Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
dark horse candidate/dark horse winner
Swedish translation:
okänd förmåga / otippad segrare
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English term
dark horse candidate/dark horse winner
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A little known, unexpectedly successful entrant, as in You never can tell—some dark horse may come along and win a Senate seat. This metaphoric expression originally alluded to an unknown horse winning a race and was so used in a novel by Benjamin Disraeli ( The Young Duke, 1831). It soon began to be transferred to political candidates, among the first of whom was James K. Polk. He won the 1844 Democratic Presidential nomination on the eighth ballot and went on to win the election.
A little known, unexpectedly successful entrant, as in You never can tell—some dark horse may come along and win a Senate seat. This metaphoric expression originally alluded to an unknown horse winning a race and was so used in a novel by Benjamin Disraeli ( The Young Duke, 1831). It soon began to be transferred to political candidates, among the first of whom was James K. Polk. He won the 1844 Democratic Presidential nomination on the eighth ballot and went on to win the election.
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Brita Peters
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Brita Peters
Canada
Canada
Native in Swedish
Canada
Native in: Swedish (Variant: Rikssvenska) 
, French (Variant: Canadian)
Works in: Swedish to French, English to French
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okänd förmåga eller otippad segrare
Dark horse översätts så i Nordstedts engelska Pro. Verkar passa i sammanhanget.
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Comment: "Hade hoppats på någonting lika bildrikt som originalet, men det får duga..."
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