"Hunden vender tilbage efter et år."

Translation: The dog returns after a year.

[chilvence]

.. only to find the owner had hid the ball behind his back

[LeoFib]

Why is this not "the dog turns around/back after one/a year"? In swedish "vänder tillbaka" is "turns around/back". When you turn around (vende rundt, vende om) you aren't back yet, you've just turned around in order to start your journey back!

[Gylej-Gulay]

"The dog turns back after a year" is not accepted. Does anyone know why? Mange tak!

[Richard446785]

Comes back is the sames returns. Grrr

[Kefir87]

Present simple sound weird in this sentence. Like the dog gets lost consantly and comes back after a year.

[goedjn]

Is there some nuance to either vender or tilbage that makes "the dog is going back" wrong?

[zaedane7]

the dog returns back after one year is correct

[rhhpk]

Not really - the "re" in return means again or back, so you're saying it twice. It's like saying "it's not nothing" when you mean it's not anything - you might hear a native English speaker say it, but not very often, and you wouldn't call it a correct translation.

[Martin_Petrera]

Would it be something like the dog comes (vender) back (tilbage)?

[EdwardThor2]

The dog returns in one year--better English but marked wrong.

[jamesworks75503]

I agree.

[SantiAnnd]

That could be the plot for a film

[KathyKarch]

It is! The movie is called Homeward Bound. It was a book, too, and it is based on a true story.

[Jack-key]

It sounds like "Hun vender tilbage efter en øl" :))