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I am very skilled in writing English poetry. I enjoy translating (rendering!) poems in other languages into English poems for friends who are native speakers of those other languages. I have translated poems originally in French, Swedish, German, Estonian. It is a 'hobby', an interest of mine, not a profession! My object is not just to give an impression of the original poems, but to render them as literally as I can whilst creating good English poems. Of course that is very difficult! And to be able to discuss the tasks with people who are native speakers who also speak English can help enormously.
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    "What I prefer is to live with people I love. As I can't stay in my family all my life, I have to meet friends. And then, we can also find true love which we'll live. So, I think my way is not living alone."

     

    This is an interesting sentence from the above you've written elsewhere (the rest of its context that you've written is good English):

     

    "And then, we can also found true love which we'll live."

     

    It might be you meant to write something like:

     

    'And then, we can also find true love which we'll live out.'

     

    Or:

     

    'And then, we can also find true love which we'll live by.'

     

    Or, it might be that 'found' would be right. That could be in the case that you meant that true love could be 'founded', or established on foundations, which would be a nice thought!

     

    So, the meaning would be:

     

    "And then, we can also establish the foundations of true love which we'll live out."

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    June 24, 2013
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    Here's corrections to a couple of other things you've posted elsewhere:

     

    Sure not ! But I believe in angel, who are unmaterial, but who are not died humans like the ghosts. Angels never have been human. An example : our guardian angel.

     

    Certainly not! But I believe in angels, who are immaterial, but who are not humans who have died, like ghosts. Angels have never been human. For example: our guardian angel.

     

    I think that love change with the persons. But if one of the lovers change by the bad side, that don't mean that love is destinated to stop. Each lover has to help the other when he is in a hard time of his life. That's the beauty of love : a mutual support.

     

    I think that the way they love changes as people change. But if one of the lovers changes for the worse, that doesn't mean that love has to stop. Each lover has to help the other through hard times in life. That's the beauty of love: mutual support.

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    June 24, 2013
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    use of that/which between the sentence

    Sentence is - We provided her all the basic things that are necessary to start a business.
    In this sentence instead of that can we used which also. will that be correct.
    wil somebody clarify in which condition that and which are used.

     

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    My corrections to your statement:

     

    Use of that/which within a sentence


    A sentence is: "We provided her with all the basic things that are necessary to start a business." In this sentence, instead of 'that' can we also use 'which'? Would that be correct? Please could someone clarify in what circumstances 'that' and 'which' are used.

     

    That's a question that's difficult to answer!
    That's a question difficult to answer!

    That's a question which is difficult to answer!

    All the above would be correct, though the first is best to a native ear, followed closely by the second, then the third.

     

    In your sentence, you could, better, leave them out!:


    "We provided her with all the basic things necessary to start a business."

     

    It is 'provide ... with', or 'supplied ... with' or else, for example: "We gave her all the basic things necessary to start a business."

     

    As to in general when 'that' and/or 'which' might be used, you might look up:

     

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv313.shtml

     

    But, I'd be inclined to say it is really a quite delicate matter that requires quite some hands on experience of English writing and speaking for one to be able to intuit what would be used in any given circumstance.

     

    Or:

     

    But, I'd be inclined to say it is really a quite delicate matter, which requires quite some hands on experience of English writing and speaking for one to be able to intuit what would be used in any given circumstance.

     

    I think 'that' is better, in my two sentences, above (and 'that' may be preceded by a comma, as in the use of 'which', though the use of a comma before 'which' is necessary), but one or other of 'that' and 'which' is needed here and cannot be left out, unless one were to say, for example:

     

    "But, I'd be inclined to say it is really a quite delicate matter, requiring quite some hands on experience of English writing and speaking for one to be able to intuit what should be used in any given circumstance."

     

    Sorry that will probably seem complicated to you, but it is complicated!

