ni havia pujat tant amunt mos llibres

English translation: Never has there been so much love for my books

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Catalan term or phrase:ni havia pujat tant amunt mos llibres
English translation:Never has there been so much love for my books
Entered by: S Ben Price

16:04 Mar 14, 2011
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
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Catalan term or phrase: ni havia pujat tant amunt mos llibres
This is a bit of a nightmare. I may have to break this down into several questions. Any and all help is much appreciated, even if it is not in the sections I am asking about. This is really beyond my capabilities. Below the original is my rough draft.
Original:

Fragment d’una carta de Jacint Verdaguer a Cosme Vidal en data 14 de juny de 1896. Biografia de Cosme Vidal escrita a mà per l’alcoverenc Andreu Barbarà.

Sia Jesús l’amat del nostre cor amic Aladern (...) Cada matí tinc promeses de que s’’em, tornara la misa i cada vespre les veig trencades; lo demes no em va pas gaire millor. Alabat sia Déu. Alabat sia per les contrarietats i alabat sia per les prosperitats que m’envia, com el llibre de vostè “Verdaguer reivindicat”. Mai ningú havia trobades tan bones mes poesies, ni havia pujat tant amunt mos llibres, ni havia feta honra tanta a son pobre autor cabalment quan estava més pobre i caigut i aborrit fins de sos protectors, amics i parents.....

My rough draft:

Excerpt from a letter from Jacint Verdaguer to Cosme Vidal dated 14 June 1896. Biography of Cosme Vidal written by hand by Andrew Barbarà of Alcover.

Let Jesus be the beloved friend of our dear friend Aladern (...) Every morning I make promises, I return to mass, and every afternoon I see them broken, others don’t fare any better. Praise be to God. Praise Him for our trials and praise Him for the prosperity that He delivers to me, as your book "Verdaguer reivindicat” [Verdaguer Vindicated]. Never has such poetry been seen, nor have my books been elevated, nor has so much been done to honour to his poor diligent author when I was poorer and miserable and cast out by even his protectors, friends and relatives ...
S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 12:35
Never has there been so much love for my books
Explanation:
And the bit before- "never have my poems been received so well".
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Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:35
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4 +2he has praised my books to the skies
Berni Armstrong
3 +1Never has there been so much love for my books
Andrew Bramhall


  

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Never has there been so much love for my books


Explanation:
And the bit before- "never have my poems been received so well".

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Judith Anne Smith: That sounds good!
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
he has praised my books to the skies


Explanation:
Or you could vary it here playing with the former mention of praise. "He has praised my books to the heavens!"

Berni Armstrong
Spain
Local time: 12:35
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Natalia Pedrosa (X)
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agree  Laia Bove Imhoff
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