My life is not my own - What is the Hebrew translation? Hebrew translators help Hebrew translators with the translation of My life is not my own

Conges terminology question

252 months ago

kim groeneland (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > Hebrew
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	My life is not my own
Context:	A tatoo to read "my life is no
Keywords:	-

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252 months ago

wrote:

çéé àéðí øëåùé àå çéé àéðí ÷ðééðé àå çéé àéðí ìé

My comment:

As a tattoo, it is an expression intended to show the human dependence. As such, I think the possibilities mentioned in Hebrew are the best.

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252 months ago

wrote:

hayai lo sheli levadi

My comment:

at moment on on home computer
but will be in a few days
Hadar

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252 months ago

shoshana wrote:

çéé îñåøéí áéãéê

My comment:

I'm going out on a limb here. This is not a translation but a suggestion: I believe a literal translation of the words would not resonate in the desire direction - it would not ring the right "god" bell in the reader. My suggestion is based on the daily Jewish prayer and literally means "my life is in your hands." The phrase in the prayer is actually "OUR lives are in your hands."

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252 months ago

wrote:

As you say, this is not a translation at all but a different phrase (and a different content) altogether. Translation does not consist of using a different concept merely because it 'sounds better'.

252 months ago

shoshana wrote:

It is not because it sounds better. It is because the client has stated it is going to be a tatoo - the phrase floating around with no context. They want it to have a certain reverberation. It is our job as experts on the target language and its culture to warn the client that a direct translation will not work here and suggest something that will.

252 months ago

John Kinory wrote:

khayay eynam shel atzmi

My comment:

If you want it in Hebrew characters, as an RTF file + a fax for added verification (before you get an incorrect tattoo!), please contact me on kinory@kinory.net. I have provided Hebrew tattoos for many satisfied customers. See also www.hebrewtranslate.net

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252 months ago

shoshana wrote:

çéé àéðí ùì òöîé

252 months ago

shoshana wrote:

technically correct but clumsy sounding

252 months ago

shoshana wrote:

There is nothing whatsoever clumsy about it: this is the correct idiomatic phrase.

252 months ago