upprev sinnena

English translation: caused/created a great stir, caused great excitement

13:14 Oct 20, 2016
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
History
Swedish term or phrase: upprev sinnena
In an essay on the history of the Swedish Act on Freedom of the Press (Tryckfrihetsförordningen), specifically the 1809 version. The phrase appears as follows:

Utskottet föreslog därför begränsningar rörande yttranden om främmande makt i periodisk press - det rörde dagsaktualiteter och upprev sinnena.

I can't tell if it's late in the day and therefore just me, but the sentence makes only limited sense and 'upprev sinnena' doesn't seem to fit at all.
Jeff Skinner
Sweden
Local time: 01:42
English translation:caused/created a great stir, caused great excitement
Explanation:
unless I have totally misunderstood
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Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 00:42
Grading comment
This worked very well in the context. Thank you!
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Summary of answers provided
1 +4caused/created a great stir, caused great excitement
Diarmuid Kennan
4 +1upset the minds (of the people)
Leif Ohman


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +4
caused/created a great stir, caused great excitement


Explanation:
unless I have totally misunderstood

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 00:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
This worked very well in the context. Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christopher Schröder
5 hrs

agree  Anna Herbst: You have understood it correctly, but I would not use "excitement" in this case as it connotes something positive, and this is clearly the opposite.
12 hrs
  -> Thanks Anna, although its subjective whether or not excitement is something positive. Nowadays we crave excitement as a form of entertainment, but that was not the case previously. I'm reminded of the Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times" :o)

agree  Michael Ellis: Also agree Anna's gloss.
19 hrs

agree  LilianNekipelov: unrest, upheaval as well.
1 day 21 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
upset the minds (of the people)


Explanation:
With the fate of Sweden that year hanging in the balance like never before or since, proposals to limit people's right to express themselves would rather naturally make people upset.

When a country loses as much as one third of its surface area and a quarter of its population, maybe some people want to talk about it. Even if, as I suspect, this was some months before this actually happened, while there was still the question if Sweden could hold back both Napoleon in the south and Alexander in the east.

There seems to have been a difference of opinion between the king and the army about that, to say nothing about everybody else.


Leif Ohman
United States
Local time: 17:42
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  George Hopkins
42 mins
  -> Thanks, George!
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