Arabic is the language of some peoples mostly living in the desert where snow ( athalj) is something every body like , in contrast , english, is the language of some people mostly living under storms, and snow for a great part of the year , consequently warmth in this culture is something desired by all people . while snow ( thalj) is a reference to happiness of most arabs ,warmth is another reference to the happiness of most english speaking people . the arabic sentence ( انه ليثلج قلبي ان اراك ) expresses happiness .it is illogical to translate it ( it snows my heart to see you) since this expresses unhappiness. The best translation in english is : it warms the cockles of my heart to see you. This translation appears contradictory to the roiginal at first sight . responds to the target culture concepts .

هل كلمة اثلجت قلبي معناها التعبير عن الغضب ؟

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Arabic is the language of some peoples mostly living in the desert where snow ( athalj) is something every body like , in contrast , english, is the language of some people mostly living under storms, and snow for a great part of the year , consequently warmth in this culture is something desired by all people . while snow ( thalj) is a reference to happiness of most arabs ,warmth is another reference to the happiness of most english speaking people . the arabic sentence ( انه ليثلج قلبي ان اراك ) expresses happiness .it is illogical to translate it ( it snows my heart to see you) since this expresses unhappiness. The best translation in english is : it warms the cockles of my heart to see you. This translation appears contradictory to the roiginal at first sight . responds to the target culture concepts .

Very interesting, I’ve created a lesson here on that topic of LOVE: https://polyglotclub.com/wiki/Language/Standard-arabic/Vocabulary/Love