17:35 Mar 19, 2007 |
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Catalan to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | |||||||
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4 | taking things one day at a time... |
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4 | tomorrow is another day |
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taking things one day at a time... Explanation: But, taking things one day at a time, he... I can't thing of any equivalent pithy saying. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 23 mins (2007-03-19 17:58:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I think the idea is the "optimistic" one below: Qui dia passa, any empeny Expressió per a indicar que ens desentenem de les dificultats de cada dia, d'una situació desagradable, de conseqüències que ens poden afectar, però que es van ajornant... També pot tenir un altre significat una mica més optimista, en el sentit de què resolent les dificultats del dia-a-dia s'arriben a resoldre's les de tot l'any. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 29 mins (2007-03-19 18:04:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I guess your general problem is that there seem to be a lot more of these refranys in Catalan and they seem to be more widely used (whereas these things tend to sound like clichés in English even when there are equivalents! |
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tomorrow is another day Explanation: It is in 'Proverbis, dites i frases fetes de la llengua catalana'Col.lecció Llengua Viva, Editorial Millà: 'encara que sigui fent la viu-viu, la gran qüestió és viure'. |
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