Translation Exercise for Beginners: Number 22
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Don't look at other people's translations until you have made your own.
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So here is our sentence for Number 22:
Hay en el mundo un lenguaje que todos comprenden: es el lenguaje del entusiasmo, de las cosas hechas con amor y con voluntad, en busca de aquello que se desea o en lo que se cree.
Paulo Coelho (1947-? Escritor brasileño)
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Translation: coming Sunday...
17 Answers
In the world there is a language that everybody understands: it is the language of enthusiasm, of the things done with love and free will, while searching for what is desired or what is believed in.
There is a language that everyone understands: it is the language of enthusiasm, of the things done with love and will, in search of that you believe in.
There is a language that everybody understands: it is the language of exuberance, of things willlingly done out of love, in search of what one craves or believes in.
Hay en el mundo un lenguaje que todos comprenden: es el lenguaje del entusiasmo, de las cosas hechas con amor y con voluntad, en busca de aquello que se desea o en lo que se cree.
There is in the world a language that all understand: the language of enthusiasm - things done with love and free will - to seek what (you) desire or what you believe in.
In this world, there is a language that everyone understands: it is the language of enthusiasm, in doing things out of love and selflessness, in searching for what is desirable and worth believing in.
There is a language in the world that everyone comprehends. it is the language of enthusiasm, of things done with love of free will, in search of that which one desires or believes.
There is a language in the world that everyone can understand; it is the language of imagination, of the things made with love and goodwill, in pursuit of what anyone wishes or what anyone thinks.
The world has one language that everyone understands: it is the language of enthusiasm, of things done willfully and with love, of looking for what you desire or what you believe.
Hay en el mundo un lenguaje que todos comprenden: es el lenguaje del entusiasmo, de las cosas hechas con amor y con voluntad, en busca de aquello que se desea o en lo que se cree.
In the world, there is a language that everyone understands...it is the language of enthusiasm...the language of things done with love and determination, in search of what is desired and what is believed.
There is one language in the world that everyone understands: it is the language of enthusiasm for the things you do with love and intention, in search of that which one desires or in which one believes.
In the world there is a language that everybody understands: it is the language of enthusiasm, of things done with love and determination, in search of that in which one desires or that in which one believes.
In the world, there is a language that everyone understands: It's the language of enthusiasm, of something that is done with love and free will, in search of what you desire or in what you believe.
(Pt) Há no mundo uma linguagem que todos compreendem: é a linguagem do entusiasmo, das coisas feitas com amor e com vontade, em procurar aquilo que se deseja ou no que se crê
(Es) Hay en el mundo un lenguaje que todos comprenden: es el lenguaje del entusiasmo, de las cosas hechas con amor y con voluntad, en busca de aquello que se desea o en lo que se cree.
Paulo Coelho (escritor brasileiro)
In the world there is a language that everyone understands: it is the language of enthusiasm, of things done with love and with free will, in search of what you desire or in what you believe.
In this world, there is a language that everybody understands: it is the language of enthusiasm, things that are done with love and free will, in the search of things you desire or in which you believe.
In the world there is a language that everyone understands: it is the language of enthusiasm, of things done with love and determination, in search of something that is desired and believed.
Paulo Coelho (1947-? Brazilian writer)
