отиващ си живот

English translation: (fate saved my) fading life

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Bulgarian term or phrase:отиващ си живот
English translation:(fate saved my) fading life
Entered by: Yordanka Petkova

20:30 Apr 9, 2014
Bulgarian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Nutrition / Здравеопазва�
Bulgarian term or phrase: отиващ си живот
Фаталният ден на живота ми приближаваше. Майка ми беше предупредена за близкия ми край-два до три месеца.

Но аз бях човек с шанс! Съдбата беше решила друго. Оказа се, че за всички тези болести се намира лек и той беше, за моя изненада, както и за всички около мен, гладолечението и природолечебната медицина. Сюрпризът на съдбата спаси *моя отиващ си живот*. Това бе чудно и невероятно за мен, тъй като до този миг лекуващите ме лекари ми внушаваха, че за да оздравея, се нуждая от силна и калорична храна.

Как бихте го превели?
Yordanka Petkova
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:30
(fate saved my) fading life
Explanation:
Also, "fading" is expendable, I think. If somebody's health is as bad as the context suggests, the fact that it is fading is understood.

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Note added at 27 mins (2014-04-09 20:58:09 GMT)
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"Harold Brodkey's Brave, Touching Journal Traces His Fading Life," headline from a Chicago Tribune article (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-11-17/entertainment/...

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James McVay
United States
Local time: 16:30
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5(fate saved my) fading life
James McVay
4 +1my life was ebbing away [, when fate saved it.]
Pavel Tsvetkov
4 +1withering life
Yavor Dimitrov
4my passing away life
Vilina Svetoslavova
4slowly ending life
Ventseslava Uzunova
4vanishing
Efrosina Perry


Discussion entries: 2





  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
my passing away life


Explanation:
:)

Vilina Svetoslavova
Bulgaria
Local time: 22:30
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks.

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
(fate saved my) fading life


Explanation:
Also, "fading" is expendable, I think. If somebody's health is as bad as the context suggests, the fact that it is fading is understood.

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Note added at 27 mins (2014-04-09 20:58:09 GMT)
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"Harold Brodkey's Brave, Touching Journal Traces His Fading Life," headline from a Chicago Tribune article (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-11-17/entertainment/...



James McVay
United States
Local time: 16:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: It's a good idea, thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kalinka Hristova
7 hrs
  ->  Thanks, Kalinka.

agree  Emilia Delibasheva
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Emilia.

agree  Andrei Vrabtchev
9 hrs
  -> Thanks,, Andrei.

agree  Denis Shepelev
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Denis.

agree  Petar Tsanev
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, zenithmaster.
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
slowly ending life


Explanation:
Това е вариант. Макар че още повече ми харесва цялото изречение да се преработи, например: ...saved me when I was slowly sinking.

Ventseslava Uzunova
Local time: 22:30
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Мерси.

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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
my life was ebbing away [, when fate saved it.]


Explanation:
1. ebb е много подходящ глагол в случая:

OED:

ebb, v. (ɛb)

Forms: 1 ebbian, 2–5 ebben, 5–6 ebbe, 7– ebb.

[OE. ebbian, f. ebb n.; cf. OE. a-ebbian, be-ebbian to strand a ship; also OHG. fir-ebbita ‘deferbuerat’, and MHG. (rare—1) eppen to ebb.]

1.1 intr. To flow back or recede, as the water of the sea or a tidal river: frequent in phrase, to ebb and flow. Also with away, down, off, out.

   a 1000 Cædmon's Gen. (Gr.) 1413 Lago ebbade sweart under sweᴁle.    c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 161 Þe sæ floweð and ebbeð.    1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 1216 The se, aftir the tydes certayn, Ebbes and flowes.    1375 Barbour Bruce xvii. 425 The se wes ebbit sa.    c 1435 Torr. Portugal 223 The see wase ebbyd.    1588 Shakes. L.L.L. iv. iii. 216 The will ebbe and flow.    1635 N. Carpenter Geog. Del. ii. vi. 86 In some narrow seas the sea seauen times a day ebbs and flowes.    1721 Perry Daggenh. Breach 121 Ships‥may lie afloat, and not have the Water ebb'd away from them.    1835 Sir J. Ross N.-W. Passage v. 59 The water might ebb another fathom.    1855 Maury Phys. Geog. ix. (1860) §429 The tides ebbed and flowed in it.

b.1.b transf. Of a ship: To sink with the tide. Of water: To sink lower. Of blood: To flow away.

   c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iv. 1145 Ebben gan the well Of hir teares.    1375 Barbour Bruce xvii. 421 Quhill that scho [the ship] ebbit on the ground.    1655 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Inv. lvii, The water standing at a level, if a Globe be cast in‥it presently Ebbeth.    1810 Scott Lady of L. iii. viii, [He] eyed The life-blood ebb in crimson tide.

2.2 fig. To take a backward or downward course; to decay, decline; to fade or waste away. Also with away, down, off, out.

   a 1420 Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 4828 When that richesses ebben and abate.    1566 Drant Horace's Med. Morall To Rdr. 3 Helpyng hym to ebbe, and helpyng hym to rise.    1633 T. James Voy. 12 After full sea, our hopes ebde too.    1681 Dryden Abs. & Achit. 226 Kingly power, thus ebbing out.    1713 Young Last Day ii. 325 My passions ebb and flow At Thy command.    1720 De Foe Capt. Singleton x. (1840) 170 As my money declined, their respect would ebb with it.    1833 H. Martineau Vanderput & S. ix. 137 As his strength ebbed away.    1875 B. Taylor Faust I. i. 29 My spirit's flood tide ebbeth more and more.

3.3 trans. a.3.a To hem in (fish) with stakes and nets so that they cannot go back to sea with the ebb-tide; see ebbing vbl. n. 2. b.3.b To hem in (the tide) with sandbanks. c.3.c (See quot. 1877.)

   1827 Hardman Waterloo 12 Driving that sand along towards the sea shore, To ebb the tide fast in.    1877 Holderness Gloss. (E.D.S.), Ebb, to gather fish-bait. So termed on account of its being done whilst the tide is ebbing.

2. И още един (по-директен и разпространен) вариант:

my life was slipping away [, when the unexpected twist of fate saved it.]

Example sentence(s):
  • Jonah 2:7 'When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.'
Pavel Tsvetkov
Bulgaria
Local time: 22:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Благодаря за задълбочените бележки!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Denis Shepelev: за slipping away - много разпространена фраза
9 hrs
  -> Благодаря!
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
withering life


Explanation:
Here's my two cents worth. :)



Example sentence(s):
  • "A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away." Gene Roddenberry

    Reference: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/wither.html
Yavor Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Local time: 22:30
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
Notes to answerer
Asker: Благодаря!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emilia Delibasheva
7 hrs
  -> Благодаря, Емилия! :)
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
vanishing


Explanation:
My life was vanishing when a sheer strike of fate saved me...

Efrosina Perry
United States
Local time: 14:30
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks.

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