Translation - English-Arabic - Please think "I want to be happy."Current status Translation
Category Free writing | Please think "I want to be happy." | |
Please wish for happiness | Remarks about the translation | Romanized: "Shiawase ga aritai to omoi-nasai" First off, this is incorrect Japanese, and was not produced by a native speaker. I asked my friend (a fellow university professor, and a native Japanese) if this was possible in Japanese in any conceivable situation and he said definitely not. Some possibilities for correcting it are as follows: Shiawase DE ITAI to omoinasai Shiawase NI NARITAI to omoinasai Shiawase GA ATTE HOSHII to omoinasai In the same order, they would be translated as: Please think "I want to be (as) happy (as I am now)." Please think "I want to be happy (in the future)." Please wish for happiness. (lit: Please think "I wish there were happiness.") Cultural note: the "omoi-nasai"-style imperative form of the verb (lit: "deign to think") is kind of "between" our command form "Think..." and request form "Please think.." A straight-up command form in Japanese would be "...to omotte" (= "Think...") and a softer request would be "...to omotte kudasai" (= "Please think...") Because the "omoi-nasai" is between them, it could be translated either as a "rough request" or a "soft command," depending on the context... It's interesting to note that it's often the preferred command form for women; with men usually preferring to use the "rougher" command forms... That's probably more than anyone cares to know, but... :) For what it's worth... |
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| رجاءا Ùكّر "أريد أن أكون سعيدا." | | Target language: Arabic
رجاءأ تمنّ للسّعادة |
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Last validated or edited by marhaban - 13 May 2008 11:09
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