Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
"lo llevo en el alma"
English translation:
"It is/ I hold it close to my heart"; "it's in my heart and soul"
Spanish term
Argentina
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 1 more.
"Lo llevo en el alma"
(Idiom/common saying during a short interview about his life. Spoken, not written)
Hi all, I was wondering if there is an exact idiom matching this one. The speaker (Cuban - Director of an institution) uses this phrase to express how fond he is of the institution, that he loves it dearly - "I carry it in my soul."
I find no idiom matching it, and it's very common in Spanish...
Also, I believe in English it would be more natural to use "heart".
So my try would be something like "I'm telling you, It's in my heart" // "I'm telling you, I carry it in my heart".
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
GR/SP/IT/FR Interpreter and Translator
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 1 more.
I carry it in my soul
But, father Coll carried the communityin his soul, and nobody could take it away from him.
There are many experiences very personal, and also collective, which cannot be put down in writing, which are carried in the soul.
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United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
It is/I hold it close to my heart
close to my heart - fascinate | WordReference Forumsforum.wordreference.com › English Only › English Only
Jan 6, 2007 - 3 posts - 2 authors
The sentence should rather be, **"I hope you can believe in my project; it is close to my heart."**
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| Thank you Muriel! This is the type of expression I was looking for (I'm new in ProZ and thought I had to grade every comment, so I started by the first.) I was discouraged by the small amount of hits I got from them in Google, which I normally use as a hint of usage. I chose it for the glossary :) I didn't change the beginning of the sentence, though; I wanted to keep the candid tone. Best, Debbie |
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United States
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Native in: English (Variant: US) , Hebrew , Spanish
Works in: Hebrew to English, Spanish to English, English to Hebrew, and 2 more.
I carry it in my heart
| Thank you Ruth! All the best. |
It's close to my heart
| Thank you, Martin! I really liked the alternative. Sounds passionate, as this speaker is. Now I reasearched it, I see it in several speeches of people talking passionately about their work, together with expressions like "(this town) is in my DNA". Sounds perfect for this context. Cheers! |
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