Tercüme - Türkçe-İngilizce - sana ne demeliyim bilmiyorum çünkü,sana olan...

Just one timy point: 'I love you dearly' doesn't sound as strongand passionate as the Dutch 'ontzettend veel' - but I don't really know what would be a better alternative. (Maybe just 'so dearly'?)
Otherwise a very good translation as always

What would you think of *I love you immensely*? Overigens vind ik onze "ontzettend"s en "hardstikke"s nogal gedevalueerd.
Maar even iets anders, I wonder what you think of my remark to the translation. Don't you think it's a wee bit strange for such a passionate lover to ask for only one day out of a thousand? I wonder if that's what the Turkish tekst says. Or am I just being paranoid?

'immensly' would capture it very well I think!

I think this one day is another melodramatic way to tell the listener about the extent of his passion

If he had the option to choose to live a thousand years, instead he would ask for one day with his beloved. I agree that is not quite what the Dutch text says; what I don't know is whether the translation is wrong here, or whether the Turkish original was written in an odd way.

Because I don't speak Turkish, I just set a poll for this translation and got only positive votes (although some people who voted tend to vote positive for any translation they see )

Hopefully, this English translation will attract some more 'critical' reviewers

Well, I've done my thing - a translation from Dutch - but I wonder if what he is saying in Turkish isn't rather something like "if my life COULD last a thousand years I would PREFER to be one day with you. Makes me think of that fado were the fadista first sings: "nas horas da nossa vida cada hora é um minuto ... mas o tempo é tão ruim, tem cada hora um segundo", then goes on: "deixa-te estar ao meu lado e não mais te vais embora, para meu coração coitado viver na vida uma hora"

Hi,
enough words ....>enough beautiful words in the world
If people would ask me what I want I would wish for YOU....>If people would ask me what I want as last will I would wish for YOU.

Hi Merdogan,
Thanks for your suggestions.
What do you think fits the nexts phrase better (I mean after SENÄ° isterdim )?
[1] if my life would last a thousand years I would want to be one whole day together with you.[2] if my life could last a thousand years I would prefer to be one day with you
Regards,
Guido

Hi Merdogan,
I'm just adding a cc as Guido has asked for your opinion. Thanks!

CC: merdogan

Hi,
Turkish text is not O.k in this line.
for me line (2] "if my life could last a thousand years I would prefer to be one day with you" is better.

It seems to me that what the author means is that if he could choose between having a long life (without her) or spend a single day with her, he would prefer the second.
Is that the idea?

CC: merdogan

Dear lilian
You are right it is the idea.

Well...I think it could be:

"If people would ask me what I want I would wish for YOU, my life could last a thousand years, yet I would prefer living just a single day as long as it's with you."

What do you guys think?


CC: merdogan

Why not as I suggested *if my life could last a thousand years I would prefer to be one day with you*? Shorter and conveys the meaning just as well, I think. Anyway, if you change it, I think you should take into account that I have been asked to translate from the Dutch. So better leave the text as it is and put the meaning of the Turkish text under "remarks", or the reverse. And thanks again, Merdogan, for your help.
Guido

Hi Lilian,
Thanks for editing my translation *you are the love of my life*.
I wonder if you would, just for the sake of clarity, edit the remark into : *The Dutch text says: " if my life would last a thousand years I would want to be one whole day together with you"*
Thanks again, Guido
CC: lilian canale

Hi Lein, according to Guido the Dutch text used "would" instead of "could" in that line. Is that correct in Dutch? in English should be a past tense that's why I edited the English with "could" (also "lasted" would be possible) in:
"if my life could last a thousand years I would want to be one whole day together with you."

Yes, it is correct, it just changes the meaning of the text which is what the whole discussion above was about. It seems 'would' is the correct translation from the Turkish text but I think we are concluding the writer meant 'could' so I will edit accordingly.