War , Patriotism , and Nationality in the Nor wegian and Swedish Translations of Cherry Ames
if looking into a future where his or her political agenda has been effectuated and led to a better world . Cherry ’ s attire and posture display an American patriotism that is retained in the Swedish interpretation of the original cover image .
As regards the Norwegian cover illustration , Cherry ’ s posture is much less patriotic and determined . In fact , the patriotic determination has been replaced by a romantic theme . Cherry ’ s head and gaze are still depicted in semi-profile and she is still looking slightly upward , but she is looking into the eyes of a man , most likely the pilot Captain Cooper , who plays a major role in the novel . Her gaze can therefore be more interpreted as one of admiration rather than determination and idealism . The patriotic theme has simply been replaced by a romantic one , by introducing a man into the original picture . This may have been a measure taken by the publisher to make the book more appealing to young girls in the 1950s , for whom the war theme was possibly not particularly enticing . However , romance is only an occasional theme in the Cherry Ames series , and the Norwegian publisher has chosen to highlight a part of the plot that has a rather peripheral position in the novel . It should be mentioned , though , that Cherry Ames , Flight Nurse , is one of the earlier books in the series and the publisher could not know that highlighting the romantic aspect of the Cherry series would be misleading , since they did not know how the complete Cherry series would turn out . It could also be mentioned that a later book in the series , Cherry Ames at Spencer ( 1949 ), was translated with the title Cherry og drømmeprinsen , literally “ Cherry and the Dream Prince ,” also foregrounding a romantic theme which actually has a rather peripheral role in the plot . It is highly probable that also this choice was a measure to make the novels more appealing to young female readers .
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