Drive your problems from here

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CamelCase

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Hello everybody,

"Drive your problems from here" (Twist in my sobriety, Tikaram)

How can I translate this expression into Italian? I have no clue.

Maybe "porta i tuoi problemi via da qui"? ...

Thanks for your help,

Cam :)
 
    • Hello,

    "Drive" in this sense means "far muovere", and another way of saying it would be

    Drive away your problems
    Drive your problems (away) from here
    Make your problems leave here

    Just for fun, I'll try with:

    Fa/fate muovere i tuoi/i vostri problemi via/da qui.


    Now a grammatical question for you.
    When Italians are stating an imperative (drive!) in a song, does it sound better using the singular (speaking to only one person) or plural (speaking to a bunch of people at the same time)?
     
    Ci sono vari modi di dirlo, e "problemi" può essere sostituito in molti contesti da "guai".
    Qualche proposta:

    Non seccarci/scocciarci con i tuoi guai
    Lascia i tuoi guai fuori di qui
    Non cominciare con le tue lagne...

    eccetera eccetera eccetera...
     
    TimLA said:
    Hello,

    "Drive" in this sense means "far muovere", and another way of saying it would be

    Drive away your problems
    Drive your problems (away) from here
    Make your problems leave here

    Just for fun, I'll try with:

    Fa/fate muovere i tuoi/i vostri problemi via/da qui.


    Now a grammatical question for you.
    When Italians are stating an imperative (drive!) in a song, does it sound better using the singular (speaking to only one person) or plural (speaking to a bunch of people at the same time)?
    Click to expand...

    Hi Tim,

    thank you very much for your explanation.

    As for your question, generally speaking, I'd say that using the singular (Drive your problems away! Fai andare via i tuoi problemi!) sounds better...

    Any song in particular you are referring to?

    Bye,

    Cam :)
     
    Spiritoso78 said:
    Per me può andare; oppure, calcando un pò la mano;

    Andatevene da qui tu e i tuoi problemi!

    saluti
    Click to expand...

    Grazie,

    credo che nel contesto

    All God's children need travelling shoes
    Drive your problems from here
    All good people read good books
    Now your conscience is clear

    sia più moderato il tono.

    Comunque in altre situazioni potrebbe starci.

    Cam :)
     
    Gianfry said:
    Ci sono vari modi di dirlo, e "problemi" può essere sostituito in molti contesti da "guai".
    Qualche proposta:

    Non seccarci/scocciarci con i tuoi guai
    Lascia i tuoi guai fuori di qui
    Non cominciare con le tue lagne...

    eccetera eccetera eccetera...
    Click to expand...

    Sì, problems può essere indubbiamente reso in modi diversi.

    Cam :)
     
    CamelCase said:
    Hi Tim,

    thank you very much for your explanation.

    As for your question, generally speaking, I'd say that using the singular (Drive your problems away! Fai andare via i tuoi problemi!) sounds better...

    Any song in particular you are referring to?

    Bye,

    Cam :)
    Click to expand...

    No, no song in particular.
    It's a "general" question I always ask myself when thinking about Italian, and I really haven't found a clear answer.

    In English we don't have the problem since "you" means "John" and "you" means "John and Jim".:)
    The imperative forms can be both singular and plural.
    Wash your ears! (to John)
    Wash your ears! (to John and Jim)

    So when helping to translate a song, a poem, or even a text in which a "you" could be singular or plural, I always agonize over whether it should be "tu" or "voi".

    I'm guessing that either way will work, but it seems that the singular is more common.
     
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