ca din povesti

English translation: like in fairytales

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Romanian term or phrase:ca din povesti
English translation:like in fairytales
Entered by: Lara Barnett

11:51 Jan 16, 2020
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Short children's fairytale
Romanian term or phrase: ca din povesti
A little girl, has just found an old suitcase in her grandmother's dark, long-forgotten attic. She opens it and finds inside:

Descoperise o mulțime de lucruri : rochii de-ale bunicii, oglinzi ce păreau fermecate, ca din povesti, un aparat de radio vechi și o poză de-a bunicului. Îl recunoscu îndată.
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:10
like in fairytales
Explanation:
"She found a host of things (treasures?): dresses her grandmother had worn, mirrors that seemed enchanted, like in fairytales, an old radio and a photo of her grandfather. She recognised him straight away."
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Sinéad Moore
Romania
Local time: 14:10
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5 +1like in fairytales
Sinéad Moore
5like in the fairy tales
Mihaela Buruiana


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
like in the fairy tales


Explanation:
This seems to be a reference to the evil Queen's magic mirror in Snow-White, so I would say something like ”mirrors that seemed magic, like in the fairy tales”.

Mihaela Buruiana
Romania
Local time: 14:10
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Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 16
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
like in fairytales


Explanation:
"She found a host of things (treasures?): dresses her grandmother had worn, mirrors that seemed enchanted, like in fairytales, an old radio and a photo of her grandfather. She recognised him straight away."

Sinéad Moore
Romania
Local time: 14:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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