     

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    June 24, 2013
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    Si la Terre était un plum-pudding Si la Terre était un plum-pudding, et quelqu'un devait manger au taux de un pouce cube pour dix secondes pour deux heures par jour, il faudrait 250 milliards d'milliards d'années pour le manger!
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    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    Hello, everybody! I hope to improve my English, and I'm happy to make friends at the same time. :)
    I'm Literary Terminal (I don't know what 'Literary Terminal' signifies!) I love literature, so of course I read, but I also enjoy painting, sports, movies, music, art history, travel or just going for strolls, and lots of other things you will find out if you come and talk with me! :)

    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    Hello, everyone! I hope to improve my English, and I'm happy to make friends at the same time. :)
    I'm 18, I love reading, sports, movies, music, painting, photography, art history, travel or just going for strolls, and lots of other things you will find out if you come and talk with me! :)

    Here's also corrections to your introductions:

    Hi, I currently live in Nice, in the South-East of France, and I really need to improve my English for my studies, and also just for my pleasure. Pastimes: sport, reading, painting, everything concerning art, movies, going on strolls, internet ...

    I want to meet English speakers interested in 50/50 language exchange in English on Skype.

    I'd like to improve my English for my studies, and besides I love this language. I spent a week in London last year and I realized how much my level was insufficient for interesting discussions. However, I've fallen in love with this city! So if you think you can help me, come and talk with me!

    I would be really happy to be able speak good English for my next time in London and to shine in my studies too. In return, I'll be happy to help you learn French, and get to know also all the secrets for understanding the French mentality and culture!

     

    I like literature and art. Here's a French poem I've rendered into English.

    Pierre de Ronsard, Sonnets pour Hélène, 1587

    Quand vous serez bien vieille, au soir, à la chandelle,
    Assise auprès du feu, dévidant et filant,
    Direz, chantant mes vers, en vous émerveillant :
    Ronsard me célébrait du temps que j’étais belle.

    Lors, vous n’aurez servante oyant telle nouvelle,
    Déjà sous le labeur à demi sommeillant,
    Qui au bruit de mon nom ne s’aille réveillant,
    Bénissant votre nom de louange immortelle.

    Je serai sous la terre et fantôme sans os :
    Par les ombres myrteux je prendrai mon repos :
    Vous serez au foyer une vieille accroupie,

    Regrettant mon amour et votre fier dédain.
    Vivez, si m’en croyez, n’attendez à demain :
    Cueillez dès aujourd’hui les roses de la vie.

    My version is:

    Some night when you're old, solitary, dull,
    seeking for warmth from a fire in vain,
    reading my verse, you'll of a sudden exclaim:
    "Ronsard loved me when I was beautiful".

    Or lost in slumber in your decline,
    embracing oblivion in bleak dismay,
    you'll start awake because of my name,
    who adorned your name with immortal rhyme.

    I'll be then a bodiless ghost:
    in purple shadows I'll take my rest:
    you'll be alone and uncaressed,

    regretting my love and your proud disdain.
    So hear me now, or never again:
    let's gather life's roses, and live, aflame.

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    Any English speaking native interested in literature?

    I want to check a fragment of a Spanish translation with you :)
    Tell me if you are interested in helping me!

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    May 18, 2013
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    A Little Bit about Myself :)

    Hi! My name is Diane, I'm 16 and I'm French. I absolutely love drawing and listening to music. If possible I'd like exchanges with English-speaking teenagers; using whatsapp, kik, skype, even twitter or facebook. Contact me!

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    May 17, 2013
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    What I like!

    Here are some things that I love:
    I'm a very, very, very BIG fan of Harry Potter.
    Music: on the one hand, I love Sum 41, Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, but, on the other hand I'm very much a fan of One Direction and Little Mix.
    I also find Ed Sheeran and Demi Lovato very inspirational and I think they're true artists.

    I love to draw portraits of celebs, so if you have any suggestions, tell me!

     

    It's difficult to know what you wanted to say in putting 'well' where you did!

     

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    May 17, 2013
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