Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
J'ai froid au coeur
English translation:
I feel devastated
French term
J'ai froid au coeur
| 3 +6 | I feel devastated |
ormiston
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| 3 +5 | I feel gutted |
B D Finch
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| 3 | My heart is empty |
Vicky James
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| 3 | my heart is cold |
Ellen Kraus
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Mar 31, 2009 17:35: Tony M changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (1): writeaway
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Proposed translations
I feel devastated
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sorry about the above. Or 'desolate' (although perhaps less used by youngsters today).
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I feel devastated!Help please<IMG SRC="http://www.onlineclarity.co ... - [ Traduire cette page ]Hi Sirix, I'm sorry you feel devastated. To me it seems such a clear cut case of walk away from this guy and don't look back I don't even think you need to ...
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or 'desolate' (although perhaps less used by youngsters of today)
I feel devastated!Help please<IMG SRC="http://www.onlineclarity.co ... - [ Traduire cette page ]Hi Sirix, I'm sorry you feel devastated. To me it seems such a clear cut case of walk away from this guy and don't look back I don't even think you need to ...
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I feel devastated!Help please<IMG SRC="http://www.onlineclarity.co ... - [ Traduire cette page ]Hi Sirix, I'm sorry you feel devastated. To me it seems such a clear cut case of walk away from this guy and don't look back I don't even think you need to ...
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Note added at 57 mins (2009-03-31 18:18:39 GMT)
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thx. Praps 'am devastated' (mind you 'gutted' is shorter!)
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Carol Gullidge
: could work in a txt msg
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gsloane
: How about "I'm devastated"? Text messages contain a lot of abbreviations.
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sueaberwoman
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Silvia Brandon-Pérez
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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Marta Scott
: I think both this and "gutted" are good - for me this has the edge in the unrequited love context. "I'm devastated" is possibly better though, as suggested above
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My heart is empty
I like "You have placed a chill in my heart" but this might be considered a wee bit OTT :D
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Carol Gullidge
: perhaps wrong register for a txt msg...? Although I suppose this person might be a bit of a drama queen...!
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I agree, it depends on the tone in the rest of the text message.
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I feel gutted
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Tony M
: Seems most appropriate for the context and register
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Thanks Tony
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Carol Gullidge
: better register for a txt msg
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Thanks Carol
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Vicky James
: I like this.
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Thanks Vicky
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K. Ganly (X)
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Thanks Katharine
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Sheila Wilson
: or even "I'm gutted"
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Thanks Sheila
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my heart is cold
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or MY HEART HAS GONE NUMB
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Note added at 15 Min. (2009-03-31 17:36:19 GMT)
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and I fell rotten
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Tony M
: That wouldn't be very natural... and would also be open to an almost counter-sense interpretation: a cold-hearted person is someone who is hard and unfeeling / In German yes; but not in EN, as you are suggesting; 'cold heart' has a quite specific meaning
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but, on the other hand, I am cold can also mean Ich friere because of the low temperature. in the present case, it is the context which should make the meaning clear.
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Carol Gullidge
: no wonder he doesn't reciprocate...! (agree w Tony - especially for a txt msg)//Sorry, but no matter how literally correct this is, it just doesn't work in EN in this context
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see my answer to Tony.
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Sheila Wilson
: although "I feel numb" might work
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