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...Alena...
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Hello my dear friends,
Could you help me and say if the sentences are correct: 1. "I �m living in the world just half alive" 2. "a song of pearl" 3. "I �ll conquer you from every minute by any manner" 4. "I �ll conquer you from all the others, from that the one" 5. "You �ll never be anyone �s husband" Thanks a lot! |
26 Mar 2010
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lshorton99
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Are these song lyrics or translations from an online translator?
The first one sort of makes sense and the last one is fine.
2 is a metaphor but not one I �ve ever heard. That doesn �t make it incorrect of course! Metaphors are fairly flexible.
3 and 4 don �t really make any sense that I can see!
Lindsey
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26 Mar 2010
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...Alena...
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Thanks a lot for your answer.�
The lines are taken from a poem. I wasn �t sure about my translation. |
27 Mar 2010
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lshorton99
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I think the problem with translating songs and poems is that they are so rarely literal that it makes the translators job much harder!
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27 Mar 2010
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lango
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Plus poems have �poetic licence � so they don �t have to be gramatically correct... just sound good! |
30 Mar 2010
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