

er mikill efna- og eðlisfræðingur, þótt hann sé aðeins 19 ára.
hann er að læra stjörnufræði.
hefur fundið upp ótrúlegustu hluti.
is almost infinitely creative.
knows
is a skilled chemist and physicist,
is
is also learning astronomy.
has
of
(Ath./Note: sound effects, (used in the TV-version of Tak):
When Tak is in his laboratory Hjalti, in the studio, close to the microphone, blows through a drinking straw into a glass of water making bubbles to make the appropriate lab sound effects.
(ath. is an abbreviation for: athugið (at-hugið); leik-hljóð; sjón-varps-út-send+ing; drykkjar-rör; efna-rann-sókna-stofa; vatns-glas; hljóð-nemi)
Tak‘s newest idea is a sweater which suits any kind of weather.
Tak has gotten sick and tired of washing his clothes. (allra-veðra-peysa (öll veður : all kinds of weater); hund-leiður)
aldrei.
verða menn hundóánægðir
hund-hitt.
ekki hundur.
does not understand “hund-leiður”. Dogs never need to wash their clothes, and besides he never gets sick nor tired.
is
as a prefix to emphasize the meaning.
does not refer to a dog, it means hundred, or very much.
smá hundasundsprett
ánni.
The Space-bitch and Spacey agree. (hund- is not dog; tíkar- is not the Space-bitch)
Most likely not a “hound”-anything. Just some 100 mix-up and misunderstanding
It is such fun to be space-dogs.
They decide to have a dog-swim in the river. On coming out of the water, the only thing they have to do is to shake themselves vigorously. The washing is done ! (geim-tík; al-veg; sam-mála; hund-fúll; tíkar+legur; eitt-hvert; á-hersla (áher(ð)sla); kann-ski(/-ske); mis-skiln+ingur; geim-hundur, á-kveða; hunda-sund-sprettur; upp úr)
Sneddí, sniðuga geimveran, heyrir á tal þeirra. Hún nemur hugsanir þeirra með hugsanalestrartækinu sem Tak er að þróa. -Það væri nú sneddí að vera loðinn og þurfa aldrei að fara í föt, segir hún við sjálfa sig.
the smart ET, overhears the dogs’ conversation,
detects their thoughts, using the thought-reading-device, which Tak is refining.
it not be smart, Smarty says to herself, to be furry and never need to take any clothes on.
Once when Tak visited the earthlings, the kids on Earth explained to him that they needed to own summer clothes to wear in summer, and winter clothes for winter-weather.
In some places, summer is warm and winter is cold.
The earthlings told Tak that they quite like this. (heim-sókn; jarðar-krakkar; sumar-föt; vetrar-föt; nefni+lega; sæmi+lega)
Tak er búinn að fá hugmynd: framleiða peysu, sem aldrei þarf að þvo og þolir öll veður, hæfir hvers konar veðráttu.
elaborates on his idea of making a single sweater, which should never need washing, would be suitable for all kinds of weather, be fit for any weather conditions.
of course it turned out to be an excellent idea.
Tak says:
-Maður sprautar þessum vökva á sig. Þegar hann þornar, myndar hann himnu sem einangrar gegn hita og kulda.
Svo þegar maður fer í sturtu þvæst hann af.
Og daginn eftir setur maður nýtt lag. Þetta er hreinasta snilld hjá mér.
You spray this liquid on the body. When the liquid dries, it becomes a foil that isolates from both heat and cold. Upon taking a shower, it washes off.
And the next day we spray on the body another layer of liquid.
This is a terrific invention, isn‘t it ?
ef maður lendir
regni? spyr Sneddí.
þú segir nokkuð.
hafði nú ekki
útí það mál.
But what if it rains? Smarty asks.
Well, that‘s quite a point. I didn‘t think about that.
The garment needs to be made of a material that is both light and thin, has to be waterproof and windproof, and never needs to be washed.
just happen to have here exactly the fabric which fulfills all of these requirements.
garment should be full-size to avoid wet feet. It would be good to have some kind of ventilation, and some heating, when needed.
best to put this on the interior of the fabric, and have some isolation between the fabric and cooling system.
Heating system functions. Cooling system functions. Looks promising.
It is a pity that these additions made the garment a bit heavier.
this material is light, comfortable, and sturdy.
This is a success. Good in the sunshine.
back starts itching and he cannot scratch his back.
ventilation is not good enough. That has to be fixed. And a deodorant would be a good idea.
Next phase of testing.
To begin with, everything looks promising. Everything functioning as expected.
Tak is definitely going to mass-produce (this revolutionary garment),and sell to everyone, especially to those who are getting sick and tired of washing clothes. (reynslu-ganga; fjölda-fram-leiða; leiðin+legt) reynsla from verb reyna (try, try s-th out)
one flaw now showed up:
sweater-for-any-type-of-weather is very heavy now, even if the material itself is very light, the extra gadgets make it heavy.
decides to go home and insert Helium into it.
auka-hlutir; á-kveða)
That he does. He inserts Helium in thin containers into the lining on this magnificent any-weather-garment.
It has to be admitted, of course, that the production cost of the all-weather-garment is higher than expected.
This is just how it is. Cost estimates for new inventions do not always stay within margins.
(þynnu-hólkar; inn
stór-kost+legur; allra-veðra-flík; viður-kenna; fram-leiðsla; upp-haf; upp-finning; kostn+aðar-á-ætlun)
að
með.
spyr nú Tak:
ekki vissara að taka akkeri með?
Still another test. Smarty and Spacey observe.
Smarty asks Tak: -Would it not be safer to take an anchor along ?