"Min faster är en modern kvinna."
Translation:My aunt is a modern woman.
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I tried that, too, because of the other example that said "Rött är modernt i år," which they translated as "Red is fashionable this year." The thing is, people would understand what you mean with rött är modernt, but it is sort of a strange way to say it.
I don't think so. I'd say your aunt is "trendig", and a thing could also be "moderiktig".
I read it wrong the first time around and though it was "My father is a modern woman".
What Zmrzlina said, or what I often use: min ingifta faster, literally my aunt-in-law.
Nope, svär- indicates it's not your side of the family, but your spouse's.
No one would ever use it, but if you said "min svärfaster", everyone would (after a bit of confusion) understand it to mean your partner's father's sister or your partner's father's brother's wife.
A different example had me translate fasionable into Swedish as "modern", now going the other way it doesn't accept fashionable. I see others commented it's not the best word for fashionable, but wanted to point out the inconsistency.
What does this mean? I don't understand it when it's in English. Does it mean she's "with it" or "hip" or some other slang?
It could be, but it's usually a bit more nuanced than that. It's more synonymous with someone who is "contemporary," or "of the times." Like she could be someone who has a career and is up-to-date on technology but is not necessarily regarded as "hip," and doesn't do "cool" stuff.
Think about it like this, in what ways is someone a product of their time, and in what ways do they differ? As a counter example, a lot of trend-setting "hipsters" might not be considered modern because maybe like to use manual/old-timey means of production or self-sustenance, e.g., having chickens in the yard and, I don't know, making their own beer. "Hip," but not "modern." (This is, I realize, a very American version of "hip." Home-brewing might be totally common in other cultures and I wouldn't know. Here it is more likely to be an eccentric hobby.)
Faster is used for paternal aunt (your father's sister) and moster is for maternal aunt (your mother's sister).