Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Greek term or phrase:
Γεια στα χέρια σας!
English translation:
Well done!/That sure was tasty!
Added to glossary by
Carolyn Brice
Oct 28, 2007 10:46
16 yrs ago
Greek term
Γεια στα χέρια σας!
Greek to English
Other
Other
Expression
Από περιέργεια, πώς μεταφράζεται αυτή η έκφραση; Ή μάλλον, τι θα λέγαμε στην ίδια περίπτωση στα αγγλικά;
Καλημέρα!
Καλημέρα!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +12 | Well done! |
Nick Lingris
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| 2 +1 | May the angels watch over your fingers, and the Lord ever smile on your children ! |
JULIAN VULLI (X)
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Proposed translations
+12
3 mins
Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Greek
Works in field
United Kingdom
The word is my oyster
Native in: Greek 
Works in: English to Greek, Greek to English, Greek
Related KudoZ points
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204
Selected
Well done!
Αλλά ας δούμε και κάτι πρωτότυπο...
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Note added at 12 mins (2007-10-28 10:59:01 GMT)
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Το "more power to your elbows", πολύ περιοριστικό μού φαίνεται.
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Note added at 12 mins (2007-10-28 10:59:01 GMT)
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Το "more power to your elbows", πολύ περιοριστικό μού φαίνεται.
Note from asker:
| Καλημέρα Νίκο! Από 'σένα το περίμενα το πρωτότυπο! ;-) |
Peer comment(s):
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Angeliki Papadopoulou
: Με πρόκανες, θείο (κοίτα ποιος μιλάει...)
2 mins
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Ωχ, πέσανε όλες οι ανιψιές και οι ξαδέλφες μαζί!
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Vicky Papaprodromou
6 mins
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Καλή Κυριακή!
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Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
: Επίσης (ανταπαντά αυτή που τις έχει ξεπλύνει εδώ και ώρες από τα μάτια της!)
7 mins
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Καλή Κυριακή! (είπε αυτός με την τσίμπλα στο μάτι)
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Assimina Vavoula
22 mins
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Ευχαριστώ και καλή εβδομάδα.
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Sokratis VAVILIS
26 mins
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Ευχαριστώ και καλή εβδομάδα.
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Dr. Derk von Moock
1 hr
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Thanks!
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Antonia Keratsa
2 hrs
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Ευχαριστώ και καλή εβδομάδα.
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Danae Lucia Ferri
2 hrs
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Ευχαριστώ και καλή εβδομάδα.
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Maria Nicholas (X)
4 hrs
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Ευχαριστώ και καλή εβδομάδα.
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Sophia Finos (X)
10 hrs
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Ευχαριστώ και καλή εβδομάδα.
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Dylan Edwards
: Perhaps also: great job you're doing / very nice work / keep up the good work / It depends on the context, Nick. It isn't part of contemporary English, but if the novel is set in a different time, then the phrase might seem quite appropriate.
1 day 1 hr
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I need your opinion, Dylan. What would you think if in a translation of a Greek novel you read a more literal translation such as "Blessed be these hands"?
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Mirjana Popovic Kirkontzogloy
4 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Well, this does seem the most natural thing to say, as there doesn't seem to be much blessing going on in Anglo-Saxon culture. A purely cultural question, just out of my own curiosity. I added my own idea to the gloss."
+1
3 hrs
May the angels watch over your fingers, and the Lord ever smile on your children !
Could be an Irish saying or blessing. Shh! Actually, I made it up
Peer comment(s):
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Dylan Edwards
: I thought it was "good on yer" ! (for some reason this was the first phrase that came to mind) / I did try to think of something with "blessed", by the way, and this led me in the same direction as you - Irish!
21 hrs
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Dr. Derk von Moock
: Γειά στη ευρηματικότητα σου!! We all got it down to a very prosaic dimension. Eυχές are one of the most beautiful and difficult chapters in the Greek and the Turkish (Arababic?) language.
21 hrs
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