Ai miei occhi di bambino

23:01 Feb 4, 2009 

tears and feelings are the very point of you examples too, but the context is, as you put it, slightly different - the feelings are not generated, conditioned by "a child's eye" as is the case in "ai miei occhi di bambino". Of course, this is how I read these phrases, not being native in either, Italian or English.

22:23 Feb 4, 2009 

@ bonafide1313 - thanks for the comment, though for me in the last ref., the tears/feeling are important too, as the work affected the reader at different ages, though the usage is a bit different from the Asker's context

22:00 Feb 4, 2009 

Mi fa piacere che la discussione si sia allargata a così tanti partecipanti ma mi chiedevo perchè è sparito anche il contesto, o periodo, che io avevo fornito quasi subito. Grazie, comunque, tutto questo è stato molto istruttivo.

21:36 Feb 4, 2009 

my apologies, Rachel, it was not only stupid of me but also incorrect to you to try to squeeze my thoughts in 255 or so characters + clumsy abbreviations and interpunctions without spaces. I wanted to say that, the way I read it, "to my eyes as a child" lacks, what shall I call it, the symbolism contained in e.g. the phrase " to my child's eye". This is particularly the case in the last two examples you quote. "It brought tears to my eyes as a child, teenager and adult" - the point is here on the tears in the eyes, and not on "the eyes of a child". However, I marked your proposal neutral, and it's fine with me, only it does not bring me in the real sentiment of "ai miei occhi di bambino". Uf, Rachel, I've taken your time - I'm a master of making a short story long:).

18:02 Feb 3, 2009 

Sarebbe interessante vedere tutto il periodo. Si può? GIA!

17:51 Feb 3, 2009 

E' il racconto di un'esperienza fatta a otto anni, e questo narratore ora ha 36 anni. Tutto qui! Grazie! :-)