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Translation for a tattoo: 1st: Live Without Regrets "Żyć Bez Żalu"

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TJp

Edited by: Moderator Nov 15, 10, 08:27 #1

So I am getting two new tattoos on thursday of this week and the ribbon in the tattoo will feature 2 sayings in polish (my fathers side of the family is from poland) and I'd like to make sure they are correct because sometimes translators online can be wrong

1st: Live Without Regrets "Żyć Bez Żalu"
2nd: Love Without Lies "Miłość Bez Kłamstw"

please confirm or correct, thank you so much in advance!

ZedThreads: - Posts: 304 Joined: May 25, 10 ♂	Edited by: Zed Nov 15, 10, 08:43 #2
IT's correct. Although, in Polish it would sound better if put in vocative case: Żyj bez żalu! Kochaj bez kłamstw!

skysoulmateThreads: 41 Posts: 3,039 Joined: Jan 10, 10 ♂	Nov 15, 10, 08:50 #3
Zed: Żyj bez żalu! Kochaj bez kłamstw! Agree

OlafThreads: 8 Posts: 1,369 Joined: Oct 29, 09 ♂	Nov 15, 10, 14:14 #4
True. Also, why capital letters in all words? Ecen titles are written only with the first word capitalized, not each word. Consider this.

sausageThreads: 25 Posts: 1,053 Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂	Nov 15, 10, 14:27 #5
Zed: vocative case imperative?

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Edited by: asik Nov 17, 10, 01:33 #6

TJp:

1st: Live Without Regrets "Żyć Bez Żalu"

This Polish sentence does not really express the deep English meaning and sounds unnatural.

mieć do kogoś żal means: to bear a grudge against somebody
żyć bez żalu exact meaning live and don't bear grudge

In Polish :
żal = sadness, sorrow, to bear grudge
żałować =is the closest meaning of to regret

The correct translation should be :

"Żyj nie żałuj" ("Live and don't regret or Live without regrets)
Or

"Żyj i nie żałuj niczego" (Live and don't regret anything")

Also live means "żyć" but in saying the correct form is "żyj" .

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Nov 29, 10, 01:24 #7

I did it today, as a Belgian

ZedThreads: - Posts: 304 Joined: May 25, 10 ♂	Nov 29, 10, 01:29 #8
Lovely.... :-)

dxxThreads: 17 Posts: 118 Joined: Jul 22, 08 ♂	Edited by: dxx Nov 30, 10, 10:30 #9
This is after some days,, looking better and better! I want to have another one though, anyone got any good idea? Nigdy nie mów nigdy crossed my mind....

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