Love
| 1. | Love in 75 Languages |
| 1. | Me olvidé de vivir |
| 2. | Je n'ai pas changé |
| 3. | Abrázame |
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Aldefina
Fri, 12/04/2013 - 21:58
In Spanish you don't have "it". It's just "he" or "she". In English you do have it and "love" is "it", but if you want to make "it" (I mean "love") a bit more human and show your respect to "it" you should use "she" instead.
It’s the same as sailors name their ship “she” an never “it”. Exactly the same applies to the pilots - they would never call their plane "it".
Sciera Aldefina
Sat, 13/04/2013 - 13:44
Anyway, this problem does not exist in Polish and in German. In both these languages "love" can only be "she" - e.g. in German it's "die Liebe". Even though I agree with you, that in English you can use both forms, I don't like when somebody calls love "it". I think that if someone says "it", he shows no emotions. That applies of course to native speakers. The others may not feel the difference.
lora.delicate
Mon, 15/07/2013 - 21:38
Great translation! Thank you!
Rodolfo79 Aldefina
Sat, 27/02/2016 - 21:56
I have explained that in detail, so there's no need to repeat everything.
Just one example - Chris de Burgh "Spanish Train":
"Well that Spanish train still runs between
Quadalquivir and old Seville
And at dead of night the whistle blows
And people fear she's running still".
In this song the train was called "she" - not "it". I hope this example is convincing enough.
Aldefina
Sun, 28/02/2016 - 13:43
Thank you, Rosa, for the explanation. I thought Quadalquivir was a town in Spain. So these lyrics are strange, because this river passes through Seville, even through the old city:
http://www.andalucia.com/cities/sevilla.htm
Aldefina
Sun, 28/02/2016 - 19:51
Rosa, the title of the song I quoted was "Spanish Train":
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Chris-de-Burgh-Spanish-Train-lyrics.html
I didn't mean the song "El Amor". I just explained why I used "she" instead of "it" in my translation giving an example of an English song. And I think I should add the same comment that I wrote beneath my Polish translation, referring to the same problem, but from the Polish viewpoint, though it would also fit here.
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