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Wherever I go my country's scent stays with me

Spanish translation: Donde quiera que vaya, el aroma de mi tierra viaja conmigo.

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English term or phrase:	Wherever I go my country\'s scent stays with me
Spanish translation:	Donde quiera que vaya, el aroma de mi tierra viaja conmigo.
Entered by:	John Farebrother

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15:11 Oct 11, 2011

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

English term or phrase: Wherever I go my country's scent stays with me

Wherever I go my country's scent stays with me

Everyone loves to bring back souvenirs from their travels to remind them of the sights and sounds. But it’s not easy to bring back the smell of a destination.

Unless it’s Lithuania. In which case you can buy a “national perfume” that captures the country’s scent.

That’s right, Lithuania’s foreign ministry has come out with a fragrance that synthesizes the smells of the country into a single bottle.

And in Lithuania’s case, that smells like paganism.

We’re not kidding. The perfume is a blend of sandalwood, cedar, musk and moss, which is designed to recreate the scent of a pagan wood-burning ritual in the woods.

In other words, you’ll walk around smelling like a forest fire. And chances are this stuff is strong because the whole idea behind the perfume is that it’s supposed to reflect the “Lithuanian strength of character.” Strength of character means hard-working, and hard-working means lots of sweat… and that doesn’t translate into perfume form well.

So far the “Feeling Lithuania” perfume has only been sent to Lithuanian ambassadors and soldiers deployed to Afghanistan, but soon visitors will be able to take home the smell of Lithuania as embassies, hotels and airports will also distribute the perfume.

We guess the “I ♥ Lithuania” t-shirts aren’t as popular as they used to be.

Okay, this sounds like a terrible idea… but it could be worse. Just think what the national smell of other places would be. Like America. That perfume would smell like fried food and used tires. Kinda makes the smell of a pagan ritual seem refreshing.

John Farebrother
Austria

Donde quiera que vaya, el aroma de mi tierra viaja conmigo.

Explanation:
Podría ser una opción.
Aunque parece que el estilo del texto no lo requiere, te dejo otra opción más poética:
Allá donde voy (o fuere), la esencia de mi tierra me acompaña.

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Zep Santos
Spain
Local time: 20:53

Grading comment

gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

Donde quiera que vaya, el aroma de mi tierra viaja conmigo.

Zep Santos

5 +1

Adonde voy, permanece en mí el aroma de mi país.

Yaotl Altan

No importa dónde vaya, el aroma de mi tierra permanece conmigo

marideoba

4 +1

Llevo siempre conmigo el perfume de mi país

Gracia Navas

soy fragancia de mi tierra dondequiera que voy

Remy Arce

el perfume/aroma de mi país me acompaña dondequiera que voy

Aradai Pardo Martínez

la escencia/el aroma de mi país se queda/viene conmigo dondequiera que vaya

Silvina P.

vaya a donde vaya, la fragancia de mi país viene conmigo

Rosa Grau

donde quiera que voy, el aroma/perfume de mi país viene conmigo

Verónica Lassa

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

wherever i go my country's scent stays with me Llevo siempre conmigo el perfume de mi país

Explanation:
Una opción, saludos

Gracia Navas
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

3 mins confidence:

wherever i go my country's scent stays with me la escencia/el aroma de mi país se queda/viene conmigo dondequiera que vaya

Explanation:
una posibilidad

Silvina P.
Argentina
Local time: 15:53
Native speaker of:

Spanish

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

wherever i go my country's scent stays with me Adonde voy, permanece en mí el aroma de mi país.

Explanation:

Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 13:53
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 59

8 mins confidence:

wherever i go my country's scent stays with me el perfume/aroma de mi país me acompaña dondequiera que voy

Explanation:
Otra posibilidad...

Aradai Pardo Martínez
France
Local time: 20:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 47

9 mins confidence:

wherever i go my country's scent stays with me donde quiera que voy, el aroma/perfume de mi país viene conmigo

Explanation:
Otra opción

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Note added at 9 mins (2011-10-11 15:21:41 GMT)
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dondequiera!

Verónica Lassa
Argentina
Local time: 15:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

12 mins confidence:

wherever i go my country's scent stays with me No importa dónde vaya, el aroma de mi tierra permanece conmigo

Explanation:
Siento que captura el sentido de la frase. ¡Suerte!

marideoba
Local time: 13:53
Native speaker of:

Spanish

15 mins confidence:

wherever i go my country's scent stays with me soy fragancia de mi tierra dondequiera que voy

Explanation:
otra manera de decirlo, quizás tratando de darle un tono más poético

Remy Arce
Local time: 14:53
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 139

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

wherever i go my country's scent stays with me

Donde quiera que vaya, el aroma de mi tierra viaja conmigo.

Explanation:
Podría ser una opción.
Aunque parece que el estilo del texto no lo requiere, te dejo otra opción más poética:
Allá donde voy (o fuere), la esencia de mi tierra me acompaña.

Zep Santos
Spain
Local time: 20:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

gracias

3 hrs confidence:

wherever i go my country\'s scent stays with me vaya a donde vaya, la fragancia de mi país viene conmigo

Explanation:
Otra opción de entre las muchas posibles.

Rosa Grau
Spain
Local time: 20:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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