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Fra: Kristian Østberg [mailto:krostber@online.no]
Sendt: 6. oktober 2002 16:32
Til: O-ringen
Emne: 6 nøtter
Kjære O-ringere. Nå er jeg virkelig kommet ut og kjøre med en tekst som
gir seg ut for å være sakprosa, men for meg står som pure fiction. I John
Pilgers New Rulers of the World forekommer nedenstående. Jeg er så
uvitende om cricket at jeg har problemer, ikke bare med å finne norske
uttrykk, men også med å forstå teksten.
Først to avsnitt i sin helhet:
Eddie Gilbert is another forgotten name. In the 1930s, Eddie (australsk
innfødt) , a fast bowler (kaster med en hastiget på omkring 145 kmt – en
rask kaster, men jeg ser at det brukes uoversatt ihvertfall et sted på
nettet) , was given special permission to play outside the Queensland
reserve (reservat for innfødte) , in a white team. He took five wickets
(slo ut fem slagmenn) for sixtyfive runs (runs = antall løp fra fjerde til
gjerde (between wickets). Antagelig runs på norsk også) against the West
Indies. In 1931, he faced Donald Bradman (en australsk cricketer. Nettopp
utkommet med en selvbiografi om jeg husker riktig. Er omtrent nitti et eller
annet nå) , the world’s greatest batsman, and bowled him for a duck (slo
ham ut uten at han – Bradman – skåret poeng – runs altså). Bradman later
wrote, ‘He sent down in that period the fastest «bowling» (de raskeste
baller) I can remember … one delivery (en av dem slo balltreet ut av
hånden min ) knocked the bat out of my hand and I unhesitatingly class this
short burst (kort oppvisning) faster than anything seen from [Harold]
Larwood or anyone else. Historian Thom Blake wrote that ‘the occasion
demonstrated that the black could triumph over white. Living on the
settlement, inmates were constantly reminded of their inferior status as
blacks … Bradman’s dismissal (dismissal – utvisning; i overført
betydning, han ble slått ut) gave inmates (reservat befolkningen) a sense
of hope and pride [which] countered the usual stereotypes of Aborigines as
lazy, useless primitives.’
On November 11, 1936, the Secretary of the Queensland Cricket Association
wrote to the Protector of Aborigines, ‘The matter of Eddie Gilbert has been
fully discussed by my executive committee and it was decided, with your
concurrence, to arrange for Gilbert to return to the settlement … With
regard to the cricketing clothes bought for Gilbert, it is asked that
arrangements be made for these to be laundered, and delivery of the
laundered clothes to be made to this office.’ His cricketing whites (spille
uniform eller klær) were duly collected by the Fish Steam Laundry on
November 16, 1936. Thus they solved the problem of a remarkable sportsman
who dared to be too good for his own good.
Så kommer godbitene, delvis med forslag til norsk:
Eddie, a fast bowler
Eddie, en rask kaster
He took five wickets for sixtyfive runs against the West Indies
Han tok fire gjerder i femogseksti omganger mot Vest-India
In 1931, he faced Donald Bradman, the world’s greatest batsman, and bowled
him for a duck.
I 1931 sto han overfor Donald Bradman, verdens største slagmann, og kastet
ham for null poeng.
He sent down in that period the fastest «bowling» I can remember
????
one delivery knocked the bat out of my hand and I unhesitatingly class
this short burst faster than anything seen
Bradman’s dismissal gave inmates a sense of hope and pride
????? (Jeg har sjekket Internett og Encyclopaedia Britannica, men denne
avskjedigelsen/avvisningen finner jeg ikke noe om, kanskje like bra å
overlate problemet til den norske leseren?)
Kristian