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Translation - Svedski-Engleski - om du kysste mina läppar,

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Category Poetry - LJubav / Prijateljstvo

Title
om du kysste mina läppar,
Text
Submitted by killbarbie
Source language: Svedski

om du kysste mina läppar, jag fick vara i din varma famn. och du viskar i mitt öra: jag älskar dig. då skulle jag vara den lyckligaste flickan på jorden. jag kan inte vara lycklig nu, vet du varför? jo, för du kysser en annan tjej. du har en annan tjej i din famn, och du viskar i tjejens öra: jag älskar dig.

Title
if you kissed my lips
Translation
Engleski

Translated by lenab
Target language: Engleski

If you kissed my lips, I could be in your warm embrace and if you whispered in my ear: I love you, then I'd be the happiest girl on earth. I can not be happy now. Do you know why? Well, you are kissing another girl. You have another girl in your arms and you whisper in that girl's ear: I love you.
Validated by lilian canale - 18 July 2008 15:52





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18 July 2008 15:01

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Hi lenab,

This is very good, I'd just use "you would whisper in my ear" and "another" as a sole word.

What do you think?

I guess we won't even need a poll for I can see the meaning is perfectly correct (despite my still poor Swedish )

18 July 2008 15:13

lenab
Number of messages: 1084
Yes, I guess you're right. I separated another to have som stress on the "other", but that might not be needed.
In Swedish the "viskar" is in present tense, but I Think I've learned that the past tense conditional should be matched with an imperfect. Do you think I should have "would" ?

18 July 2008 15:25

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Exactly! You've learned it right, now we have to use it correctly.
In a conditional sentence, you should use the combination: If + Simple past + Conditional.
That's why I asked you a conditional form for "whisper".

If you kissed my lips, I could be in your warm embrace and you would whisper in my ear: I love you. Then,

Do you agree?

18 July 2008 15:36

lenab
Number of messages: 1084
Well, I'd say : If you kissed me, I could be in[...] and you wispered, then I would be.... What do you say?

18 July 2008 15:45

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
I'm sorry lenab, I'd say that's wrong in English.
For using it that way you should have a second conditional sentence, but in Swedish you don't.

It should be:

If you kissed my lips, I could be in your warm embrace and if you whispered in my ear: I love you, then I'd be the happiest girl on earth.

See what I mean?
That would be the ideal construction, but it's a little different from the original.


18 July 2008 15:45

lenab
Number of messages: 1084
Don't you think there are three things going with thw "if" here? If they all three are fullfilled, she would be the happiest girl...That's how I interpret it. Is it wrong, do you think?

18 July 2008 15:46

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Please read again my post above, I've edited it to make myself understood better.

18 July 2008 15:48

lenab
Number of messages: 1084
Ok, then I agree!! I just didn't dare do that change. Thanks!

18 July 2008 15:51

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Now you got it!