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Translation - Portuguese brazilian-German - Hoje eu permiti que a saudade escorresse pelos...

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Title
Hoje eu permiti que a saudade escorresse pelos...
Text
Submitted by Metalloquita
Source language: Portuguese brazilian

Hoje eu permiti que a saudade escorresse pelos meus olhos.

Title
Nostalgie
Translation
German

Translated by Vesna J.
Target language: German

Heute ließ ich die Nostalgie aus meinen Augen fließen.
Validated by nevena-77 - 11 September 2012 14:23





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Message

4 September 2012 17:05

alexfatt
Number of messages: 1538
What about "Heute habe ich die Nostalgie aus meinen Augen fließen gelassen"?

4 September 2012 20:52

Mats Fondelius
Number of messages: 153
A suggestion: insted of "I let" - change it to "I allowed" due to both the word itself but even more so because of the Brazilian culture not to cry... Also, even though I can't put my finger on the exact word - "nostalgia" to me doesn't give me the feeling of "loss & yearning" as saudade implies.
Mats

4 September 2012 22:10

Lev van Pelt
Number of messages: 313
I agree with you with respect to both suggestions, Mats.
The problem with the second one is that "saudade" --as far as I know- has not a precise equivalent in any other language. It's a very exclusive Brazilian word (and rather more than a word… )

[Anyway, I'm afraid that we have missed the right page. This one is for the German translation ]

6 September 2012 17:05

Lev van Pelt
Number of messages: 313
Good proposal, Alex. But, then, we ought to correct also the Portuguese text (that IMHumbleOpinion is not "perfectly" written in "pretérito perfeito" ).
Not sure of it, of course (Lilian will tell): but if this were Catalan, "estaria errada en pretèrit perfecte [això segur!]"
"Vull dir --ja m'entens- que la traducció de Vesna J. resulta prou literal aquest cop. Jo la trobo OK."


6 September 2012 17:30

gamine
Number of messages: 4611
What about :'Heute lasse ich die Nostalgie fließt durch meinen Augen.'. Here it conveys the French translation.

6 September 2012 20:12

alexfatt
Number of messages: 1538
@Lev

I know that you learnt Portuguese from your wife, so you know better for sure... But I seem to remember that in Brazilian Portuguese it is very common to use forms such as "eu fiz" instead of "eu tenho feito" (a bit like American English, since you can hear "I just did" way more often than "I have just done" ).
Does this rule applies to German too? Are simple and compound preterite often interchangeable?


6 September 2012 22:09

Lev van Pelt
Number of messages: 313
@gamine

To you, Lene, I could say (and in fact, say) with respect to German more or less the same that I've just said to Alex with respect to Brazilian. Even if my story with German is completely different (and I will tell to you elsewhere )
Anyway, in this case..., well, I will think a bit more about your phrasing tomorrow. I’m too tired now.
Best regards!

6 September 2012 23:49

gamine
Number of messages: 4611
It was just a suggestion and a feeling, Lev. Don't work too hard ok and have a rest.
Best regards.

8 September 2012 09:34

Vesna J.
Number of messages: 50
Alex, in German it´s usual to say "Ich habe fließen lassen" (not "...gelassen) or "Ich ließ fließen."
Best regards,
Vesna

8 September 2012 12:36

alexfatt
Number of messages: 1538
Ok, thanks! It's nice to get a reply sometimes