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Translation - Brasiliaanse Portugees-Latyn - Que minha vida seja guiada pela fé e ...

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Que minha vida seja guiada pela fé e ...
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Submitted by Karla Patrícia
Source language: Brasiliaanse Portugees

Que minha vida seja guiada pela fé e pelo amore em Cristo.

Title
Vita mea a fide et caritate in Christo...
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Latyn

Translated by Aneta B.
Target language: Latyn

Utinam vita mea fide et caritate in Christo agi possit
Laaste geakkrediteerde redigering deur chronotribe - 28 May 2009 14:41





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27 May 2009 19:41

chronotribe
Number of messages: 119
Why "potestne"? (-ne only for a question after 2nd word in sentence; here, a wish, subjunctive is required, with (optional) "utinam" in order to insist.)
Besides, here "ab" isn't necessary (fides and caritas are inanimate) unless you want to personify them.

27 May 2009 19:51

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
Isn't it a question? English version looks like it is...

28 May 2009 13:31

chronotribe
Number of messages: 119
This indeed is a wish (attainable) = "un souhait réalisable". I understand your perplexity: its cause is probably that there is an inversion in the English sentence: "may my life be..." But if it were a question, there were "is my life guided..." or "can my life be..." and a question-mark. The original Portuguese sentence begins with a "Que" and the verb is in subjunctive mood "seja" (It. "sia", Fr. "soit", these indicate it's a wish like in a prayer. In French, both of these constructions can be used: Que ma vie soit guidée par ma foi et mon amour en Jésus-Christ!
Puisse ma vie être guidée, etc.
In a way (I'm not sure of it) MAY stands here in English for subjunctive. Perhaps in old times, it could have been : Be my life guided...
How would this be expressed in Polish (subjunctive?)?

Last thing: you've put "posset" in imperfect subjunctive. It implies that wish is unattainable (hence a regret). It needs present subjunctive to indicate life *can* be guided..., despise the "peccatum originale"! Otherwise we're in heresy...

28 May 2009 18:12

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
I do not know Portuguese, so thanks for checking it. "How would this be expressed in Polish?" In Polish language there isn't subjunctve. There is only imperative. In this sentence we should use imperative for 3rd person (special form) with "niech". Although it is imperative it expresses a wish, not an order. It would be "Niech moje życie będzie prowadzone". I really like discussing with you grammatical issues:-)