Ohlmarxisten skrev:
"Ack" är förvisso betydligt bättre än "åhå", men jag tycker "ack" passar bättre i mer lågmälda och "suckande" sammanhang, i linje med Svensk ordboks förklaring: "sorgligt att säga såsom uttr. för sinnesrörelse, ofta lättare vemod". Ett ensamt "ack" passar därför inte lika bra i det här fallet som i vissa andra, tycker jag. Men "Ack! utropade" är naturligtvis korrekt svenska och det går säkert att belägga.
Det är lustigt att du säger det, för min spontana reaktion är snarare tvärtom: att "ack" passar bäst just när det handlar om utrop och lite sämre i mer lågmälda sammanhang. Men detta är som sagt en rent spontan reaktion, inte underbyggd av ordböcker eller liknande. Här är några exempel på
alas där jag kanske inte hade valt "ack" som översättning. (Jag har inte orkat kolla vad Andersson eller Ohlmarks valde.)
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'There are evil things written on this hilt,' he said; 'though maybe your eyes cannot see them. Keep it, Aragorn, till we reach the house of Elrond! But be wary, and handle it as little as you may! Alas! the wounds of this weapon are beyond my skill to heal. I will do what I can - but all the more do I urge you now to go on without rest.'
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`From the first my heart misgave me, against all reason that I knew,' said Gandalf, `and I desired to know how this thing came to Gollum, and how long he had possessed it. So I set a watch for him, guessing that he would ere long come forth from his darkness to seek for his treasure. He came, but he escaped and was not found. And then alas! I let the matter rest, watching and waiting only, as we have too often done.
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`This is grievous news concerning Saruman,' he said; `for we trusted him and he is deep in all our counsels. It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill. But such falls and betrayals, alas, have happened before.
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'Alas, no,' said Elrond. 'We cannot use the Ruling Ring. That we now know too well. It belongs to Sauron and was made by him alone, and is altogether evil.
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'They are made of hithlain,' said the Elf, 'but there is no time now to instruct you in the art of their making. Had we known that this craft delighted you, we could have taught you much. But now alas! unless you should at some time return hither, you must be content with our gift. May it serve you well!'