Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

You are my candlelight, you brighten my life eternally.

Albanian translation:

Të kam si dritë qiriri. Ti ma ndriçon jetën përjetësisht.

Added to glossary by babhabhhba (X)
Feb 29, 2008 18:19
16 yrs ago
English term

You are my candlelight, you brighten my life eternally.

Non-PRO English to Albanian Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Love
To a woman from a man.

Discussion

babhabhhba (X) (asker) Feb 29, 2008:
wow.... thank you so much for that insight. That could have been a real disaster. Thank you so much. You are a life saver.
Eva T Feb 29, 2008:
Vondrake, you need to know a little bit about the culture aspect. A candle light in the Albanian culture is used for the dead... You might want to change the source language; otherwise, you are going to scare poor girl...

Proposed translations

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Të kam si dritë qiriri. Ti ma ndriçon jetën përjetësisht.

Another possibility for ndriçon may be ndrit.
Peer comment(s):

agree Eva T : I agree with your translation, but it won't be helpful for the asker, in a romantic context. This is the asker's problem however, not the answerer's... ;) ;)
16 mins
Faleminderit! Në fakt deri tani nuk e kam dëgjuar të përdoret ky krahasim me dritën e qiririt në kontekst romantik.
agree Monika Coulson : Agree with Eva's comment above. (Gjithashtu mund të thuhet edhe "Je drita ime e diellit / Je drita e syrit tim")
20 mins
Faleminderit.
agree Fabiana Papastefani-Pezzoni
14 hrs
Faleminderit!
agree Gentiana Kasemi : Në shqip themi edhe "Të kam si dritën e syve".
19 hrs
Siç thuhet në anglisht: you are the apple of my eye. Faleminderit!
agree Dhurata Thanasi : : Te kam si driten e syve, (Ti) me ndrit jeten. (Tingellon me shqip)
19 hrs
Siç thuhet në anglisht: you are the apple of my eye. Faleminderit!
agree Blerina UK : I agree with all the above. ne shqip themi te kam si driten e syve/ me ndricon jeten (although as ko nuk tingellon dhe aq shqip. ndoshta Ma ben jeten te mrekullueshme or something along those lines
3 days 3 hrs
E vërtetë. Faleminderit!
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