Miscellaneous (not lyrics) Greek <-> English Translations

[hashpe]

yes Panselinos, is great you iluminated me is a very nice story and i was so sad that i couldn't understand some parts. It stills one thing that i don't get

Ο πατέρας μου - μύρο το κύμα που τον τύλιξε- δεν είχε σκοπό να με κάμει ναυτικό.

Our teacher gave us this story to translate but he forgot that even if we find the words, we couldn't knew the idioms to :P this is the only place i can get them thank you very much!! You explain them very good.

[panselinos]

Originally Posted by hashpe

Ο πατέρας μου - μύρο το κύμα που τον τύλιξε- δεν είχε σκοπό να με κάμει ναυτικό.

"My father - may the wave that enwrapped him be holy oil for him - never meant to make a sailor of me."

You're welcome, dear.

[kat]

can someone please write the words, love, trust, freedom, peace and success in greek letters?

[Koukla]

Originally Posted by kat

can someone please write the words, love, trust, freedom, peace and success in greek letters?

Love: ΑΓΑΠΗ - αγάπη
Trust:ΕΜΠΙΣΤΟΣΥΝΗ εμπιστοσύνη
Freedom: ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ - ελευθερία
Success: ΕΠΙΤΥΧΙΑ - επιτυχία

I wrote with both small and capitals.

[Koukla]

Ops and

Peace: ΕΙΡΗΝΗ - ειρήνη

[jms_grec]

apo tin kardia mou mou pia, posa xilometra..sta xena

who translate in english for me..pls..pls..

[ooNIAoo]

Beyond from my heart, how many kilometres... in foreignness

[Amandarenee]

i need to know if at all possible what these phrases mean...
they are on a friends profile and i have tried to figure out on my own but i am just getting nowhere!

egho o ponos ya esee


teepota legho ala enas varees ee kardhya



ee khoras yatee?


ty in advance...it's driving me crazy trying to figure out!

[Adrienne]

Hey guys, tomorrow is my friends brthday and I wanted to send him something in greek (wsince he's greek ) but I need your help since my greek is awful..

anyway, here's the text:

"Happy birthday my dearest greek friend! I wish you everything best, good health, lots of love and happiness.. Love you very much!"

thanks in advance!

[maria_gr]

Originally Posted by Amandarenee

egho o ponos ya esee


teepota legho ala enas varees ee kardhya



ee khoras yatee?


ty in advance...it's driving me crazy trying to figure out!

Honestly, these sentences sound weird in Greek... they don't make sense... they could mean something like:
Εγώ πονώ για σένα=I suffer for you
Τίποτα (σου) λέω, αλλά ένας βάρεσε καρδιά=I'm telling you it's nothing, but someone hit the heart (???)
Δε χωράς. Γιατί;=You don't fit. Why?

I must tell you again that I'm not sure if that's the right translation, at least I tried.

[maria_gr]

Originally Posted by Adrienne

Hey guys, tomorrow is my friends brthday and I wanted to send him something in greek (wsince he's greek ) but I need your help since my greek is awful..

anyway, here's the text:

"Happy birthday my dearest greek friend! I wish you everything best, good health, lots of love and happiness.. Love you very much!"

thanks in advance!

Happy birthday to your friend Adrienne!

Χρόνια σου πολλά αγαπημένε μου φίλε! Σου εύχομαι ό,τι καλύτερο, υγεία, πολλή αγάπη και ευτυχία... Σ' αγαπώ πάρα πολύ!

And in latin characters just in case that you can't read the Greek ones:
Hronia sou polla agapimene mou file! Sou efhome o,ti kalitero, iyia, polli agapi ke eftihia... S' agapo para poli!

P.S. I translated only the word friend without the 'greek' cause I think it sounds better, but if you want me to translate it there's no problem, I will.

[Adrienne]

Thank you so much dear maria! Eufharisto poli!

[Zvezda]

Originally Posted by Amandarenee

egho o ponos ya esee

teepota legho ala enas varees ee kardhya

ee khoras yatee?

This isn't proper Greek so it leaves itself open to a lot of speculation and different interpretations. Maria's version is one possibility. Mine goes like this:

"I ache for you, and (though) I keep silent it's heavy on my heart, and (you) are asking why?"

