Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

falsksång

English translation:

off-key singing

Added to glossary by David Rumsey
Mar 26, 2011 22:27
13 yrs ago
Swedish term

falsksång

Swedish to English Tech/Engineering Slang
En annan viktig förutsättning för den kommande explosionen var Latin Kings som med sin debut ”Välkommen till förorten” (1994) för första gången gjorde det kreddigt att rappa på svenska – trots nödrim och falsksång.

Fake singing or poor singing?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +6 off-key singing
4 out-of-tune singing

Proposed translations

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8 mins
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off-key singing

"Falsk" refers to singing the wrong notes.
Peer comment(s):

agree Michele Fauble
10 mins
Thanks, Michele! :)
agree Wordwind SWE
18 mins
Thank you!
agree trsk2000 (X) : or turn it round to "singing off-key"
53 mins
Thanks! I thought the noun phrase made more sense in that sentence, but it depends on how you structure the translation. Either one could work.
agree Viachaslau
56 mins
Thank you!
agree Anna Herbst
4 hrs
Thanks, Anna!
agree Sofia Gu
39 days
Thanks! :)
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39 days

out-of-tune singing

"Falsksång" refers to either singing the notes higher or lower than the true notes.
Example sentence:

Several investigators have commented that "out-of-tune singing" appears in different forms (for reviews, see Phillips 1984; Welch 1979a, b, 1985b).

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