ដំណើរផ្សងព្រេងដ៏អស្ចារ្យរបស់នីលស៍-និងហ្វូងក្ងានព្រៃ [The Great Adventures of Nils and the Wild Geese, translation]
by & Phoeurng Sackona
- Author
- Phoeurng Sackona
- Publisher
- Sok Heng printing house
- Published
- 2017
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- Khmer
- ISBN
- 978-99249-20-30-4
- Formats
- ADB Physical Library, paperback
Khmer translation of the Russian edition of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils [Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige], a popular children’s book written by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf (20 Nov. 1858, Mårbacka, Sweden – 16 March 1940, Mårbacka, Sweden), the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1909), and the first woman to be granted a membership of the Swedish Academy (in 1914).
Nils Holgersson has been shrunk into a tiny elf as punishment for mistreating farm animals. Gaining the ability to talk to animals, he flies away on the back of a tame farm gander named Martin, joining a flock of wild geese led by the wise Akka of Kebnekaise on a long journey to Lapland.
Khmer presentation:
នីលស៍ជាក្មេងរប៉ិលរប៉ូច ចូលចិត្តធ្វើបាបសត្វគ្រប់ប្រភេទដែលវាជួបប្រទះ។ ទាំងសត្វស្រុក និងសត្វព្រៃសុទ្ធតែស្គាល់នីលស៍ថា ជាកំពូលក្មេងខូច។ ប៉ុន្តែថ្ងៃមួយ វាត្រូវបណ្តាសាម្រេញគង្វាលដែលធ្វើឱ្យវាក្លាយជាមនុស្សតូចប៉ុនសត្វចាប។
ចាប់ពីពេលនោះមក ជីវិតរបស់វាត្រូវរសាត់អណ្តែតចេញពីផ្ទះតាមហ្វូងគ្មានព្រៃ។ នៅក្នុងដំណើរផ្សងព្រេង នីលស៍បានឆ្លងកាត់តំបន់ជាច្រើន និងបានជួបគ្រោះថ្នាក់ ជាច្រើន។ នៅក្នុងជីវិតថ្មីនេះ វាត្រូវសម្របសម្រួលខ្លួនទៅតាមជីវិតថ្មីជាមួយហ្វូងបក្សី ពនេចរ។ ចរិតច្រឡោងខាមរបស់នីលស៍ក៏បានរលាយបាត់អស់។ វាបានក្លាយជា មនុស្សដែលក្លាហានក្នុងការប្រឈមឧបសគ្គ និងចេះជួយទុក្ខធុរៈគេឯងដែលធ្វើឱ្យ វាត្រលប់ទៅជាវីរបុរសមួយរូបរបស់ពពួកសត្វព្រៃ។
នីលស៍អាចជួយដោះស្រាយបញ្ហារបស់គេជាច្រើន ប៉ុន្តែ តើវាធ្វើដូចម្តេច ដើម្បី អាចរួចពីបណ្តាសាម្រេញគង្វាល និងក្លាយជាក្មេងធម្មតាវិញបាន?
[Nils is a mischievous boy who loves to hurt all kinds of animals he meets. Both the animals and the wild animals know Nils as the ultimate bad boy. But one day, he is cursed by a shepherd who makes him as small as a sparrow.
From then on, his life has been drifting away from home and wandering in the wild. In his adventure, Nils has passed through many areas and encountered many dangers. In this new life, he has to adapt to his new life with a flock of nomadic birds. Nils’s mischievous nature has also disappeared. He has become a brave person who can face obstacles and help others, making him a hero among the wild animals.
Nils can help solve many of their problems, but how can he escape the shepherd’s curse and become a normal child again?]
About the Author
About the Translator
Phoeurng Sackona
H.E. Phoeurng Sackona ភឿង សកុណា (8 Oct. 1959), Cambodia’s Minister of Culture and Fine Arts since 2013, has launched a vast program for the preservation of cultural heritage.
At an early age, Dr. Sackona lost her parents and three siblings during the Khmer Rouge régime. Resuming her studies in the 1980’s, she graduated with a MD in chemical engineering after being granted a scholarship in Russia, and later obtained a PhD in microbiology at University of Bourgogne, France. Fluent in several languages, she translated books from Russian and, in 2020, George Groslier’s 1913 seminal essay on Cambodian dance from French.
After serving a a teacher, deputy director and Director General of ITC (Institute of Technology of Cambodia), Dr. Phoeurng Sackona served as Secretary of State of the Ministry of Education between 2008 and 2013, when she was appointed Minister of Culture and Fine Arts.
In April 2022, Phoeurng Sackona published her translation into Khmer of Moura’s diary, De Phnom-Penh à Pursat en compagnie du Roi de Cambodge et de sa cour, relating a journey across Cambodian provinces and around the Tonle Sap Lake on elephants hosted by King Norodom Ier, in which Moura had been the only foreigner invited.
