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Non riesco a tradurre adeguatamente queste parole, potreste aiutarmi?
(La frasi in maiuscolo sono quelle che non riesco a tradurre)
1-"I took my love, I TOOK DOWN"
2-"I climbed a mountain, I turned around"
3-"And I sawe my reflection IN a snow covered hill"
4-"Till the landslide BROUGHT IT DOWN"
5-"Can the child in my heart RISE ABOVE?"
Nel verso 1 non riesco a tradurre "I TOOK DOWN".
VOi come lo tradurreste? E' giusto "l'ho abbattuto", riferito all'amore?
Il verso 2 l'ho tradotto cosi': "Ho scalato una montagna, mi sono girato".
E' giusto?
Nel verso 3 ho dei dubbi su quell' IN.
E' giusto tradurre con "ed ho visto il mio riflesso su una collina coperta
di neve"?
Perche' c'e'  "IN a hill" e non "ON a hill"?
Nel verso 4 non sono riuscita a tradurre correttamente "BROUGHT IT DOWN".
VOi come lo tradurreste?
Nel verso 5 non sono riuscito a tradurre RISE ABOVE.
Voi come lo tradurreste?
Grazie

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Voi come lo tradurreste?
Dipende... cosa c'è prima e dopo?
saluti,
Peltio

 Sembra che vengano da una canzone o sbaglio?
Dear Peltio,
Right, as always. The song is Landslide by Fleetwood Mac from their album
The Dance. ...sigh. Nostalgia and age....Time for a bolly I feel....
     > >1-"I took my love, I TOOK DOWN"
There's an 'it' missing and the line should read:
    I took my love, I took it down
    > >2- "I climbed a mountain, I turned around"
This line should read:
    Climbed a mountain and I turned around
    > >3-"And I saw my reflection IN a snow covered hill"
This one should be:
    And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
    > >5-"Can the child in my heart RISE ABOVE?"
Can the child within my heart rise above
Here are the complete lyrics :
I took my love, and I took it down,
Climbed a mountain and I turned around,
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills-
'til the landslide brought it down.
Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail thru the changin' ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
I don't know.....
well, I've been afraid of changin'
'cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
even children get older
and I'm getting older too.
Oh, take my love, take it down,
Climb a mountain and turn around
-and if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
well the landslide will bring it down
-and if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
well the landslide will bring it down
the landslide will bring it down
I leave the actual translation to others, but your interpretation seemed
accurate, especially since you don't know the song.
--
I remain, as always,
Bambi
dtb

 Dipende... cosa c'è prima e dopo?
Questo mi sembra il più facile: può il bambino
che è dentro il mio cuore innalzarsi al di sopra
(di tutto, della montagna, delle colline, ecc. - ma
anche degli affanni, delle difficoltà della vita, ecc.) ?...
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Er Roscio.

 The Dance. ...sigh. Nostalgia and age....Time for a bolly I feel....
Thanks for posting the full lyrics of the song.
But what is a bolly? Something quaint and charming, I presume.
Josef Kunz
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 But what is a bolly? Something quaint and charming, I presume.
Dear Josef,
Charming, it is for certain (and I am not alone in thinking this.) Quaint -
well perhaps that is relative.
In any event, bolly is an abbreviated form of Bollinger  (though doubtless I
have mis-spelt this as well, being infamous for my inability to put letters
in an order designated by others that they should appear) champagne...the
very essence of life in the undersigned's most humble opinion. "It sweetens
the breath, strengthens the gums and is very good for the sinuses", as an
ancient army ditty would have it.
You are welcome for the lyrics and I trust you will have a pleasant weekend,
and if at all possible, imbibe a glass or two of bolly to our good health.
--
I remain, as always, ecc., ecc.,
Bambi
dtb

 in an order designated by others that they should appear) champagne...
Ciao Bambi,
Thank you! I learnt something new today, and at my age, at that.
Got some other brand of bubble in the cellar and yes, I shall certainly
drink a glass to you, I mean to us.
Can't be the same Bollinger who invented the Bollinger Band, some kind
of statistical wizardry that I have never been able to fathom, nor do I
care to. At any rate, I prefer your Bollinger.
Regarding another message I just posted, before reading your
explanation of Bollinger, did I guess correctly the meaning of dtb? If
so, quite a sensible exhortation that is.
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 Josef Kunz
Dear Josef,
Regarding your earlier post, I have to say, alas, that  'dtb' does not in
fact stand for  'drink the bolly' but truly you deserve an honorary award
for conjecturing such. Therefore consider yourself Royally honoured.
Neither, I have to confess, had it occurred to me that it could stand for
such, given that I am great extoller of the many benefits a glass or two of
bolly can bring.
In any event dtb stands for de-tribalised Brit which is what the undersigned
considers herself to be.  British, but not having lived in Britain (the
tribe) for very  many moons (therefore 'de') and not regretting one little
bit.
I am pleased you approve of 'my' version of Bolly, and so let us agree to
leave the statistical wizardry of the Bollinger Band to those able and
willing to phantom its mysteries. Pleasurable tasks await us and they of
course, include a bolly, as it is now time for one and if not quite of the
Bollinger brand, I am sure your cellar will not disappoint.
Good health of course,
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 bit.
Dear Bambi,
To which fact, I surmise, may be ascribed your delightful -- or dare I
say poetic -- prose, something that seems to have gotten lost to most
of who remain stranded on the Island.
Salute!
Josef
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