Expert: Vedran - 12/2/2002

Question
Hi Vedran, I am not after information on the country, i am actually in urgent need of a translation from english to croatian. I am the bridesmaid in a Portuguese-Croatian wedding, and i have written up thank you's in english and portuguese however i don't know anybody that is fluent in croatian (the groom barely speaks it and i like the bride am portuguese). If you could possibly do me this favor, the text i need translated is:

We would like to thank you for being here today to witness our marriage. It means so much to us to have our family and friends here on a day so special to us both.

A special thank you to our parents for all their love, support and dedication over the years.

Thank you very much for your time.

Alice.

Answer
Hi Alice,

A slight problem, Croatian language has letters not found in the English alphabet. To simplify things for you I modified them a little, so the following text isn't 100% gramatically corrent but it will be eeasily understood by anyone speaking Croatian.

"Zeljeli bi se zahvaliti svima vama koji ste vasim dolaskom uvelicali ovaj dan naseg vjencanja. Puno nam znaci sto smo okruzeni obitelji i prijateljima na ovaj, nama posebno vazan dan.
Posebno hvala nasim roditeljima na svoj njihovoj brizi, ljubavi i podrsci koju nam pruzaju u zivotu."

My congratulations to the bride and groom. If I can be of any further help please don't hesitate to ask.

sincerely,

Vedran Prazen
vedran@gideon.hr
www.cdpostcard.net