Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
vänskap utan skuggor
English translation:
unconditional friendship
Swedish term
vänskap utan skuggor
| 3 +2 | unconditional friendship |
Bianca Marsden-Day
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| 3 +2 | boundless friendship |
Charles Ek
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| 5 | an unclouded friendship |
Åsa Schoening
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| 4 | blemishless friendship |
rajagopalan sampatkumar
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Non-PRO (1): Andrei Gitch (X)
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Expert translator (>EN) and proofreader
Native in: English 
Works in: Swedish to English, German to English, Italian to English, and 1 more.
unconditional friendship
United States
Your meaning, from your words and mine
Native in: English
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English, and 2 more.
boundless friendship
When all, with boundless friendship burn, The golden ages will return.
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Andrei Gitch (X)
: http://www.boundless.org/ VV kolla!+ Boundless in the English language means utan gränsen. Skugga betyder shadow. It is just wrong translation and the web page is the example of the usage of the word you have offered.
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A literal translation of "utan skuggor" makes no sense in English here. "Boundless friendship" includes (to me) an implication of happiness to be in the company of the other person. It therefore conveys a meaning in keeping with the spirit of the source.
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egj_translation
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Tack!
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trsk2000 (X)
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Thanks!
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rajagopalan sampatkumar
: 'boundless' can refer to the extent, but the source text refers to the quality of the friendship
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The extent of a friendship is a very important parameter in measuring its quality. :-)
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Deane Goltermann
: Getting into this late, but will just back you up in taking this suggestion--a good stylistic usage. There are others, but they can be saved for next time.
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Tack!
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Switzerland
30 years in legal, commercial and social
Native in: English
Works in: Danish to English, Norwegian to English, Swedish to English, and 2 more.
blemishless friendship
United States
Specializing in Intellectual Property
Native in: Swedish
Works in: Swedish to English, English to Swedish
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