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| Aquedita Triglot Senior Member Poland myspace.com/aqueda_v Joined 5826 days ago 154 posts - 164 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese Studies: Mandarin | Message 9 of 39 18 December 2008 at 6:57am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm not sure about this one, but is it Dante Alighieri? "Divine Comedy", right? I don't even know Italian :P
Just in case I would be right - here we go with the next puzzle: "Wszystkie szczęśliwe rodziny są do siebie podobne, każda nieszczęśliwa rodzina jest nieszczęśliwa na swój sposób" One of my favorite classic novels EVER! :) Edited by Aquedita on 18 December 2008 at 7:00am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5963 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 10 of 39 18 December 2008 at 7:04am | IP Logged | ||
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It's from the same source as,
"Abandon hope, all ye who enter here" "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate." My brother had to study Dante in college for his Italian degree. The professor, C. S. Lonergan, was an expert on Dante. I think there's a least ten copies of the Comedia around the parents place. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5963 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 11 of 39 18 December 2008 at 11:04am | IP Logged | ||
I've cheated, as I don't study Polish. With a lot of surfing, Wszystkie - All szczęśliwe - happy rodziny - family siebie - himself są - are do - to podobne - similar każda - each, every nieszczęśliwa - unhappy jest - is swój - its na - (like Russian на) sposób - way So I'm guessing it's this quote from Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина) "All happy families are alike, every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Aquedita Triglot Senior Member Poland myspace.com/aqueda_v Joined 5826 days ago 154 posts - 164 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Japanese Studies: Mandarin | Message 12 of 39 18 December 2008 at 12:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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Exactly DaraghM :)
This is one of my favorite opening sentences in literature. Your turn! Edited by Aquedita on 18 December 2008 at 12:34pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Alkeides Senior Member Bhutan Joined 5960 days ago 636 posts - 644 votes | Message 13 of 39 18 December 2008 at 1:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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腕組みをして枕元にすわっていると、仰向き に寝た女が、静かな声でもう死にますと言う 。
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| FrancescoP Octoglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5762 days ago 169 posts - 258 votes Speaks: Italian*, French, English, German, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian, Norwegian Studies: Georgian, Japanese, Croatian, Greek | Message 14 of 39 18 December 2008 at 2:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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Pooooh...this sounds strangely familiar *grin*. It's from Sooseki Natsume's dreams, first dream, and I bet you picked the quote from that book, what was it called, Breaking into Japanese literature or something...
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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5963 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 15 of 39 19 December 2008 at 3:44am | IP Logged | ||
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A famous film quote, which I've translated into Spanish. It's also very easy.
"Yo volveré" And how about some famous Hungarian lines, Fa leszek, ha fának vagy virága. Ha harmat vagy: én virág leszek Edited by DaraghM on 19 December 2008 at 3:53am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FrancescoP Octoglot Senior Member Italy Joined 5762 days ago 169 posts - 258 votes Speaks: Italian*, French, English, German, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian, Norwegian Studies: Georgian, Japanese, Croatian, Greek | Message 16 of 39 19 December 2008 at 3:58am | IP Logged | ||
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My Hungarian is virtually nonexistent, so I give up on this, but one recognizes a fine vintage Terminator quote in any language...
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