Polish term
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Native in: Ukrainian 
, Russian
Works in: English to Italian, English to Ukrainian, English to Russian, and 7 more.
mys'lal.em. z.e tam be, dzie wesele, a tam be,dzie tylko wesolo
how to better translate it into Ukrainian and Russian/ Italian?
Ukrainina: ya dumav, shcho tam bude vesillya, a tam bude til'ky veselo
Russian: ya dumal, sho tam budyet svad'ba, a tam budyet tol'ko vyesyelye
Italian: pensavo che ci sarebbero le nozze, invece, ci sarebbe solo un divertimento
Ivan Petryshyn Chicago, IL 10/19/08
| 4 +1 | я думал, там будет свадьба, а там, оказывается, будет только гульба |
Vitals
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| 4 +3 | I thought they would get married but they will only get merry there |
Ewa Nowicka
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Oct 19, 2008 20:10: Barbara Gadomska changed "Language pair" from "English to Polish" to "Polish to English"
Oct 24, 2008 21:08: Vitals Created KOG entry
Oct 24, 2008 21:16: Vitals changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/810517">Vitals's</a> old entry - "myslalem ze tam bedzie wesele, a tam bedzie tylko wesolo"" to ""я думал, там будет свадьба, а там, оказывается, будет только гульба""
Oct 25, 2008 19:15: leff changed "Removed from KOG" from "myslalem ze tam bedzie wesele, a tam bedzie tylko wesolo > я думал, там будет свадьба, а там, оказывается, будет только гульба by <a href="/profile/810517">Vitals</a>" to "Reason: undefined"
Proposed translations
я думал, там будет свадьба, а там, оказывается, будет только гульба
I thought they were wedding, but they were only partying there
United Kingdom
Translation is a challenge!
Native in: Polish 
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, English, and 1 more.
I thought they would get married but they will only get merry there
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-19 21:50:20 GMT)
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it's not literal but preserves the alliteration:
wesoły / wesele
married / marry
otherwise:
I thought there would be (they would have) a wedding but they will just have a good time there
| there was no question as to the translationof my phrase into English- plz, see the question: Ivan |
| please, read the text of the question: it mentions only 3 lanuages: Ukrainian, Russian and Italian. Ivan |
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