[Easy Swedish News]Threats and violence against politicians are increasing

표소희 sohee pyo
Nov 7 · 2 min read

191106 Radio Sweden på lätt svenska

Hot och våld mot politiker ökar

Threats and violence against politicians are increasing

Publicerat onsdag 6 november

Many people receive threats on social media and email. Photo: Jessica Gow / TT

Hot och våld mot politiker ökar.
Threats and violence against politicians are increasing.

  • hot: threat
    våld: violence
    mot: against
    politiker: politicians
    ökar: increase, be increasing

Det visar en undersökning från Brottsförebyggande rådet, Brå.
It shows a study by the Crime Prevention Council, Brå.

  • visa: show
    undersökning: investigation, survey, study
    brott: crime
    förebyggande: prevent
    rådet: the council

I år har de ställt frågor till 8000 personer som är politiker.
This year they have asked 8,000 people who are politicians.

  • i år: this year
    ställa frågor: ask

Nästan en tredjedel svarade att de fick hot, våld eller trakasserier förra året.
Nearly a third responded that they received threats, violence or harassment last year.

  • nästan: nearly
    tredjedel: third
    svarade: responded
    fick: received
    trakasserier: harassment
    färra året: last year

Det är det högsta antalet någonsin.
It is the highest number ever.

  • högsta: highest
    antalet: the number
    någonsin: ever

En del vågar inte säga vad de vill om vissa frågor.
Some dare not say what they want about certain issues. (중간에 문장을 잘라서 매끄럽게 이어지질 않는데요..! 정치인들이 잦은 협박과 폭력 행위에 노출되면서 자신의 의견을 드러내길 무서워한다는 의미입니다.)

  • en del: some
    våga: dare
    säga: say
    vad: what
    vill: want
    om: about
    vissa: certain
    frågor: questions, issues

This News is a short summary and translation of ‘Radio Sweden på lätt svenska’ for people who are not good at Swedish. All rights reserved by Sverige Radio. The purpose of this post is to provide an Easy Swedish News for people who want to learn Swedish more or have trouble to understand Swedish. You cannot use this post for any other uses.

[Translated by]
Sohee Pyo (http://www.soheepyo.me)

[Original Post written by]
lattsvenska@sverigesradio.se

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