Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hungarian term or phrase:
de szép lettél
English translation:
you turned out so beautiful
Added to glossary by
Marco Schaumloeffel
Jul 1, 2009 15:37
14 yrs ago
Hungarian term
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de szép lettél
Hungarian to English
Science
Botany
the text (originally in German) presents this expression, the context is garden/flowers/plants. What does it mean?
Something like: "but what a beautiful/nice .... "
Something like: "but what a beautiful/nice .... "
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | you turned out so beautiful |
Katalin Horváth McClure
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| 4 +1 | how beautiful you've become! or how beautiful you turned out! |
Lingua.Franca
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| 4 | How beautiful you have grown! |
Renata Korpics
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Proposed translations
+1
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Katalin Horváth McClure
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Native in: Hungarian 
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8
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you turned out so beautiful
It is a bit strange for the context you described - is somebody talking to a plant in your text?
Note from asker:
| right, it is strange, but - in fact - somebody is talking to a plant! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
3 mins
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how beautiful you've become! or how beautiful you turned out!
Even "look at how beautiful you are" would work.
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Renata Korpics
Hungary
Hungary
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How beautiful you have grown!
The verb "grow" can be used to denote development over a period of time, and now it is about a plant; so ... how about making good use of this?
I suggest: "How beautiful you have grown!"
I suggest: "How beautiful you have grown!"
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