I Forgive

German translation: ich vergebe

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English term or phrase:	I Forgive
German translation:	ich vergebe
Entered by:	Vera Wilson

21:27 Dec 27, 2011

English to German translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Religion

English term or phrase: I Forgive

Hi, everyone. My boss needs to know how to say "Yo Perdono" (I Forgive) in German. There is no more context. She will use such sentence as the name of a campaign. The important thing is to keep the subject for emphasis, to show that I am the one who forgive, and that I will enjoy the benefits of forgiveness. Behind "I forgive", there's an underlying "I choose to forgive". A friend of mine (non-native) said that it could be "ich verzeihe". I would really appreciate confirmation on this. Thank you in advance.

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Local time: 20:45

ich vergebe

Explanation:
This is another, maybe better option to "ich verzeihe", with more of a religious background.
What is this campaign about?

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Good luck with your campaign.

Selected response from:

Vera Wilson
France
Local time: 04:45

Grading comment

Thanks, Vera!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +6

ich vergebe

Vera Wilson

3 +1

ich kann vergeben

Nicole Schnell

ich gewähre Vergebung

Katja Schoone

ich verzeihe dir

Wendy Streitparth

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

29 mins confidence:

i forgive ich gewähre Vergebung

Explanation:
just an idea to strech the "I choose to forive"-part.
Literally translated it means: I grant forgiveness

Katja Schoone
Germany
Local time: 04:45
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 4

37 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

i forgive ich kann vergeben

Explanation:
Translated: "I am able to forgive."

Because forgiveness doesn't come easy.

Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 19:45
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 8

33 mins confidence:

i forgive ich verzeihe dir

Explanation:
finde ich genauso gut

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Note added at 13 hrs (2011-12-28 11:16:11 GMT)
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m.E. vergibt Gott, aber die Menschen unter sich verzeihen eher.

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 04:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

i forgive

ich vergebe

Vera Wilson
France
Local time: 04:45
Native speaker of:

German

Grading comment

Thanks, Vera!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi, Vera. Thank you very much for your answer. This campaign is intended to foster forgiveness. It's about choosing to forgive over not doing it. Let's say a group of people is asked what they do when they are insulted. One of them says, "I insult back", while another one says, "I forgive". That's the "I forgive" we need. Is it any clearer? Thank you all!

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