When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key of life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn't understand the assignment and I told them they didn't understand life.
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A friend of mine once showed this quote by (as far as I know) John Lennon, and I translated it into Dutch for her and she subsequently translated it into her language. As I sent the sentence to people from other countries, they also translated it and the resulting translations have fascinated me. I'd love to see the quote in the selected/requested languages. :-)
Thanks in advance for your translation!
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Da jeg var 5 år gammel fortalte min mor mig altid...
Da jeg var (5) fem år gammel fortalte min mor mig altid at nøglen til livet var lykke. Da jeg begyndte i skole spurgte de mig hvad jeg ville være når jeg blev voksen. Jeg skrev "lykkelig". De sagde at jeg ikke havde forstået opgaven og jeg svarede at de ikke forstod livet.