon_z]

I have to add my thanks to bore for the translations and of course John Linqvist for mentioning our site. It's moments like this that make our efforts well worth it.

[bore]

I have to add my thanks to bore for the translations and of course John Linqvist for mentioning our site. It's moments like this that make our efforts well worth it.

Just wanted to step in and say that it is not done yet, it's just that I don't feel like spending a lot of time on it each day so it will take a few days until it's done.

[crazychristina]

Thanks bore, and have to say I love this place

Also have to agree with John - the intra-psychological bits should be in the writer's head, not in the heads of the characters.

[Purple Nights]

Thanks for this and thanks for the work bore. I cant wait for the American edition of LTODD, im considering getting the swedish version and try to translate it with google

Oh, by the way, i also want to use this post to say im still alive and i try to read the forum, at least once per month. (And every time i check it is as wonderful as always) My absolute lack of any input (if i ever did any) is due to an, agh, inhumanly busy schedule. But im having some kind of break this days so at least i'll try to post my gratefulness somewhere else