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Sep 22, 2011 22:38
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Spanish term

el corazón va como quiere

Spanish to English Other Media / Multimedia
Hello,
I'm looking for a good translation for "el corazón va como quiere".
It appears in the following sentence from a TV programme.
vaya que ya ...tiene uno una edad...y que el corazón va como quiere.


The speaker claims to be a reformed drug addict. However he says he still takes xanax because it is "medicina por necesidad. He then goes on to say "vaya que ya ...tiene uno una edad...y que el corazón va como quiere".

Many thanks to whoever responds.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 and emotions sometimes get out of hand // and emotions sometimes just spiral out of control
4 +3 the heart goes its own way
4 +2 The heart wants what it wants.
3 +1 the/my heart has a mind of its own
4 the heart follows its own path
4 the old ticker's playing up
3 the heart does what it wants
3 the heart knows no master

Discussion

Carol Gullidge Sep 24, 2011:
@ ASKER re context It would be worth telling us if you're looking for a literal translation of "corazon" as opposed to the metaphorical one. I don't know if this context would have been obvious from earlier questions, but it's important to post all the context with every question - even if this means repeating previously-mentioned context. Boring, I know, but it helps us :)
Jenni Lukac (X) Sep 23, 2011:
Trans 1201 - In response to your note. I was aware of the connotations when I made my suggestion. Xanax is used to control anxiety, but is addictive. I think the age thing is the classic excuse that it's too late to change one's personality and predilections. I took it that his heart (in the metaphoric sense, of course) needed this forced mood shift to be happy. This was Woody Allen's excuse when he fell in love with his wife's adopted daughter. He had a history of sentimental weakness for young girls and like this former addict, was not the self-denying type. The heart won out over the head.

Proposed translations

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2 hrs
Spanish term (edited): y que el corazón va como quiere
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and emotions sometimes get out of hand // and emotions sometimes just spiral out of control

I don't really see "heart" as working at all in the English translation here, and I don't think that any of the three suggestions proferred thus far sound particularly natural. I agree with the asker's understanding of the quote and I would submit that either of these two alternatives reflect that understanding in a way that sounds like it would spontaneously come out of someone's mouth in 21st century English (rather than in a 19th century drawing room drama).

Suerte.
Peer comment(s):
agree ormiston : i feel this is the idea - you can't control your emotions
6 hrs
Thank you, Ormiston.
agree Carol Gullidge : this also works, although I'm baffled about "the asker's understanding of the quote ", as I don't see any indication of this :(
1 day 7 hrs
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3 mins

The heart wants what it wants.

www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/darrenhayes/theheartwantswhatitwants.html -
Lyrics to "The Heart Wants What It Wants" song by DARREN HAYES: You say one thing and there I go turning around again Working things over better left ...; LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® | The heart wants what it wants
www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/the-heart-wants-... - Estados Unidos -
24 Aug 2011 – 20050714 woodyallen The heart wants what it wants Now it has. Luckily for the plucky, morally deranged Alan Koenigsberg, no one wants to ;

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Note added at 6 mins (2011-09-22 22:44:48 GMT)
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Millennium Film: "Recipes for Disaster"
www.millenniumfilm.fi/tbr_recipes.html
We are addicted to oil and it's going to lead us to destruction. ... judgement and common sense, the heart always makes the mind do what the heart wants. ... These are the recipes for disaster, the seemingly innocent failures that lead us, and ...; Is the death of Amy Winehouse really newsworthy?
markmaynard.com/?p=14817 -
23 Jul 2011 – How much do you want to bet that Murdoch's people are trying to hack .... NOT PUT ON THIS EARTH to do whatever your little junkie, addicted heart wants. ... TaterSalad on France and the perceived failure of multiculturalism ...
Note from asker:
Hi Jenny, I'm not sure that that's the sense of the original. I got the impression that he' saying that once a person gets to a certain age, the heart goes a bit crazy (which is why he has to take xanax to calm himself down).
Peer comment(s):
agree jmleger : Yes, that's what I was oing to say.
2 hrs
Thanks very much, jmleger.
agree anademahomar : That´s the first thing that popped into my mind ;)
5 hrs
Thanks very much, anademahomar.
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51 mins

the heart does what it wants

I think that it is quite simple: The heart does what it wants
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+3
54 mins

the heart goes its own way

My first thought was "the heart has its reasons", a quotation from Pascal, which continues "of which reason knows nothing" ("Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point"). It's not quite the same thing, though perhaps it's worth considering. It's a very famous quotation (and the title of a song by Roger Daltrey of The Who, by the way).

However, I think the phrase suggested is closer to the original, and although it's not so familiar, it's been used before.

"The heart goes its own way, and loves where it must."
From Mary Johnston, "Lewis Rand"
http://books.google.es/books?id=oNNNicyFLvkC&pg=PA129&lpg=PA...

"At this second stage, while this mental fermentation takes place in the head, the heart goes its own way; nobody watches over it"
Igumen Chariton, "The Art of Prayer"
http://books.google.es/books?id=eIKdFAovvE0C&pg=PA68&lpg=PA6...

"The heart goes its own way, but you hint, my precious, that I mustn't be downhearted."
Dostoyevsky, "Poor Folk", trans. Constance Garnett
http://books.google.es/books?id=uYc-WF_bzKAC&pg=PA384&lpg=PA...
Peer comment(s):
agree Pablo Julián Davis : I like this. And yes... thought of the Pascal, though I didn't remember it was Pascal...!
2 hrs
¡Gracias, tocayo! Would a junkie say something like this? I don't see why not.
agree Mirtha Grotewold
21 hrs
¡Gracias, Mirtha!
agree Carol Gullidge : If Jenni's interpretation is correct, I'd go with "... goes its own sweet way"
1 day 9 hrs
"Its own sweet way" is a brilliant idea: thank you very much, Carol!
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4 hrs

the heart knows no master

another idea ...
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+1
12 hrs

the/my heart has a mind of its own

my 2 cents!
Peer comment(s):
agree Carol Gullidge : just what I was thinking!
6 hrs
Thanks Carol!
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23 hrs

the heart follows its own path

Another suggestion!
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1 day 9 hrs

the old ticker's playing up

OR: My heart's playing up

...is acting up

...is a bit dodgy

... is a bit erratic
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Whilst not literal translations, these sound more natural/idiomatic in the context

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Note added at 1 day10 hrs (2011-09-24 08:59:58 GMT)
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... is not what it was

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Given the age - which is...? Well, is he an ageing reformed addict who is no longer at his best, or is he at an age where he's likely to be falling for anything in a skirt, in which case, please ignore this posting!
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