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Re: Help with a few words - kinda urgent
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Wed, 27 Jun 2001 16:47:59 GMT
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Sorry for being late, so little traffic here that I check this group only once
in a while...
In lugnet.loc.il, Shiri Dori writes:
> Help! Help!
>
> Stupid babelfish doesn't know how to translate to hebrew, I dunno where my
> heb-eng dictionary is, and I can't for the life of me remember how to say
> these words in English:
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> Rakefet? (the flower)
That's a hard one, I believe the scientific word is "Reseda" that is latin for
'to sooth', 'to calm down' (apparently it was used as a source for a
tranquilizing medicine) but I'm sure no one actually use that term.
The dictionary says
cyclamen , primulaceae
> and
> Ktipha? (the material)
Velvet.
> It's not a matter of life of death, *but* I'd really appreciate it... it
> would help the most if I got answers before about 21:00 on June 25th (that's
> Eastern Time in the US... which would be 4:00 AM (heh) on June 26th israel
> time). I'd still like to know later, but it'll help me a lot less. :-(
>
> Plus, there isn't any really good translation for the word "de'aga", right?
> Worry only sorta works, because de'aga is so much more than just worrying...
> it's caring for, and loving and... ugh. No good word for all that, really.
'Concern' also comes to mind, but it's even a further cry from what you are
looking for.
> TIA,
> -Shiri (who's translating songs for a friend's birthday present. in case
> you're wondering, both those words are from David Broza's "I loved her then,
> I love her now".)
By the way, you mentioned the word 'Maksima' in another part of this thread,
coming from the same root as 'Magic' (k.s.m) it also has a meaning of
enchanting or even mesmerizing. Perhaps 'Enchanting' will be a better
translation.
- David
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