Feb 10, 2005 15:43
19 yrs ago
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German term
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Venezuelan)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
am liebsten
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Danke Dir und YYY sehr fuer das reizende Bild von ZZZ. Mrs XXX hat es in meinem Zimmer gesehen und hat gleich solche Sehnsucht nach ihm bekommen, dass sie **am liebsten** nach London gefahren waere, ihn besuchen.
Proposed translations
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would have loved to have gone to London
... she would have loved to have gone to London.
i.e. she felt such a longing for ZZZ that she felt like going to London to vist (him) right away.
i.e. she felt such a longing for ZZZ that she felt like going to London to vist (him) right away.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Danke!"
+3
5 mins
would have loved
she would have loved to drive/travel/go to London to visit him
Peer comment(s):
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vtrotter
3 mins
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| agree |
Amy Billing
: but: would have loved to have gone... rather than "to go"
33 mins
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Shane London
: Yes "would have loved to have gone"
5 hrs
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+2
6 mins
Andras Malatinszky
Native in: Hungarian 
Works in: Hungarian to English, English to Hungarian, German to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
she wishes she could
...that she wishes she could go to London...
Peer comment(s):
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Nick Somers (X)
: "wished she could have" in this case
1 min
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| agree |
Friderike Butler
1 min
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Francis Lee (X)
: you at least need the correct tense for a 5-star confidence rating ;-)
6 hrs
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+2
7 mins
she was dying to (jump in her car and) go off to London
OK - the jumping in the car is extrapolation
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Note added at 2005-02-10 15:50:53 (GMT)
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given half a chance, she would have gone off to London
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Note added at 2005-02-10 15:50:53 (GMT)
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given half a chance, she would have gone off to London
Peer comment(s):
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mstkwasa
1 hr
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Francis Lee (X)
: with "given half a chance" (but not with "dying")
1 hr
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yeah - afterthoughts......
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+1
4 hrs
that she almost jumped into her car to drive to London and visit him
since this is more or less idiomatic, I wouldn't translate it literally (I don't think there is an equivalent).
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Marivlada (X)
: I like the suggestion!
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thank you
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6 hrs
she would ideally have gone to London
I think this manages to render the superlative element
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