I still doubt it is what your friend meant to say, but the only way to find out is to copy and paste (if you have not done that already) what is on the profile. Then we might be able to help more.

[maria_gr]

Oh Zvezda your translation makes more sense! In fact, I wouldn't ever imagine that varees could be varos lol!

[Zvezda]

I've had a lot of practice lately with people who meant to say one thing but accidentally said another Still you might be right I might be wrong

btw poios einai sto avatari sou?

[maria_gr]

Swsto ki auto!

It's Petros Mpousoulopoulos, an actor. I love his eyes...

[Zvezda]

Exw xasei episodeia, literally What an interesting name he has ! Too dark for my liking though...

[Amandarenee]

Ty both for your responses...they helped with the general Idea...and He speaks english well enough to redirect me...You are correct in stating that the Greek is not "proper" as he is not from Greece...he is from Cyprus, and their language is closer to the older text from my understanding...

I do so appreciate this forum though and thank you all for your support on this

Amanda

[Amandarenee]

btw...neither of you were far off Zvezda the i ache for you part was right on the money...but the second part Maria was closer...he does tell me he is ok, and he's been hurt pretty badly by an American woman, just before we met...Thanks again

[jms_grec]

"Ego monaxa s'agapo...ma den se sygxoro pou to afises na ftasei os edo. Efgo oxi giati den thelo na eisai edo. Fevgo na min se do na fevgis."

pls..help..

[maria_gr]

Originally Posted by jms_grec

"Ego monaxa s'agapo...ma den se sygxoro pou to afises na ftasei os edo. Efgo oxi giati den thelo na eisai edo. Fevgo na min se do na fevgis."

pls..help..

I'm the only one who loves you... but I don't forgive you that you let it go so far (not sure about this). I'm leaving not because I don't want you to be here. I'm leaving so that I don't see you leaving.

[maria_gr]

Originally Posted by Amandarenee

he is from Cyprus, and their language is closer to the older text from my understanding...

Ah those Cypriots write just as they speak, I knew it but my mind didn't go there. I can understand them better when I hear them speaking though, it's so much easier...

[Amandarenee]

Giggling here at your response to him being a Cypriot....I just thank Heavens he speaks English well enough to carry a good conversation...he knows when he puts greek on his profile though that I will go looking for answers to what it means...he does it he says so noone will tell him he is an idiot...I enjoy the challenge, but I think most translators cater to the mainland greek though...am i wrong? This makes it harder for me to even learn if the dialect is that far off

[Koukla]

I can't understand Cypriot Greek at all! especially from small towns.....

[Stevo_Evo_22]

Heyy everyone

I'm new here and loving it already! I just wanted to know:

There is a word (I think) in Greek-"ε"- and I sometimes find it in "ε και" and such things. What does it mean? Is it an idiomatic expression? By the way, it is from a song, but it hasn't been translated yet

Steven

[ooNIAoo]

Well, "e kai" is synonymous with "so what". The "e" shows that you
don't care about something and "kai" means "and" in this context.

[Amandarenee]

so e kai is like american sarcasm....and???
(meaning so how does this interest me???)
am i correct in this understanding?

[panselinos]

Originally Posted by Amandarenee

You are correct in stating that the Greek is not "proper" as he is not from Greece...he is from Cyprus, and their language is closer to the older text from my understanding...

Well, he may be from Cyprus, but it's not "proper" Cypriot either.
A Cypriot would say "gia senan" ("gia esi" is impossible). Also "lalo" instead of "le(g)o", "karkia" instead of "kardia", and so forth.
Are you sure he's not from Northern Cyprus?

Yeah, "ε, και" is something like "so?" or "and?".

Το κινητό δεν έχει κάμερα μπροστά; Ε, και; - The cell phone doesn't have a front-facing camera? So?

Έγινα 40! Ε, και; - I turned 40! So what?

[Stevo_Evo_22]

Ahhhh! Thankyou very much!

[jayoh90]

Originally Posted by maria_gr

This thread is for random, short translations from Greek to English and from English to Greek which are not related to music or lyrics.

1) Please don't ask here for translation of songs, if you want translation of songs open a new thread.
2) Please don't ask about Greek Grammar here, we have a special thread about this.

Happy stay in the Greek Forum!

Se skeftome oli tin ora ke den mporo makria sou