Fluent Fiction - Swedish

Building Strength Through Assembly: Sven's Bookshelf Journey


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Fluent Fiction - Swedish: Building Strength Through Assembly: Sven's Bookshelf Journey
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Story Transcript:

Sv: Den långa skuggan från stadens silhuett sträckte sig ut över Stockholm som det sista kvällsljuset sakta försvann bortom horisonten.
En: The long shadow from the city's silhouette stretched out over Stockholm as the last evening light slowly disappeared beyond the horizon.

Sv: I en trång lägenhet på Södermalm, satt Sven, en stor, stark man med tjockt, rött skägg.
En: In a cramped apartment in Södermalm, Sven, a big, strong man with a thick, red beard, sat.

Sv: Han skruvade upp ögonbrynen och stirrade på den stora kartong han just dragit in.
En: He raised his eyebrows and stared at the large box he had just dragged in.

Sv: På lådan stod det tydligt 'IKEA'.
En: The box clearly said 'IKEA'.

Sv: Sven satt ensam i sin nya lägenhet, som mer liknade en tom teater än ett hem.
En: Sven sat alone in his new apartment, which resembled more of an empty theater than a home.

Sv: Han insåg att han behövde mer än bara en säng och ett köksbord för att fylla ut den stora ytan.
En: He realized that he needed more than just a bed and a dining table to fill the large space.

Sv: Med en spänstig fart packade han upp kartongen och fram framme på golvet låg de spretiga bitarna av vad som skulle bli hans nya bokhylla.
En: With agile speed, he unpacked the box and the scattered pieces lay on the floor, which would become his new bookshelf.

Sv: Han insåg att han inte fått med några instruktioner.
En: He realized that he hadn't received any instructions.

Sv: Men Sven var envis.
En: But Sven was stubborn.

Sv: Han bestämde sig för att klara sig utan.
En: He decided to manage without them.

Sv: Han började med att sortera alla bitarna efter storlek.
En: He began by sorting all the pieces by size.

Sv: Det gick trögt.
En: It was difficult.

Sv: Skruvarna fick han inte att passa, plankorna ville inte hålla ihop och hyllorna hängde löst.
En: He couldn't get the screws to fit, the planks wouldn't hold together, and the shelves hung loosely.

Sv: Sven svor tyst för sig själv, men vägrade ge upp.
En: Sven cursed silently to himself but refused to give up.

Sv: Dagarna gick och problemet växte bara större.
En: Days went by and the problem only grew bigger.

Sv: Bokhyllan fortsatte att trotsa Sven, som en gåta han inte kunde lösa.
En: The bookshelf continued to defy Sven, like an unsolvable puzzle.

Sv: Lägenheten var ett kaos.
En: The apartment was chaos.

Sv: De lösa bokhyllsdelarna hade intagit hela hans vardagsrum.
En: The loose parts had taken over his living room.

Sv: Till slut kom Sven på en finurlig idé.
En: Eventually, Sven came up with a clever idea.

Sv: Han tog med sig alla delar till sina vänners hus, en efter en.
En: He took all the parts to his friends' houses, one by one.

Sv: Han bad dem försöka pussla ihop bitarna, hoppas på att de skulle se en lösning han missat.
En: He asked them to try to piece the parts together, hoping they would see a solution he had missed.

Sv: Men de var precis lika vilsna som Sven.
En: But they were just as lost as Sven.

Sv: Då slog det honom.
En: Then it struck him.

Sv: Sven var rädd för instruktioner.
En: Sven was afraid of instructions.

Sv: Han hade alltid varit det.
En: He always had been.

Sv: Han förstod nu att han var rädd för att misslyckas, för att inte vara tillräcklig.
En: He now understood that he was afraid of failure, of not being good enough.

Sv: Men han var inte en man som gav upp.
En: But he wasn't a man who gave up.

Sv: Han gick tillbaka till IKEA, bad om instruktionerna och satt sedan hela natten och försökte pussla ihop sitt misslyckande.
En: He returned to IKEA, asked for the instructions, and then spent the whole night trying to piece together his failure.

Sv: När solen gick upp över Stockholm, såg Sven på sitt verk.
En: As the sun rose over Stockholm, Sven looked at his creation.

Sv: Där stod bokhyllan i all sin prakt, rak och stabil.
En: There stood the bookshelf in all its glory, straight and stable.

Sv: Sven var stolt över sig själv.
En: Sven was proud of himself.

Sv: Sven hade lärt sig en viktig läxa.
En: Sven had learned an important lesson.

Sv: Ibland behöver du en vägledning, en karta för att hitta rätt väg i livet.
En: Sometimes you need guidance, a map to find the right path in life.

Sv: Och det är okej att fråga om hjälp.
En: And it's okay to ask for help.

Sv: Det visar inte svaghet, utan styrka.
En: It doesn't show weakness but strength.

Sv: Kampen med bokhyllan hade varit hans strid, hans nederlag och slutligen, hans seger.
En: The battle with the bookshelf had been his struggle, his defeat, and finally, his victory.

Sv: Så där i gryningens ljus, med sin bokhylla, skrev han detta kapitel till sitt livs bok.
En: So there in the light of dawn, with his bookshelf, he wrote this chapter for his life's book.

Sv: En bok som skulle fylla just den där hyllan, i hans älskade Stockholm, staden under norrskenet.
En: A book that would fill that very shelf, in his beloved Stockholm, the city under the Northern Lights.


Vocabulary Words:
  • shadow: skugga
  • city's: stadens
  • silhouette: silhuett
  • Stockholm: Stockholm
  • evening: kväll
  • light: ljus
  • disappeared: försvann
  • horizon: horisont
  • cramped: trång
  • apartment: lägenhet
  • Södermalm: Södermalm
  • Sven: Sven
  • big: stor
  • strong: stark
  • man: man
  • thick: tjockt
  • red: rött
  • beard: skägg
  • box: kartong
  • IKEA: IKEA
  • home: hem
  • bed: säng
  • dining table: köksbord
  • fill: fylla
  • space: yta
  • unpack: packa upp
  • floor: golv
  • pieces: bitar
  • bookshelf: bokhylla
  • instructions: instruktioner
...more
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