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Portuguese term
Portugal
Eager to show off the goods.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese
«Da minha língua vê-se o mar»
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Portuguese Literature
I'm having some issues with this. As you know (or may not know yet) «Da minha língua vê-se o mar" is a famous quote stated by a renowned Portuguese writer named Vergílio Ferreira, which was meant to describe our (as in Portuguese people) tendency towards the sea during a speech in 1991.
This expression appears as a title in an editorial of a magazine. Although I don't really want to translate this, I'm not sure if it would fit right in an English version as so.
Thus what I'm asking is if you think I should leave it in Portuguese (taking into account that an English native wouldn't understand it in its whole, not even with the help of context) or if I should just get a suitable translation for it.
If you've chosen the second one, I'm hoping you can help me find an equivalent expression in English for it.
Thank you in advance!
This expression appears as a title in an editorial of a magazine. Although I don't really want to translate this, I'm not sure if it would fit right in an English version as so.
Thus what I'm asking is if you think I should leave it in Portuguese (taking into account that an English native wouldn't understand it in its whole, not even with the help of context) or if I should just get a suitable translation for it.
If you've chosen the second one, I'm hoping you can help me find an equivalent expression in English for it.
Thank you in advance!
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Verginia Ophof
Belize
Belize
Native in English
Specializes in field
Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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87
from my country you can see the sea
I do, though. somehow agree with you to find a suitable archaic expression for this in English
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...from my Mother land one can see the sea
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...from my Mother land one can see the sea
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1 hr
Ligia Dias Costa
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Portugal
Translating with care
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: European/Portugal, Mozambican, Angolan, Brazilian, Cape Verdean) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 3 more.
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3
through my language, one can devise the sea
I would try to explain it, at least.
from my words, the sea is perceived
or something like that
from my words, the sea is perceived
or something like that
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Verginia Ophof
: yes, I think that is the imagery of the sentence
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rhandler
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Obrigada
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Henrique Magalhaes
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From my language, one can feel the sea
It is difficult to translate what one native portuguese speaker feel when one reads this words :)
so I would recomend to leave the title in Portuguese and a subtitle with a close translation
so I would recomend to leave the title in Portuguese and a subtitle with a close translation
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4 hrs
"The sea speaks my language"
Uma idéia.
Se a idéia que você quer passar é a de que o mar sempre atraiu e atrai os portugueses, creio que ela cai bem. Se o mar fala a sua língua, significa que você tem familiaridade com ele, que é teu amigo, que você está sempre com ele, algo assim.
Se a idéia que você quer passar é a de que o mar sempre atraiu e atrai os portugueses, creio que ela cai bem. Se o mar fala a sua língua, significa que você tem familiaridade com ele, que é teu amigo, que você está sempre com ele, algo assim.
15 hrs
mine is the language of the sea
I definitely think the translation should only be in parenthesis after the quotation.
My suggestion is an attempt to express the idea that the sea is inherent in the Portuguese language, although it moves away from the visual aspect.
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I see your problem Soraia. It's a very sticky one.
In that case I would go with the one that sounds most evocative to you and not be too hung up on exactness in the translation. It is the idea that matters most.
My suggestion is an attempt to express the idea that the sea is inherent in the Portuguese language, although it moves away from the visual aspect.
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I see your problem Soraia. It's a very sticky one.
In that case I would go with the one that sounds most evocative to you and not be too hung up on exactness in the translation. It is the idea that matters most.
Note from asker:
| But if I leave a translation in parenthesis after the quotation, the aesthetic aspect of the title (and the entire editorial page) will be ruined. That's my problem. If it were a sentence in the middle of the text, it wouldn't be such a problem. Thank you! |
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Daniela de Oliveira
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
Portugal
Media & Marketing translations
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
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4
My language has views to the sea
A tradução da minha tradução seria: "A minha língua tem vista para o mar". Nenhuma alteração semântica, apenas sintática - de adjunto averbial de lugar, o contexto de "língua" passa a ser aquele de sujeito.
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